A Huge THANK YOU to All Who Came Out
for Steampunk Haunted House 2011!
We were overwhelmed by the positive response from this year's audiences, and we had an amazing time with you. Keep your eye on steampunkhauntedhouse.com andthirdrailprojects.com for next year's announcements and for information about our spring show, a full evening-length immersive performance of Looking Glass.
"Many of you said you wished that you could spend more time in "wonderland." In 2012, you'll have your chance to spend an hour and a half exploring an expanded and immersive full-length version of the work with even more environments and one-on-one encounters with the cast.
Again, a big THANK YOU for making this year's Steampunk Haunted House such a rockin' success. See you soon!
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STEAMPUNK HAUNTED HOUSE 2011
is CLOSED for the season.
Check back for updates on next year's house and theme for 2012.
And, check out thirdrailprojects.com for more info on ongoing projects throughout the year.
THIRD RAIL PROJECTS' STEAMPUNK HAUNTED HOUSE: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS New York City
... major points for visuals, as well as for some very enthusiastic players. – SUNDANCE CHANNEL
TICKETS: 2012 Ticket prices, dates, and timesTBA
Note: No children under 8 admitted. Student tickets will be sold only at the door as walk-up sales.
at Abrons Arts Center 466 Grand St.
New York, NY 10002
Lower East Side; on corner of Pitt St.
F/M or J/Z to Delancey/Essex; B/D to Grand St.
Part art piece, part horror show, [a] visually stunning experience... – NBC New York
The visually stunning, lushly designed Steampunk Haunted House is an immersive experience where audience members are admitted in small groups, suddenly separated, and thrust into a beautiful and terrifying dreamscape of neo-Victorian elegance and phantasmagoric clockwork horrors.
The experience sprawls throughout the three floors of Abrons’ majestic century-old playhouse, its innumerable twisting hallways, looming balconies, and labyrinthine cellars.
Created by Bessie Award-winning artists of Third Rail Projects, the Steampunk Haunted House is an integration of contemporary installation, dance, and performance art, and is an accessible, fun, utterly breathtaking experience. Unlike traditional haunted houses that rely on gore or graphic violence to horrify their patrons, this event chills, delights, and terrifies its audience without showing a single drop of blood.
Tickets are sold in fifteen minute intervals. Please arrive 30 minutes before the time slot you purchase.
Like most attractions of its kind, this is roughly a 20 minute experience. All walk-up sales will be first-come, first served. Entry cannot be guaranteed for any walk-up patron. Advance purchase is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Online sales end two hours before the first haunted house tour of the evening.
Steampunk Haunted House and its critically acclaimed creators, Third Rail Projects, are currently featured on the new PBS web series, Off Book
Welcome to your 'anachronistic future.' Third Rail Projects' Steampunk Haunted House at Abrons Art Center uses suspense to scare you out of your Victorian trousers. – NBC New York
Season Sponsors:
New York Costumes and Gothic Renaissance offer audience members a 10% in-store discount. Simply mention Third Rail Projects at the time of purchase.
Steampunk Haunted House is made possible, in part, with support from Abrons Arts Center; by Materials for the Arts/DCA and Department of Sanitation; and by Third Rail Projects, with support from individual and institutional donors.
Steampunk Haunted House 2011 is proudly sponsored by Halloween Adventure, and Gothic Renaissance.
Video Review (2009):
by Devon Petley, November 2, 2009
DISCLAIMER:
The Steampunk Haunted House is a frightening, immersive experience that winds through the theater and catacombs of the Abrons Playhouse. It requires walking up and down staircases, and navigating tight spaces and twists and turns in the dark. There will be fog effects, intense flashes of light, loud noises, lots of dust, soot, dripping pipes, churning gears, rusty metal, and other things that will hurt you if you touch them. Visitors with health conditions are strongly cautioned to consult a physician before attending the event. If you need to leave the haunted house for any reason, you will be escorted out. There are no refunds.
In order to lead visitors safely through the house, performers will take by visitors by the hand or otherwise guide them. This contact will be incidental and non-confrontational.
With the exception of the above you will not touch any actor, prop, decoration, or scenery in the haunted house. If you do, you will be immediately removed from the house by security without refund.
Children under 8 will not be admitted.
Additional rules and safety precautions:
• No running.
• Please wear sensible shoes.
• Hold handrails when walking up and down stairs.
• Stairs and steps have been illuminated, Please watch your step.
• Carry your bags in front of you.
• No food, No drink in the Haunted House.
• No photos or video .
• No cell phones- at all. Please turn them off before entering the house.
• Do not touch fellow audience members.
• To ensure the safety of your fellow audience members, if you break any of these rules, you will be immediately escorted out.
• There are no refunds
• Steampunk Haunted House reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason, particularly if they are deemed to be intoxicated or unruly.
