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Midsummer Scream 2024 Interview: Zombie Joe of Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre

An avant-garde theatre troupe based in North Hollywood, California, Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre has been around since August of 1992. Their primary production, ‘Urban Death’, was one of the offerings you could encounter at this year’s Midsummer Scream. I sat down with Zombie Joe, the head and founder of the group. Read the full interview at The Geekiary. 

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Midsummer Scream 2024 Interview: LPBC and the Zombie Ballet

A group of young women and one man, dressed in bloody shabby clothing, reach across the stage in a graceful shamble (if such a thing is possible). They turn, moving to a standing position, left arm raised. They then crouch and continue the dance.

Such was part of the excerpt of Sweet Sorrow, a Zombie Ballet I witnessed as performed by the Leigh Purtill Ballet Company (LPBC) at this year’s Midsummer Scream. Read the full article at The Geekiary. 

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Midsummer Scream 2024: A Scary Good Time

Known as the world’s largest Halloween and horror convention, Midsummer Scream unfolded July 26 – 28, 2024, in Long Beach, California. With over 350 spooky vendors, presentations, and previews from SoCal’s biggest Halloween attractions, and a room with over a dozen haunts to experience, the convention is the place to be if you love to be frightened. Read the full article at The Geekiary.