Ghost Tour and Gum Wall Rally

Take a tour of the Market and follow it with a short form improv show geared at making you of an expert on Seattle and it's eccentric past. Audience to the tour, participant in the show; both are a part of your night in the Pike Place Market.

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pike place market seattle, may 2008---beginning in may 2008, the market theater, home to unexpected productions, is proud to host the market ghost tour followed by a live improvisational theater show, the gum wall rally an evening for local and tourist alike; sharing eccentric seattle history in a setting that allows the audience to participate. Learn about the market, the city, and the humor of seattle.

The market theater is home of the longest running show in seattle's history, theatersports, and is the first improv theater in the city. Market ghost tours are the very popular tours through the pike place market started over 20 years ago.

The talented cast of the gum wall rally use audience suggestions and interaction to create hilarious scenes on the spot! The gum wall rally includes short improv games as well as scenes performed in specific movie and theatrical styles.

This group displayed a highly accessible form of improv that allowed the audience to remain engaged and entertained. Their subtle humor and true storytelling ability make this group a must see if you are out in seattle. Jonathan bender, improvreview.com

watching this improvisational group is like watching a great rock band each show is raucous, inspired, and completely unpredictable. The immensely talented, very funny company performs at the market theater. Seattle magazine

if anything, the vivacious actors gave this audience a dose of theatre history, along with an endless supply of laughs. Seattle times

mercedes yaeger, of market ghost tour, has been a tour guide in seattle for the past ten years and has crafted the tours to be entertaining and educational.

We looked up and saw -- really saw -- the windows above the market. And unlocked by stories of listless ghosts, hotel murderers and bodies floating down the sound, we pictured figures in those windows. We wondered who they were. Monica guzman, seattle pi

"mercedes captured our attention from the beginning with her sparkling personality and her magical storytelling abilities. Emphasizing every stories' vivid details, our imaginations conjured up visions of what the market and the people of the past would have looked like and experienced. Mercedes guided us effortlessly from one area to the next, leaving us wondering if there is any other spot in seattle as haunted as the market....oh, and my children swear they saw a ghost on the last stop of the tour -- they talk about it even now, nearly a year later" seattle resident, sunshine everskull

the package ticket includes the tour and show at a cost of $25. The combination, begins with the tour of pike place market followed by a live improv show. It is offered every friday, saturday and sunday at 6pm. Meet at the market theater right next to the gum wall. Tickets can be purchased in advance atwww.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 206-322-1218. Group prices are available.

Learn more:
www.seattleghost.com
www.unexpectedproductions.org