Gallows Hill Salem Seeks Actors for Immersive Haunted Productions

Gallows Hill Museum & Theatre in Salem, Massachusetts is now casting performers for its upcoming fall Halloween season.

Known as one of Salem’s most popular Halloween attractions, Gallows Hill Museum & Theatre offers a unique mix of live theater, haunted history, ghost stories, practical effects, puppetry, and immersive audience interaction. The venue is home to The Lost Museum Haunted Adventure and several signature Gallows Hill productions that bring Salem’s eerie reputation to life on stage.

For the 2026 Halloween season, the company is seeking talented, energetic, and dependable performers to join its paid seasonal cast. These roles are ideal for actors, interactive performers, scare performers, and anyone interested in theatrical storytelling and haunted entertainment.

The productions combine suspense, humor, history, character work, improvisation, and backstage effects to create a memorable experience for guests visiting Salem during the fall season.

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Casting Call Details 🎭

Production: Gallows Hill Museum & Theatre / The Lost Museum Haunted Adventure
Location: Salem, Massachusetts
Positions: Paid seasonal roles
Season: Fall Halloween season
Roles Needed: Actors, interactive performers, museum guides, and scare technicians

Production 1: Main Stage Immersive Experience

The first production is a fast-paced immersive theatrical show centered around witches, ghosts, and Salem-inspired storytelling.

This 22-minute performance features one actor portraying multiple characters through quick costume changes, dynamic storytelling, comedy, suspense, and puppetry. Performers should be comfortable shifting between different personalities while keeping the energy strong from beginning to end.

Ideal performers should have:

🎭 Strong acting and storytelling skills
👻 Excellent character work
🎤 Confidence performing for live audiences
⚡ Quick memorization ability
🕯️ High energy and stage presence
💬 Some improvisation experience

This role is a great opportunity for versatile performers who enjoy fast-paced theater and character-driven performances.

Production 2: The Lost Museum

In The Lost Museum, performers take on the role of eccentric museum guides leading guests through rooms filled with mysterious artifacts, strange curiosities, and supernatural surprises.

As the experience unfolds, actors must stay in character while interacting with guests, building suspense, and improvising as things begin to go hilariously and eerily wrong.

When not guiding tours, performers may also work as Scare Technicians, helping operate puppets, ghosts, lighting cues, practical effects, hidden scares, and other theatrical illusions that bring the attraction to life.

Who Should Apply?

Gallows Hill Museum & Theatre is looking for performers who are passionate about theater, Halloween, and immersive entertainment.

Applicants should be:

🎃 Comfortable speaking to groups
🧩 Strong improvisers who can think quickly
⏰ Reliable, punctual, and professional
🤝 Positive team players
👨‍👩‍👧 Comfortable interacting with audiences of all ages
🎭 Interested in learning backstage effects, puppetry, and live attraction operations

Day, evening, and weekend shifts are available.

Previous experience in theater, haunted attractions, improv, museums, escape rooms, theme parks, or live entertainment is welcomed, but not required. The company is also open to training enthusiastic applicants with a strong work ethic and willingness to learn.

How to Apply

Interested performers should submit the following:

Headshot or recent clear photo
Resume, if available
Brief introduction about yourself and why you want to join the cast
Demo reel, optional
Video submission, accepted

To request an audition appointment, email:

gallowshillsalem@outlook.com

Final Note

For performers who love Halloween, live theater, immersive storytelling, and haunted attractions, this Salem casting call offers a fun paid opportunity to be part of one of the city’s seasonal entertainment experiences.

If you are energetic, reliable, and ready to bring ghosts, witches, museums, and mysterious effects to life, this could be the perfect fall performance job.