Oct 31, 2024

All the work that goes into spooks, scares and haunts

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This Halloween, we'll check in with Star Romano of Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor in Long Beach, California.

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“A lot of these people have 9-to-5s, and so it gets taxing and it gets tiring. And these actors who want to give me all they got, they get burnt out,” says Star Romano, a stage production manager at the Queen Mary's Dark Harbor.

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