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House of the Exquisite Corpse III features puppets by Ken Buckingham, puppeteered by Felix Mayes and Kevin Michael Wesson. Credit Yvette Marie Dostatni House of the Exquisite Corpse III featured ...

Theater artist Jacky Kelsey was driving back from their grandmother’s farm when five white owls appeared out of nowhere and flew over the car. It was a “spooky, alien site,” they said. Throughout ...

Not gonna lie. The jump scares found in the region’s haunted houses have been both adrenaline and fuel for many Halloweens past. But this time around, I wanted to merge my love of puppetry with the ...

House of the Exquisite Corpse IV at Rough House Theater Credit: Yvette Marie Dostatni It’s Rough House Theater’s sixth year of making immersive haunted houses and they’ve really nailed the discerning ...

Artists often seclude themselves in their studios with nothing but their tools and their own imagination. That can get lonely. “I think people are craving collaborative projects,” said Katy Lemle, the ...

CHICAGO — Not gonna lie. The jump scares found in the region’s haunted houses have been both adrenaline and fuel for many Halloweens past. But this time around, I wanted to merge my love of puppetry ...

So I went to Steppenwolf’s Merle Reskin space to partake of the fifth installation of Rough House Theatre’s Halloween show. Be you a fan, follower or newbie when it comes to “House of the Exquisite ...