NIGHT OF THE GOLEM
THE CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
KATHY WOLF (Narrator) is new to the cast this year.
ILENE DYLLER (Marta) burst upon the scene as Madame DuVive in Séance at Midnight, reprising that role the following year in The Medium and the Message. She served as narrator for The Curse of Anubis and was Adler, the second-in-command astronaut, in 3001: The Shadow Planet.
MIKE
REMSHARD (Zito) returns to the Efran Entertainment Group after several years in the
TIM VERDUIN (Professor Ludvic Lowe) was Perkins, the jittery astronaut, in 3001: The Shadow Planet.
PAT McMAHON (Golem) is in his third year of playing heavily
disguised character roles, beginning with the Dementor in Hogwarts for
THE STAFF AND CREW
JAY EFRAN (producer, director, scriptwriter) has been involved in stagecraft and magic since his youth. Little did he know that turning brown wrapping paper into "rocks" in order to create a witch's cave in a hallway in Rochester, New York, in 1968 would lead to masterminding more than 30 years of Halloween productions. He is legendary for resurrecting a number of arcane ways of making people and objects appear, disappear, emit smoke, and burst into flames—often simultaneously.
JOHN SIEMIAROWSKI (associate producer, head carpenter,
head electrician) has been an indispensable part of our productions ever since he assisted with set design, construction, lighting,
and special effects for Séance at Midnight. As Master of Electrical Wizardry, he has rarely heard a wild idea of Jay's that he hasn't
been able to bring to life. His daughter, Leah, was a child ghost in Séance at Midnight and a damsel in distress in The Curse of Anubis.
His son, Jake, made a cameo appearance as Harry Potter in Hogwarts for
ELSA EFRAN (associate producer) is primarily responsible
for candy, catering, costumes, critiquing, crowd control, data, editing, errand running, graphics, painting, papier-mâché, publicity,
research, supplies, and last-minute odds and ends. She is still hoping that someday there will be a Nobel Prize for gofers. The notion
of basing this year's production on the Golem myth came to her during a vacation tour of
DANIEL EFRAN (assistant producer,
associate director, scriptwriter, Golem construction) has been involved in all facets of the Halloween productions since 1974, most
prominently directing and acting as well as designing sets and special effects. He starred as the hero in The Lost Temple of the Maya,
made a memorable impression as the poignant yet violent Rat Boy in Side-Show Spectacular, and has co-directed and co-written most
of the shows since 1988, doing much of the work long-distance, commuting and communicating from
BECCA STALLINGS (scriptwriter) joined the crew in 1998
as a prop-painting assistant and attendance taker. In 1999, for Side-Show Spectacular, she served as head plastering assistant, off-set
Rat Boy wrangler, and attendance taker. She was one of the scriptwriters for Hogwarts for
JORDU SCHELL (Golem design and construction) created the Talking
Head in 1985 and made memorable masks for Aladdin's Dream, The Curse of Anubis, and Side-Show Spectacular. For 3001: The Shadow Planet,
he designed, constructed, and operated the Alien. A native of
ANGIE COOPER (tapestry artist) also painted the exquisite hieroglyphic designs for The Curse of Anubis.
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