Hunting for Vampires on a School Night: A Live Reading of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Ghostlight Ensemble presents the next installment of its live movie readings with Hunting for Vampires on a School Night: A live reading of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the movie) on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

Join us at 7 p.m. at Black Eagle Club (1938 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613), as we spike the punch at the senior dance and then join together to burn down that high school gym full of vampires.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 1992 American comedy vampire film (that predates the TV series). Blonde, bouncy Buffy (played in this incarnation by Kristy Swanson) is your typical high school cheerleader — her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires. Buffy is soon spending school nights protecting L.A. from Lothos, the Vampire King, and his determined gang of bloodsuckers.

The cast is:
Buffy Summers: Jill Iverson
Pike: Phil Matthews
Merrick: Brandon Swartz-Brown
Amilyn, others: Christopher Paul Mueller 
Lothos, others: Sydney Ray 
Kimberly, others: Jean E. Mueller-Burr 
Jeffery, others: Nick Conrad

The reading is directed by John Gleason Teske.

There is a suggested donation of $5 at the door, which will help Ghostlight fund its upcoming season.

Details
What: Hunting for Vampires on a School Night: A live reading of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the movie)
Where: Black Eagle Club (1938 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613)
When: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
What time: 7 p.m.
How much: Suggested donation of $5
Transportation Information: Ample paid street parking is available along Irving Park Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. Some neighborhood streets nearby offer free street parking.
Nearby public transportation includes the Irving Park Brown Line Stop, as well as the #80 (Irving Park) bus and the #50 (Damen) bus, both of which stop at the six corners with Lincoln Avenue.