About
For its 5th anniversary, Psycho Clan decided that NIGHTMARE should actually be about nightmares so, as in years past, it conducted an online poll about its audience’s recurring bad dreams—and thousands responded! The creative team then selected the most twisted, demented responses, added some iconic recurring nightmares, and created a house that will force audiences to experience awake what few can handle asleep. With more special effects, more elaborate sets, and more evil baddies waiting to get you then ever before, NIGHTMARE: BAD DREAMS COME TRUE will bring your worst night terrors to screaming life.
In celebration of its fifth year at the same venue, a SECOND terrifying haunted attraction has been created:
Featuring the new Halloween legend SAW V room, NIGHTMARE: LEGENDSis a classic haunted house from back-in-the-day, with a carnie feel and a cast of legendary horror characters: Blob, Zombie, Vampire, Witch, Frankenstein, Mummy and, of course, a maniac with a chainsaw.
YOUR SUPERHAUNT TICKET GETS YOU INTO BOTH ATTRACTIONS–THAT’S TWO HAUNTED HOUSES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
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Who’s Who
PSYCHO CLAN (producer)
Psycho Clan (producer) is a division of Art Meets Commerce–Events LLC, an entertainment company dedicated to special events, theatrical productions and new media applications. Its principals are Chip Meyrelles, Ken Greiner, Timothy Haskell, Jim Glaub, Laurie Connor and Amanda Pekoe. Credits include Bug, Lieutenant of Inishmore, Orson’s Shadow, Jaded Assassin, Fatal Attraction, I Love Paris and Magic Hands Freddy, as well as Tim Haskell’s Nightmare: New York’s Most Horrifying Haunted House, now in its fifth year. To find out more about Psycho Clan or Art Meets Commerce, visit www.artmeetscommerce.net.
TIMOTHY HASKELL (creator/artistic director)
Timothy Haskell recently directed the Off-Broadway hits Stitching, The Jaded Assassin, Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy starring Corey Feldman at the Classic Stage Company and the Paris Hilton spoof, I Love Paris by Doug Fields. Haskell is perhaps best known for creating and directing the 2002 cult hit Road House: The Stage Play at the Barrow Street Theatre.
DAVID SOLOMON RODRIGUEZ (event producer)
David Solomon Rodriguez is also the Event Producer for Nightmare: Ghost Stories, premiering this year in Miami. He was venue producer for Nightmare: Ghost Stories in New York in 2007 and Nightmare: Face Your Fear in Staten Island in 2006. His first feature film Urchin (www.UrchinTheMovie.com), written and directed by John Harlacher, was released in June 2007 by Vanguard Cinema reaching #143 on IMDB in its first week. David has produced several theatrical shows including The Jaded Assassin created and directed by Timothy Haskell.
AREN CHAISSON (venue producer)
Aren Chaisson was born and raised in the heart of Cajun country, Lafayette, Louisiana. He attended UL at Lafayette where he earned his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Acting. Aren has performed with Child’s Play Touring Theatre in Chicago and Syracuse Stage. He was an actor in Nightmare: Face Your Fear in Manhattan in 2006 and in 2007 was Assistant Producer for Nightmare: Ghost Stories in New York.
ALICIA HARDING (venue director)
Alicia Harding graduated from NYU in 2006. Her primary training took place at Playwrights Horizons Theater School, where she acted, designed for set and sound, stage managed and worked rigorously in the Creating Original Work program. Her outdoor installation “Lowlife” was part of the Art in Odd Places festival. She is a writer/director/performer with the New York Neo-Futurists www.nynf.org.
PAUL SMITHYMAN (production designer)
Paul Smithyman’s credits with Timothy Haskell include: The Jaded Assassin, Roadhouse; Fatal Attraction; and Nightmare: NYC’s Most Horrifying Haunted House. Paul has worked in many New York theatres for the past 13 years in a variety of guises.
