Hey, how’d you get that SPOOKY job? Halloween 313 writer Andrew Watts

Watts points the way to hell at a 313 show in 2009. Credit: Chris Franko For most people, Halloween is a holiday that comes around once a year. But for Fort Greene resident Andrew Watts, America’s spookiest holiday is a full-time career. For the past 21 years, Watts has helped to realize Halloween 313, the annual musical spook-tacular that takes over an apartment building at 313 Clinton Ave. in Clinton Hill. It’s a longstanding tradition for families of all ages to gather round 313’s standing-room-only lawn to watch a free and reasonably scary show, on repeat every half hour. Tonight, the 313 rises again with Watts’ Abracadaver, a magic, mystery and murder-filled walk down the Coney Island Boardwalk. And in honor of the occasion, Brokelyn chatted with the 59-year-old writer and composer about how a one-time volunteer gig scaring kids on Halloween became a lifelong career creating accessible spooks in Clinton Hill. Watts first met 313’s artistic director, Janna Hyten, in college, and the two connected over… Read More

Hey, how’d you get that SPOOKY job? Halloween 313 writer Andrew Watts : Brokelyn