Dark Tales Told on a Cold Autumn Eve

A collection of original tales
By Jim Dalglish

Every autumn during a full moon, Sam lights a fire in the hearth of his old, abandoned tavern deep in the woods of Great Island. It’s a signal for the lost and forgotten souls of Cape Cod to emerge from the shadows to share their tales.

A collection of original stories - mysterious and haunting - of the supernatural world of Cape Cod. A perfect Halloween outing for adults with a taste for the macabre. 

Dark Tales Told on a Cold Autumn Eve
By Jim Dalglish
Directed by Jennifer Kangas & Jim Dalglish
Sound Design by Geof Newton
Poster Image by Jackie Reeves

Produced in Partnership with The Academy of Performing Arts, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Cotuit Center for the Arts, and The Provincetown Inn.

Four Venues…

Academy of Performing Arts (APA)
120 Main Street, Orleans, MA 02653
October 3, 4, 10, 11
(Fridays & Saturdays at 7:00pm)

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT)
2357 State Highway Route 6, Wellfleet, MA 02667
October 16, 17, 18, 19
(Thursday - Saturday at 7:00pm, Sunday at 4:00pm)

Cotuit Center for the Arts (CCftA)
4404 Falmouth Rd, Cotuit, MA 02635
October 23, 24, 25, 26
(Thursday - Saturday at 7:00pm, Sunday at 1:30pm)

The Provincetown Inn
1 Commercial St, Provincetown, MA 02657
October 29 & 30
(Wednesday & Thursday at 7:00pm)

Cast…

Tate Seidewand as Sam Smith
Geof Newton as The Fisherman
Bonnie Fairbanks as Maria
Samantha McMahon & Denise Page as May
      Samantha - Oct. 3, 4 (APA); Oct. 16 (WHAT); Oct. 23, 24, 26 (CCftA); Oct. 29 (Ptown) 
.     Denise - Oct. 10, 11 (APA); Oct. 17, 18, 19 (WHAT); Oct. 25 (CCftA); Oct. 30 (Ptown)
Jacob Rabold as Tony
Ian Ryan as Elliot
Matt Whelan as Dale
Dahlia Viprino as Lorelie
Sara Shatzel Fitzpatrick as Madame X
Shepard Potash as Mattie (voice)

The Helltown Players Mission…

We are a collaborative of dramatists, producers, directors, actors, designers, technicians, and theatre enthusiasts whose mission is to produce plays written by playwrights with meaningful connections to Cape Cod.

Historical Precedent…

We find our inspiration from the ground-breaking endeavors of the Provincetown Players. Tired of the silly comedies and stale melodramas that dominated theatre of their day, these theatre revolutionaries began writing and staging new, homegrown plays in Provincetown in the summer of 1915. Their continued efforts gave birth to a new approach to playwriting that would soon become the backbone of the great American dramatic writing tradition.

Eugene O’Neill, Susan Glaspell, Hutchins and Neith Boyce Hapgood, John Reed, Louise Bryant, Mabel Dodge, and other visionaries created and produced plays in their homes and backyards, and in a fishing shack dangling over Provincetown Harbor on Lewis Wharf. They soon caught the attention of the world and theatre has never been the same.

Our vision is to channel the spirit and passion of these theatrical revolutionaries and produce plays written by – and performed for – the people of Cape Cod.