Join us September 24 to October 4, 2026, when over 100,000 film lovers across the world will unite in over 500 cities on six continents for one reason...to view and vote on the Finalists' Films in the 29th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival.

If creating short films is about getting your work out there...then nothing else quite compares to MANHATTAN SHORT.

Directed by Caroline Neff

Trust is tricky. You enter working relationships and it's unprofessional not to offer it. When you feel your trust challenged, you convince yourself that you're the problem. And some people take advantage of that. Fola is an MFA directing grad student stepping into a mid-year review with their advisor. What happens when you record a professional meeting and you don't tell the other? And what do you do when you record something really incriminating? This is a play about the degradation of trust

THE HALLOWEEN EVENT YOU'LL BE TALKING

ABOUT IN THERAPY

October 30 & 31 • 7:30 PM
The GhostLight Theatre

Well, well, well… what have we here? 😈

This Halloween, The GhostLight Theatre is throwing open the doors to the Transsexual Transylvanian party of your dreams—and we're bringing the filth, the fishnets, the corsets, the camp, and the absolute sexual confusion of The Rocky Horror Picture Show to the stage!

It's the movie you know.
It's the songs you love.
It's the characters you can't explain to your mother.
And it's LIVE. IN. YOUR. FACE.

Watch our scandalously fabulous Shadowcast bring the madness to life alongside the movie as Brad, Janet, Frank-N-Furter, Riff Raff, Magenta, Columbia, Rocky, and the rest of the gang lead you through a night of lust, lingerie, seduction, bad decisions, questionable morals, and one hell of a good time.

💋 EXPECT:

• Fishnets and corsets

• Lips, hips, and everything in between

• Audience participation

• Plenty of innuendo

• A whole lot of shouting

• Some seriously questionable behavior

• And enough sexual tension to make the theater need a cigarette afterward

Dress filthy. Think dirty. Come prepared to participate.

Bring your costumes. Bring your props. Bring your loudest voice. Bring the friend who needs to loosen up.

Just don't bring your pearl-clutching aunt.

🎶 LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN! 🎶

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 — 7:30 PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 — 7:30 PM

📍 The GhostLight Theatre

Two nights. One cult classic. Zero inhibitions.

You've seen Rocky Horror.

You've probably yelled at Rocky Horror.

Now it's time to experience the madness LIVE.

💋 COME FOR THE MOVIE.

😈 STAY FOR THE SIN.

🔥 LEAVE ABSOLUTELY TRANSFORMED.

WARNING: This show contains adult themes, sexual humor, outrageous behavior, and absolutely no respect for your dignity.

Gut Instinct is an improvisational comedy team in Southwest Michigan. Eschewing the safety of a script, Gut Instinct relies on audience suggestions to inspire scenes that are made up on the spot, with hilarious results!

Using games and structures familiar to anyone who has seen Whose Line Is It Anyway, every Gut Instinct show is a beautiful and unique snowflake – completely different!

Directed by Paige Mulick

Winner of the Tony "Triple Crown" for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart.

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The laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that, although the residents seem nice, it's clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates and their ever-elusive purpose in life.

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Filled with gut-busting humor and a delightfully catchy score, not to mention puppets, Avenue Q is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favorite for audiences everywhere. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved children's show; a place where puppets are friends, Monsters are good, and life lessons are learned.