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Richard Garriott’s legendary estate in northwest Austin comes to life this Halloween season with two truly unique events: one that awakens a legendary haunted house for a good cause and one with appearances of fairies and witches and the Ghost of Hamlet’s father from Shakespeare’s eeriest masterpieces.

From 1988 to 1994, Garriott’s Britannia Manor was famously known as the most elaborate haunted house in the country and until this year, the venue has remained dormant. Breast Cancer Resource Centers (BCRC) of Texas and SCARE for a CURE will bring this iconic place back to life with a haunted house to benefit breast cancer.

 

Featured in Garriott’s own scaled replica of an Elizabethan outdoor theater nestled along the banks of Lake Austin, the Curtain Theatre will host a reunion of some of Shakespeare’s most famous characters as Austin Shakespeare presents Spooky Shakespeare.

 

 

WHO:                   Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas and SCARE for a CURE announces

WHAT:                 “Blood Ritual” Brings the Fiends Back to Richard Garriott’s Estate

WHEN:                 Thursday, October 22 – Sunday, October 25

Wednesday, October 28 – Saturday, October 31

7:30 p.m.

WHERE:               Richard Garriott’s estate on the shores of Lake Austin

7400 Coldwater Canyon Dr.

WEB:                    www.bcrc.org and www.scareforacure.org  

TIX:                       General Admission $20; Red Level experience $25

Tickets sold at the door or advance online http://www.scareforacure.org/tickets/index.php

All net proceeds benefit the BCRC

MEDIA:                 Contact Lauren Tuttle at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and 512.904.9928

 

After 15 years of the abandonment of the iconic haunted house at Britannia Manor, SCARE for a CURE brings twisted demons, blood-lust, and a mob of vampires on a quest for world domination back to Richard Garriott’s legendary estate in northwest Austin this Halloween season to benefit the Breast Cancer Resource Centers (BCRC) of Texas during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

 

 

WHO:                     Austin Shakespeare

WHAT:                  Shakespeare’s Eeriest Masterpieces Come to Life in Spooky Shakespeare

WHEN:                  Thursday, October 29 – Saturday, October 31

 8 p.m.

WHERE:                Richard Garriott’s Curtain Theater on the shores of Lake Austin

 7400 Coldwater Canyon Dr.

WEB:                     http://austinshakespeare.org/drupal/?q=node/285

TIX:                        $15 seated; $10 groundlings (standing). Call 512.474.8497 or http://www.nowplayingaustin.com/event/detail/440122545

MEDIA:                  Contact Lauren Tuttle at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and 512.904.9928

 

Experience Shakespeare's imagination: eerie ghosts, monsters and fairies in Austin Shakespeare’s Halloween show, Spooky Shakespeare. Scenes from the master storyteller’s scariest and most enchanting moments include the Ghost of Hamlet’s father, the Witches of Macbeth, Puck and Oberon from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Prospero and Ariel from The Tempest. This show is designed to captivate and entertain all in the family. The creatures of Spooky Shakespeare inhabit Richard Garriott’s Curtain Theater on the shores of Lake Austin. The Curtain Theater is located in the heart of Castleton Village that is nestled in a pecan grove along Lake Austin and features a fort, ship, lighthouse and jail.