Paranormal Activity Stage Play Sets Broadway Run This Summer

After a hit national tour and West End engagement, Levi Holloway’s new horror play Paranormal Activity, based on the Paramount film franchise, will come to Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre beginning Friday, August 14. Opening night is September 15.

An original work written for the stage (as opposed to being an adaptation of the film), Paranormal Activity is the story of a young American couple who move to the UK to recover from a mysterious ordeal in Chicago, only to discover that their terror has followed them. It is directed by Felix Barrett, artistic director of Punchdrunk and one of the creators of Sleep No More.

Paranormal Activity had previous runs at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Center Theater Group, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and American Conservatory Theater, in addition to a West End engagement. It will have a pre-Broadway engagement July 11-30 at the Emerson Colonial in Boston.

Illusions are by Tony Award winner Chris Fisher (Stranger Things: The First Shadow). The creative team also includes scenic and costume designer Fly Davis, lighting designer Anna Watson, sound designer Gareth Fry, and video and projections designer Luke Halls.

Of the production, our critic said, “the eerie ghost tale relies on special effects and mood to make audience members scream, faint, and jump into their partner’s lap.”