As Halloween nears, one on-campus theater group has a few funny tricks planned for tonight's performance.

Instead of the group's usual one-act plays, the Outlaws Playwright's Workshop will treat the audience at 11:15 tonight in the Pavilion Theatre with its annual Halloween performance, a showcase of 13 different scenes.

Producer Scott Andrews(junior-theatre) said the festive theme takes on many emotions throughout the show because of the different scenes.

Mike Viola (junior-theatre), director of the opening scene, said a well-known song from The Nightmare Before Christmas will open the show, as the cast dances down the aisles of the theatre.

"The audience will enjoy being welcomed into Halloweentown," he said.

The student-written, directed and acted scenes begin with one woman's final elevator ride, after she commits a rather innocent crime.

"These days, it doesn't take much to get to hell," said Jessica Byars (sophomore-theatre), who plays the main character.

In another sketch, sandwiches and the moonlight make for an interesting conversation between two characters.

"A dashing young man meets a girl in a sub shop, and she's oblivious to the supernatural occurrences that engulf her," said Brad Einstein (sophomore-women's studies), who plays the young man.

During one segment, Jeff Kornberg (senior-English) sings "a haunted song," explaining in the lyrics that the song was once a love song but was transformed by a spirit possessing his body.

One segment features Molly Kline (sophomore-secondary education) as a mother who meets someone unexpected before trick-or-treating with her daughter.

Kline's character gets the chance to talk with her mother, who has been dead for three years.

Actor and director Sean Collier (senior-theatre) said the varied themes in each sketch are what contributes to making the show one of the best of the year.