Casper 2024
Cast and crew for A Folk Halloween Experience 2024 invested many dozens of hours bringing you your Folk Halloween Experience. We'd like to acknowledge all of them here and all of their hard work and dedication.
In alphabetical order by cast or crew member's last name.
Azriel Anthony as
Creator, A Folk Halloween Experience
Caleb Clark as
Morriganson, Field & Farm Master
Caelex Cummings as
Leland, Keeper of the Party Traditions Assistant I
Ron Cummings as
Ticket Check-in & Security
Emma Dimas as as
Meredith, Mistress of Fire II (Fire Sprite)
Matthew Dimas as as
Arthur, Field & Farm Apprentice I / Jack's Seanchaí (shan-a-key)
Finn Dolan as
Joan, The Night Hag's Assistant, Tutelary Spirit II
Wyatt Dolan as
Barron, Keeper of the Party Traditions II, Tutelary Spirit
Milo Emerson as
Po, Keeper of Party Traditions I, Tutelary Spirit I
Mary Goff as
Keeper of the Party Traditions III
Dylan Gullberg
Graphic Designer, Video Production, & Web Assistant
Bowie Hopkins as
Roweena,
Mistress of Fire Traditions II
Nate Kimball as
Coem, Field & Farm Master's Apprentice II
Shayne Kost as
Madame LaLune, Tools & Practices of Victorian Spiritualism Demonstration, After Midnight Halloween Spirit Mediumship Demonstration
Stacie Metzker as
Pomona, Roman Goddess of Fruit Orchards
Mikayla Olson
Graphic Design, Logos for Candlelight Frights, A Folk Halloween Experience, & The Casper Heritage Harvest Festival
Samantha Patton
Wig designer/technician for the Night Hag
Grason Reed as
Setup/Decorating & Strike Crew & Poster/Handbill Marketing
Brianne Rodgers
Madame Mim, Mistress of Fire
Asheton Stratton-Capps as
Hugh, Maven of the Macabre
Drew Stratton-Capps as
The Night Hag
Jeff Streitmatter
Video Production, Graphic Design
Alex Tran as
Madame Lux
Tools & Practices of Victorian Spiritualism Demonstration, After Midnight Halloween Spirit Mediumship Demonstration
Caitlyn Urhammer
Graphic Design
Aaron Zieger as
Vaughn,
Master of the Bonfire / Fire Safety
Angelique Zieger as
Maeve O'Reilly,
Head Tutelary Spirit, Candlelit After Dark Halloween Superstition Walk
Jon Zieger as
Check-in, Asst to Azriel & Security
Laurel Zieger as
Valentina,
Pomona's Priestess
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank the families of all of our cast and crew for their support getting everyone to/from rehearsals, and everything they did as part of this team effort, from costuming to promoting the event in person and in social media to buying tickets and talking it up with everyone they know. We'd like to thank Christine Hermann and family (S.J., Owen, Maddy, Nick, Judy) for their efforts to support our effort although they weren't able to continue as cast members.
We would also like to thank Jane Ifland, Lindsey Grant, Yonder Mountain Marketing & Kalen Marketing Solutions for their invaluable advice and assistance that helped us to rebrand and more clearly communicate what we're doing with a A Folk Halloween Experience, as well as Mountain West Communications for helping us with a Wifi service repeater for our events.
We'd like to thank the Lori Spearman with the Casper Recreation Center, Sarah Neubauer with The Natrona County Public Library, and Amanda Blades, Steven Schnell, and Brooke Harmon of The Science Zone for partnering with us to restore creativity and community in Casper's celebration of Halloween through our free mask making workshops.
Special thanks to Jeff Streitmatter for video production and social media in the 2024 year, and to graphic designers Caitlyn Urhammer and Dylan Gullberg for their assistance with graphic design.
Special thanks to Beau and Spring and Carla at The Fort Caspar Campground for their assistance.
For the Casper Heritage Harvest Festival👈, we would like to thank:
Bill Conte, Julia Conte, and Theatre of the Poor for being creative community partners of A Folk Halloween Experience
Samantha Patton for consulting on make-up and desinging the Night Hag's wig for the 2024 season
Barry Jones & Little Caesar's for donating pizza and soda for actors for both A Folk Halloween Experience & The Platte Bridge Company's Ghost Tours of Old Wyoming in support of the National Historic Trails Center Foundation
Mark Pitts and Bruce Berst of The Oil Capitol Car Club for their car show and Trunk or Treat benefit for the WY Food for Thought Project raising canned goods (weather permitting 10/18 4:30-7:30 PM)
Peter McDaniels & Derrick Lacy of the Casper Ghostbusters Ecto Interceptor Project for their presence at the Fri 10/18 4:30-7:30 PM Trunk or Treat Car Show & their collaboration on the Elks Club Ghost Hunt
Nathan Soper and Wendy Degroot of The Casper Elks Club for opening their doors to raise funds and awareness for local historic awareness and preservation in the public interest. When you do your Casper Ghostbusters Ghost Hunt, we humbly ask that you please purchase a cocktail or soda from their bartender in the special drink hour from 8-9 PM on the nights in question.
Councilwoman and NHTCF Executive Director Gena Jensen and Board President Nic Scalicky and Trustee Bruce Berst for supporting our effort to restore community to our celebration of Halloween with The National Historic Trails Center Foundation for partnering with us for the Elks Ghost Hunt and Ghost Tours of Old Wyoming.
Nic Scalicky and crew with The Platte Bridge Company for organizing their Ghost Tours of Old Wyoming happening outside of A Folk Halloween Experience (check the Casper Heritage Harvest Festival page to bundle and save)
Bill Atkins of R&R Rest Stops for giving us a good deal on portable restrooms for the Car Show Trunk or Treat and Ghost Tours of Old Wyoming happening outside.
Carla Mills-Latch with the City of Casper for helping to handle our permits, and Chief Graff for approving our special events permit and ensuring we've planned appropriately.