⭐ Step inside Ghost Light Masquerade, named one of San Diego Magazine’s Best of San Diego 2026. For a limited time each October, The Nocturne Theatre descends, conjuring an immersive, otherworldly masquerade where superstition walks, legends breathe, and Spirits dance.
Highlights
🏆 Named “Best Way to Overcome Your Fear of Ghosts” in San Diego Magazine’s Best of San Diego 2026
👻 Experience San Diego’s ultimate Halloween performance experience, created by The Rosin Box Project, San Diego’s premier contemporary ballet company
🕯 Enter The Nocturne Theatre, a spectral world brought to life by the legend of the Ghost Light
🩰 Move freely through the experience as contemporary ballet and theatrical encounters unfold around you
🎭 Follow Resident Spirits, discover hidden encounters, gather around the stage, and if fate and the Resident Spirits decide, be one of the (un)lucky few to take center stage during the many rituals, or perhaps… sacrifices throughout the performance
🎶 An immersive night of extraordinary dance, music, masks, atmosphere, and the supernatural
🎭 Costumes and masks encouraged. Bring your own mask or receive one upon arrival
General Info
📅 Dates: Choose your performance in the ticket selector
⏰ Time: 7:30 pm - 9:15 pm
📍 Location: The Nocturne Theatre, 3246 Imperial Ave, San Diego, CA 92102
⏳ Duration: Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes
👤 Age requirement: Recommended for ages 12+; guests 16 and under must be accompanied by a ticketed adult
♿ Accessibility: Venue is ADA compliant
🍸 Drinks: Cocktails, beverages, and bites available for purchase
🎭 Dress: Costumes and masks are encouraged, but not required. Masks will also be available/provided upon arrival
⚠ Please note: Ghost Light Masquerade is an immersive, walk-through performance with no formal seating. Guests should be comfortable standing and moving throughout the space. Comfortable shoes are recommended. Seating and accommodations available and reserved for guests with mobility and accessibility needs. Please contact us prior so we can best assist your party.
🎟 Tickets are limited and performances may sell out. Tickets are non-refundable
Description
When the theatre goes dark, a single lamp remains: the Ghost Light.
Practical tradition says it wards off accidents. Old superstition says it keeps spirits away.
But what if it doesn’t keep them out? What if it beckons them in?
For a limited time each October, The Nocturne Theatre descends and opens its doors for Ghost Light Masquerade, The Rosin Box Project’s signature immersive, after-dark experience.
Once inside, there are no assigned seats and no single path through the evening. Guests move freely through the theatre, following Resident Spirits, discovering hidden encounters, gathering around the stage, and experiencing contemporary ballet and theatrical performances unfolding throughout the space.
At the center of it all burns the Ghost Light, drawing the living and the spectral together for a Masquerade of movement, music, masks, atmosphere, and the unexpected.
Come dressed for the occasion. Bring a mask or receive one upon arrival. Follow a Spirit, linger beside the stage, explore somewhere unexpected, or simply let the night lead you.
The Nocturne Theatre exists for only a limited time.
The Ghost Light is burning. Dare to enter.
Highlights
🏆 Named “Best Way to Overcome Your Fear of Ghosts” in San Diego Magazine’s Best of San Diego 2026
👻 Experience San Diego’s ultimate Halloween performance experience, created by The Rosin Box Project, San Diego’s premier contemporary ballet company
🕯 Enter The Nocturne Theatre, a spectral world brought to life by the legend of the Ghost Light
🩰 Move freely through the experience as contemporary ballet and theatrical encounters unfold around you
🎭 Follow Resident Spirits, discover hidden encounters, gather around the stage, and if fate and the Resident Spirits decide, be one of the (un)lucky few to take center stage during the many rituals, or perhaps… sacrifices throughout the performance
🎶 An immersive night of extraordinary dance, music, masks, atmosphere, and the supernatural
🎭 Costumes and masks encouraged. Bring your own mask or receive one upon arrival
General Info
📅 Dates: Choose your performance in the ticket selector
⏰ Time: 7:30 pm - 9:15 pm
📍 Location: The Nocturne Theatre, 3246 Imperial Ave, San Diego, CA 92102
⏳ Duration: Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes
👤 Age requirement: Recommended for ages 12+; guests 16 and under must be accompanied by a ticketed adult
♿ Accessibility: Venue is ADA compliant
🍸 Drinks: Cocktails, beverages, and bites available for purchase
🎭 Dress: Costumes and masks are encouraged, but not required. Masks will also be available/provided upon arrival
⚠ Please note: Ghost Light Masquerade is an immersive, walk-through performance with no formal seating. Guests should be comfortable standing and moving throughout the space. Comfortable shoes are recommended. Seating and accommodations available and reserved for guests with mobility and accessibility needs. Please contact us prior so we can best assist your party.
🎟 Tickets are limited and performances may sell out. Tickets are non-refundable
Description
When the theatre goes dark, a single lamp remains: the Ghost Light.
Practical tradition says it wards off accidents. Old superstition says it keeps spirits away.
But what if it doesn’t keep them out? What if it beckons them in?
For a limited time each October, The Nocturne Theatre descends and opens its doors for Ghost Light Masquerade, The Rosin Box Project’s signature immersive, after-dark experience.
Once inside, there are no assigned seats and no single path through the evening. Guests move freely through the theatre, following Resident Spirits, discovering hidden encounters, gathering around the stage, and experiencing contemporary ballet and theatrical performances unfolding throughout the space.
At the center of it all burns the Ghost Light, drawing the living and the spectral together for a Masquerade of movement, music, masks, atmosphere, and the unexpected.
Come dressed for the occasion. Bring a mask or receive one upon arrival. Follow a Spirit, linger beside the stage, explore somewhere unexpected, or simply let the night lead you.
The Nocturne Theatre exists for only a limited time.
The Ghost Light is burning. Dare to enter.
