Welcome to the Maribel Caves Hotel. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
As owners of the Maribel Caves Hotel — aka Hotel Hell — Amy and Frank are having the grand re-opening of the hotel and need to make sure all is in tip-top shape. Frank has been so busy with the preparations that he forgot their anniversary…or did he? There may be trouble in paradise if he doesn’t do something fast. Meanwhile, a team of ghost hunters has been brought in to put to rest the rumor that the hotel is haunted before the re-opening. It is just a rumor…right? If the Maribel Caves Hotel has any hope of being brought to its former glory, it certainly can’t be thought of as haunted.
Tour guide Lisa directs ghost hunters Michael Midnight and Zachary Paparazzo through the hotel as they use their highly sensitive paranormal activity sensing equipment to spot ghosts, spirits and other figures from the other side. People claim to have seen a mysterious figure that looks like a 1920’s gangster wandering the halls as well as the spirit of a young woman lurking about. That can’t possibly be true…right? Let’s find out.
“Ghosts of Maribel Caves” runs at the Meyer Theatre September 21st—October 13th on Thursday—Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. A matinee will take place at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 13th. On opening night (Friday, September 21) $10 of every paid ticket goes toward the annual Festival Foods Turkey Trot. For tickets go to ticketstaronline.com or call (920) 494-3401. An additional presentation of “Ghosts of Maribel Caves” will be shared on Wednesday, October 10th at the Capitol Civic Centre in Manitowoc at 7:30 p.m. For tickets to the Capitol Civic Centre performance, visit cccshows.org or call (920) 683-2184.
Cast includes Frank Hermans and Amy Riemer as the hotel owners, Pat Hibbard as the hotel maintenance man, Lisa Borley as the tour guide, Zach Hibbard as ghost hunter Zachary Paparazzo, Michael O’Malley as ghost hunter Michael Midnight, and Tom Verbrick and Kasey Schumacher as ghosts. Band includes Tony Pilz, keyboards; Adam Cain, percussion; Dennis Panneck, guitars; and Pat Hibbard, bass.
Song selections:
Train in Vain — The Clash
Black Magic Woman — Santana
Devil Woman — Cliff Richard
Hotel California — Eagles
Mad World — Adam Lambert
Walking on Broken Glass — Annie Lennox
Rhiannon — Fleetwood Mac
Heart Hotels — Dan Fogelberg
Evil Woman — ELO
Running with the Devil — Van Halen
Witchy Woman — Eagles
Destination Unknown — Missing Persons
Invincible — Pat Benatar
How Will I Know — Whitney Houston
Lovergirl — Teena Marie
Black Cat — Janet Jackson
Tell it to my Heart — Taylor Dayne
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown — Jim Croce
Let’s Dance — David Bowie