

Late after closing one night the three employees there, myself included heard someone running full speed between the booths in the narrow hallway between them. The front projection booth had a stairwell in the right theatre. The original part was connected to the front screens by a long narrow hallway. The cigarette cans would be knocked over when we opened the next morning.

There would be unexplained things all the time. The name of the projectionist who died was named Frank. I did not believe in anything paranormal at all. I consider myself a sane well adjusted adult. I worked at this theatre in the late 80’s. We all knew the ghost was called “Neil,” and my son had nicknamed him “Neil the Nerd,” so I jokingly called out, “Alright, Neil the Nerd, we’ll be done in a minute and you can play with the technology.” At that, all the lights blacked out except for the ones aimed directly on me, which began flashing off and on! My co-worker in the light booth swore she wasn’t touching anything, and she was really scared! I never felt afraid while working there, and disagree about the Neil spirit not being nice. She became frustrated because the light board was acting up and she couldn’t understand what was happening to it. I was on the stage calling cues while another employee was in the light booth. My third experience happened when I was preparing light cues for an upcoming production. (I told a young actor in the theater, who admitted that he had once also seen the same bald man). He looked full of mischief, and then he just faded into nothing! My heart was pounding. Also, another day while I was alone and walking across the stage, a bald man wearing brown overalls jumped out from behind some scenery and grinned at me. I wondered if it might have been a shadow from a passing car outside, but the windows were covered by black velvet. Once, while I was alone in the theater, a human-sized black shadow raced past me down a hallway. I worked for Artisan Center Theater for three years a few years ago, and had several experiences.
