Theater artist Jacky Kelsey was driving back from their grandmother’s farm when five white owls appeared out of nowhere and flew over the car. It was a “spooky, alien site,” they said. Throughout ...

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House of the Exquisite Corpse III features puppets by Ken Buckingham, puppeteered by Felix Mayes and Kevin Michael Wesson. Credit Yvette Marie Dostatni House of the Exquisite Corpse III featured ...

House of the Exquisite Corpse IV at Rough House Theater Credit: Yvette Marie Dostatni It’s Rough House Theater’s sixth year of making immersive haunted houses and they’ve really nailed the discerning ...

Rough House Theater of Chicago is relocating its annual Halloween seasonal haunt House of the Exquisite Corpse III to Steppenwolf's Merle Reskin Garage Space, 1624 N. Halsted St. in Lincoln Park.

So I went to Steppenwolf’s Merle Reskin space to partake of the fifth installation of Rough House Theatre’s Halloween show. Be you a fan, follower or newbie when it comes to “House of the Exquisite ...

Not gonna lie. The jump scares found in the region’s haunted houses have been both adrenaline and fuel for many Halloweens past. But this time around, I wanted to merge my love of puppetry with the ...

CHICAGO — Not gonna lie. The jump scares found in the region’s haunted houses have been both adrenaline and fuel for many Halloweens past. But this time around, I wanted to merge my love of puppetry ...