Wimberley’s Haunted Pioneer Town calls for actors

Wimberley Players is once again partnering with 7A Ranch to haunt Pioneer Town. Performances will be Friday through Sunday, October 29, 30 and 31. The organizations are calling for actors to perform and have a creative role in many of the haunted scenes. 7A Resort has been working to restore the train, which makes possible the new Haunted Pioneer Town Train Ride of Terror. Changes from previous years will add to the excitement, allowing actors to be safely distanced from patrons. The primary change is moving actors from the town to the train track meandering through the spooky wooded area. Patrons will ride the train with a narrator and experience the haunted scenes along the mile long journey. Actors will be spread out along the route and patrons cannot get off the train which provides a safe distance.

Since everyone will be spread out, there are positions for plenty of adults in each scene. Actors will be asked to improvise a character and help decorate the scene in their chosen area. Meeting dates will be arranged for actors in each scenario during which we would work together to set up each haunted vignette. We have a lot of supplies and decorations, and welcome contributions.

Please email hauntedpioneertown@gmail.com if you wish to participate and indicate which scene you would like to work on.

The list of scenes includes a cemetery, tunnel with a giant spider, girl tied to the tracks, miners, wagon wreck, farmer facing drought, hobo camp, train robbers, troll under the bridge, feuding pioneers, ghosts, widow’s cabin and mad doctor in an open air clinic.

Please feel free to invite others to join in. Several adult actors are needed, so parents are asked to join in as well. There will be an organizational meeting in early September. The Wimberley Players and 7A Ranch look forward to returning old haunts and including the new Train Ride of Terror.