A girl squeezes her stuffed animal as she sits on a couch rocking back and forth in a state of delirium.
She is caked in blood.
Welcome to Theatre Santa Fe’s “House of Seven.” This student-run theater production group hosted its sixth annual haunted house Friday and Saturday night at Santa Fe College.
This year’s theme was based on the seven deadly sins — envy, sloth, gluttony, greed, lust, anger and pride — said Gregg Jones, adviser for Theatre Santa Fe.
Jones, dressed in a ghoulish costume with painted black eyes and a chalk-white face, monitored the ticket table.
Sarah Emmets, president of Theatre Santa Fe, represented the deadly sin “lust.”
Dressed in black tights and lingerie with dark black eyes and blood all over her body, Emmets led the tours through the haunted house.
Once patrons purchased their tickets, they nervously waited in the “graveyard” before entering.
“Welcome to the house of seven deadly sins, I will be your host tonight,” Emmets announced in a shrill voice.
The club has been planning this fundraiser since early September, she said.
The haunted house, located in Building S on the SFC campus, ran from 8 p.m. to midnight.
On Friday, 160 people attended and the club raised more than $600.
That is the most that’s ever been raised in one night, Jones said.
The haunted house is Theatre Santa Fe’s biggest fundraiser.
Proceeds from the event go to the club.
There were two to four people in each room, and it was up to them to decorate it according to the sin they represent, Emmets said.
The students enjoy this fundraiser and they take it very seriously, Jones said. It gives them a chance to understand how to execute a theater production.
The haunted house characters are not allowed to touch anyone, Emmets said, but the patrons still get pretty freaked out.
She said one of the visitors who went through the house got so scared he accidentally threw a punch.
