Organization

IN THE 18 YEARS SINCE IT'S INCEPTION, Halloween Magic has raised $1,000,000 for Houston AIDS charities. To date, 15 freewheeling productions have been created with proceeds going towards various Houston AIDS charities, with the 16th up and coming.

Halloween Magic’s recipe for success is simple! We take a popular musical, film, or play...re-write the lyrics of famous show tunes and disco favorites...sprinkle in satirical references to pop culture and local personalities...and bring it all to a boil over a flame of hot camp humor.

Halloween Magic’s productions have featured the work of some of the most talented members of the Bayou City’s theater community: director Robin Robinson (who staged Main Street Theater’s acclaimed production of "Into the Woods"); and the actors Jimmy Phillips (who won acclaim for his comic portrayal in "Box Office of the Damned" at Theater Lab, Houston), Paul Nicely ("The Rink"), Jessica Calvello ("The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun") and Jennifer Doctorovich ("Assassins").

Halloween Magic started in 1988 as a series of dinner parties held on the Sunday before Halloween to benefit FIRM (The Foundation for Inter-Faith Research & Ministries) and Body Positive. Three years later, Roger Aucoin, a loyal friend to Halloween Magic approached the organizers of the event with a novel idea. He wanted to give a party, but with the format of a play. In 1991 “Roxy Whorra Beauty Shop" became the first Halloween Magic theatrical production.

The HALLOWEEN MAGIC MISSION is to raise and distribute funds to non-profit organizations whose primary focus is to provide services to those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS living in the Greater Houston Area.