AARON HASKELL (Art Director/Legends room concepts)
Aaron Haskell has been in NYC for eight years living and working as a visual artist, dancer and actor. He originally moved here on a fellowship to Alvin Ailey in 2000, and has since performed Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, nationally and internationally, most notably as Paris Hilton in I Love Paris and Corey Feldman’s five year old daughter in Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy, both directed by Sir Timothy Haskell. Exhibited art works can be seen at Lemmons Contemporary in Tribeca. He was recently one of the prop masters for the U.S. Off-Broadway premiere of Stitching by Anthony Neilson. He is one of the original designers for Nightmare: New York’s Most Horrifying Haunted House entering its fifth year in New York and set to debut in Miami this fall. Haskell recently created the production company, B.A.D. Brooklyn Art Department, a small artist’s collective focusing on specialty design for theatre, film, television and events. www.brooklynartdepartment.com
JUSTIN HASKELL (Art Director/Legends room concepts)
Justin Haskell is attending Pratt Institutes Fine Arts program working in various mediums. Credits include set design for the Off-Off Broadway productions of Stitching, Random Particles of Matter Floating Through at the Producers Club, and Hunt For Treasure at the Abingdon Theatre. As a painter he has done work for theatre productions, as well as commissioned pieces for individuals.
GARIN MARSCHALL (lighting design)
Garin Marschall designed lighting for Nightmare: Face Your Fear in all 5 boroughs. He was nominated for a Drama Desk award for his scenery design for Les Freres Corbusier’s Hell House. Recent designs include lighting and scenery for Pulitzer-Prize winner Lawrence Wright’s one-man show My Trip to Al-Qaeda, lighting for Dai (Enough), Speak Truth to Power, Amajuba, Guardians, and lighting and scenic design for Staceyann Chin’s Border/Clash- all for Culture Project. Other lighting designs include The Internationalist, Mark Smith, and Aphrodisiac all for 13P; Quail, Demon Baby, Crumble, and Jordan Harrison’s Amazons and their Men all for Clubbed Thumb; Aphrodisiac for the Longwharf, Liz Swados’s Jabu for the Flea; Honor and the River, Bach at Leipzig, Donna Morelli, Big Wyoming, Blue Door, and a workshop of Shanley’s Defiance all for New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Plays ‘04 and ‘05; Millicent Scowlworthy and Honor and the River for SPF; Talyor Mac’s Red Tide Blooming at P.S.122; Gardzienice’s Metamorfozy at LaMama. His designs for dance include collaborations with Terry Creach, Nugent & Matteson, and Tami Stronach for Danspace, Joyce Soho, and National Venues. He studied and has since taught lighting and scenic design at Bennington College. Currently running: lighting for Ann-Marie Healy’s Have You Seen Steve Stevenson for 13Playwrights, Danny Hoch’s Till the Break of Dawn and Tings dey Happen for Culture Project. Upcoming: George Packer’s Betrayed for Culture Project.
DAVID ANDORA (special effects and video design)
David Andora is a resident of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. He is an award winning production designer, specializing in visual displays for a variety of clients. His expansive creative talent covers a culmination of successful projects, including illusion/special effect design, video production, event planning, lighting design, and visual exhibitions. Some of his most recent design projects include large-scale events for the city of Las Vegas, Crobar nightclub and Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago. Halloween is his annual obsession. davidandora.com
WENDY YANG (costume design)
Wendy Yang opened her flagship atelier and shop, Maiden Hong Kong, in Williamsburg in the fall of 2005. Other recent endeavors include costume design for Stitching, The Jaded Assassin, Jennie Liu’s Learning in Lower Animals (DTW), Travelers, Tours and One Night Stands and The Emperor Jones (La MaMa), Major Bang or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dirty Bomb (Foundry Theatre at St. Anne’s), Off-Broadway: Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy, Assistant Costume Design and Building for Big Dance Theatre.
ART MEETS COMMERCE (advertising/internet marketing/website design)
Art Meets Commerce is a commercial producer and new media advertising company. Clients include Vineyard Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, Toxic Avenger, Fela!, Three Mo’ Tenors, Rock of Ages, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Xanadu, Vanities–A New Musical and Pure Country. www.artmeetscommerce.net
RICHARD KORNBERG & ASSOCIATES (press)
RICHARD KORNBERG & ASSOCIATES represents Hairspray, Rent, piegelworld, New York Theatre Workshop, Canada’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Performance Space 122, Intar, Les Freres Corbusier, dance companies produced by The Joyce Theater, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and MOMIX. Past productions include The Little Dog Laughed, I Am My Own Wife, Death of a Salesman. Upcoming: Fences, American Buffalo. www.kornbergpr.com
ART MEETS COMMERCE STAFF
General Manager: Sumeet Bharati
Website Designer: Kevin Keating
Marketing Associate: Mark Seeley
Interns: Marissa Coronado, Crystal Chase, Sheryl Ramer, Kenneth Lee
