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By Jim Carney
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 04:54 p.m. EDT, Sep 13, 2009
This was not your routine answer at a job interview.
''Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh,'' was the sound of the hair-raising scream made by one of about 150 job applicants who were interviewed Sunday for two dozen jobs as monsters at two Akron haunted houses.
Krystian Wolansky, 18, of Akron, had just been asked by interviewer Ryan Haidet, who works as a reporter for Rubber City Radio group, to give him his best monster scream, and he blared out a yell.
''I would prefer to be a monster and scare people, but I'll take whatever position they would have me do,'' Wolansky said.
The interviews were for 24 part-time slots at the Haunted Schoolhouse and the Haunted Laboratory, which are side by side on Triplett Boulevard.
The two Halloween attractions are open 23 nights during the scary season, starting Sept. 25 and running through Nov. 2.
About 100 actors are coming back from previous years to play various roles. But Cindy Johns, owner of the business, said two dozen more actors are needed.
Those who work every night the two venues are open during the season will be paid minimum wage, or about $717 for the season, Johns said.
Supervisors will be paid more, she said.
This will be the 36th year for the Haunted Schoolhouse and the 29th year for the Haunted Laboratory.
About 35,000 people have visited the two haunted houses each of the last few years. Johns said about 2.5 million people have been through the doors since the Haunted Schoolhouse opened.
The haunted house business is a $1 billion enterprise in America, she said.
This month's Hauntworld magazine and its Web site — http://www.hauntworld.com — list the Haunted Schoolhouse and Laboratory as the sixth best haunted houses in the country.
Johns said she expects between 300 and 400 people will turn in applications for the 24 jobs.
Those who are hired will be told in the next week or so, she said.
Stacey Ray Jr., 16, an Akron North High School junior, turned applied for a part-time job Sunday and wore a skeleton shirt to make a good impression during the interview.
''I like scaring people,'' he said. ''If you get paid to scare people, what more could you ask for?''
Ray said he would like to operate a haunted house business someday.
His father, Stacey Ray Sr., said his son likes to scare people year round, not just at Halloween.
Anthony Good, 20, of Akron, said he saw a sign in front of the Haunted Schoolhouse that read simply, ''Monsters Wanted,'' and decided to stop in and fill out an application.
''I'm a Halloween junkie,'' he said.
For more about the Haunted Schoolhouse and Haunted Laboratory, go to http://www.hshlab.com or http://www.myspace.com/hshlab.
Jim Carney can be reached at 330-996-3576 or jcarney@thebeaconjournal.com.
This was not your routine answer at a job interview.
''Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh,'' was the sound of the hair-raising scream made by one of about 150 job applicants who were interviewed Sunday for two dozen jobs as monsters at two Akron haunted houses.
Krystian Wolansky, 18, of Akron, had just been asked by interviewer Ryan Haidet, who works as a reporter for Rubber City Radio group, to give him his best monster scream, and he blared out a yell.
''I would prefer to be a monster and scare people, but I'll take whatever position they would have me do,'' Wolansky said.
The interviews were for 24 part-time slots at the Haunted Schoolhouse and the Haunted Laboratory, which are side by side on Triplett Boulevard.
The two Halloween attractions are open 23 nights during the scary season, starting Sept. 25 and running through Nov. 2.
About 100 actors are coming back from previous years to play various roles. But Cindy Johns, owner of the business, said two dozen more actors are needed.
Those who work every night the two venues are open during the season will be paid minimum wage, or about $717 for the season, Johns said.
Supervisors will be paid more, she said.
This will be the 36th year for the Haunted Schoolhouse and the 29th year for the Haunted Laboratory.
About 35,000 people have visited the two haunted houses each of the last few years. Johns said about 2.5 million people have been through the doors since the Haunted Schoolhouse opened.
The haunted house business is a $1 billion enterprise in America, she said.
This month's Hauntworld magazine and its Web site — http://www.hauntworld.com — list the Haunted Schoolhouse and Laboratory as the sixth best haunted houses in the country.
Johns said she expects between 300 and 400 people will turn in applications for the 24 jobs.
Those who are hired will be told in the next week or so, she said.
Stacey Ray Jr., 16, an Akron North High School junior, turned applied for a part-time job Sunday and wore a skeleton shirt to make a good impression during the interview.
''I like scaring people,'' he said. ''If you get paid to scare people, what more could you ask for?''
Ray said he would like to operate a haunted house business someday.
His father, Stacey Ray Sr., said his son likes to scare people year round, not just at Halloween.
Anthony Good, 20, of Akron, said he saw a sign in front of the Haunted Schoolhouse that read simply, ''Monsters Wanted,'' and decided to stop in and fill out an application.
''I'm a Halloween junkie,'' he said.
For more about the Haunted Schoolhouse and Haunted Laboratory, go to http://www.hshlab.com or http://www.myspace.com/hshlab.
Jim Carney can be reached at 330-996-3576 or jcarney@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Posted 09:35 AM, 09/14/2009
$15 a person for one of either the schoolhouse or lab is ridiculous.
akron, oh
Posted 01:24 PM, 09/14/2009
The prices have been $15 for a few years now, nothing much else has stayed the same price wise. I know they have special prices and coupons available on their website. They are some of the best built and produced shows in the state, from what we have been to.
Akron, OH
Posted 04:33 PM, 09/14/2009
Jon,
Don't be such a whiner. $15 is the cost of a cheap meal at a restaurant. It's the cost of a CD. It's the cost of a cheap baseball ticket.
This is entertainment - live entertainment at that - and it's not out of line with cost of other forms of entertainment.
The owners have the costs of maintaining the buildings, the dozens and dozens of sets and displays they use, security, actors, ticket sellers and other workers, taxes, insurance, etc.
If you don't like this sort of entertainment then don't go. But stop moaning about a few bucks for kids to go have a safe, fun time at Halloween.
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