YTN presents ‘The Halloween Detective’ on Mercer Island

Mercer Island’s Youth Theatre Northwest presents “The Halloween Detective” from Oct. 22-30 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

Shows run Saturdays starting at 10 a.m. with last tours beginning at 2 p.m. and Sundays starting at 1 p.m. with final tours beginning at 3 p.m.

In contrast to a traditional haunted house, this Halloween activity is a non-scary, 30 minute guided adventure. YTN’s annual Halloween activity is specifically created for the most imaginative tots, preschoolers and early elementary age children.

“The Halloween Detective” centers on Madame Crocosmia and her home, which was once the scariest mansion around with folks coming from far and wide to tour its haunted halls. But the Halloween fun ended the day all the scary disappeared. Where did it go? No one knows, but life hasn’t been the same since. With their loss of fright, the ghosts now spend all day making really terrible jokes. No one has paid for a tour in ages so if the ghosts can’t find their scary, Madame could lose everything!

Detective J.L. Pinkerman is determined to solve this case but he’ll need the help of some junior detectives to sort all this out. Children get to use their creative problem solving skills to save the day.

Halloween costumes are encouraged. “The Halloween Detective” is an outdoor, rain or shine event. Guests are encouraged to dress weather appropriate and wear suitable shoes.

Tickets are $10 and available at YouthTheatre.org. Call 206-232-4145, ext. 100, for more information.