Fireside Mystery Theatre's Old-Time Radio Show 'HOLIDAY HAUNTS Set for the Morris Museum

Fireside Mystery Theatre will bring an old styled radio variety show to the Morris Museum this winter. "An Afternoon of Holiday Haunts" will be performed live on the Bickford Theatre stage on Sunday, December 4 at 3:00PM.

Enjoy a thrilling radio drama specially spiced for the holidays. Fireside Mystery Theatre, a popular New York City-based live variety show and podcast, features original radio dramas, live musical performance and comedy sketches. Think "Prairie Home Companion" meets "The Twilight Zone." The performance will include a special guest appearance and demonstration by one of the automata (mechanical musical figures) from the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection at the Morris Museum. The show is geared towards audiences of all ages.

Fireside Mystery Theatre (FMT) is a motley assortment of actors, writers, musicians, and technicians united by one common goal: to take your darkest fears and put them in your ears. This twisted take on the old styled radio variety show was created by Gustavo Rodriguez and Ali Silva in 2011. The show is performed monthly and recorded live at The Slipper Room in New York City. FMT's scarifying stock company of actors is helmed by Ali Silva and has featured performances by Allison Guinn, James Rieser, Courtenay Gillean Cholovich, Brian Wallace, Michael Pate, Anabelle Rollinson, Alain LaForest, Daniel Graves, and Lauren Elder. FMT was the subject of a featured piece in The Daily News in 2014 and was voted one of the Top 10 Podcasts in NYC by Untapped Cities alongside "This American Life" and "The Moth."

Tickets: $20 General Public | $10 Children / Students. Tickets may be purchased online at morrismuseum.org, by phone at (973) 971-3706, or in person at the Bickford Theatre Box Office. The Bickford Theatre is an integral part of the Morris Museum, located at 6 Normandy Heights Road inMorristown, NJ, and offers free parking and full accessibility. Box Office hours for phone sales are Monday through Friday, 10:00am to 5:00pm. Walk-up hours are Tuesday through Friday, 11:00am to 5:00pm.

The Bickford Theatre is a professional theater that produces and presents year-round entertainment, including a Main Stage Series, two Children's Theatre series, a Jazz Showcase, and other concerts. The theatre is a Senior Member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, a not-for-profit organization of 30 professional theaters throughout the state, and works in conjunction with Actors' Equity Association (AEA) and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). From its beginnings in 1994 to the present, tens of thousands of theater-goers from across the tri-state area have enjoyed the Bickford Theatre's many entertaining and diversified offerings in theatre, music and dance.

Founded in 1913, the Morris Museum is an award-winning, community-based arts and cultural institution which serves the public through high caliber exhibitions in the arts, sciences and humanities. The Museum also offers educational programs, family events, and is home to the Bickford Theatre and its wide range of performing arts offerings. Continuously serving the public since 1913, the Morris Museum has been designated a Major Arts Institution and has received the New Jersey State Council on the Arts' Citation of Excellence, among other awards. The first museum in New Jersey to be accredited, the Morris Museum was re-accredited in 2013 by the American Alliance of Museums.

The Morris Museum is a Blue Star Museum, offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families, from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

The Museum is located at 6 Normandy Heights Road (at the corner of Columbia Turnpike) in Morristown, NJ, and is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 11:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday, 12:00 to 5:00pm. In addition, the Museum is open evenings from 5:00 to 8:00pm on the second and third Thursday of the month. Admission to the Museum is $10 for adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens. Admission is always free for Museum members. For more information, call (973) 971-3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org.

Pictured: Fireside Mystery Theatre Cast On Stage. Image courtesy of Fireside Mystery Theatre.

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