Welcome to the home of Skeleton Theatre, the brainchild of Chris and Dave. Our mission for two years was to bring movie scenes and song clips to life using homemade animatronic skeletons.
2006 was our first year, with 11 clips. The show ran about 20 minutes, with a two minute intermission. Thanks to an article in The Seattle Times, we had about 3000 people attend the show over the two nights we ran it. Quite a crowd, took us by surprise. The skeletons held up though, with the exception of Boney Danza's arm falling off twice - quickly repaired.
In 2007 we had all new clips, and again we ran the show October 31st and November 1st from 6pm to 9pm...well, we went up late the first night so it was really 7pm to 9pm on Halloween.
Now it's 2008, time for an all new show. We're still going to use animatronic skeletons, but this year it will be one 20-minute show instead of a collection of clips. Also, it's a bigger concept. Without giving away too much, the 7 animatronic creatures this year (including a parrot) will be on two large pirate ships. Enough said.
You can see some clips from the last two years on our Shows page. The Build page has pics showing how it was all done. People gets you behind the scenes a little more with intros of the people on the Skeleton Crew, and Find Us shows you where to see the show.
Lastly, you can e-mail me (Chris) if you have any questions or comments. A blog may be forthcoming on this site, we'll see.
