Closing out National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), Spectrum Laboratory — an L.A.-based, 501c3 non-profit performing and visual arts production studio of Love on the Spectrum standouts Dani Bowman and Abbey Romeo, Horsegirls’ lead actress Lillian Carrier and many more neurodivergent performing, visual and audio artists — are reanimating the Spec-O-Ween extravaganza. The showcase event returns for a fourth time to the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday, October 30.
Trick or treat yourself to seasonal celebration featuring improv comedy from the Spec-Ond City Players, live music from four Spec Bands and a chilling tour de force from Spec Labs’ voiceover director Cathy McAuley and her ensemble The Haunted Voices — topped off with a screening of live-action horror short House of Masks, led by director/lead actor Atticus Jackson (The Perfect Palm), Domonique Brown (Atypical) and Chelsea Darnell (2025 Autism Care Today’s All Ghouls Gala “Lending Your Voice” honoree).
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the hijinks high-kick off at 7 p.m. Spec Labs encourages audience cosplay to enhance the overall theatre-going experience.
Tickets are available now on the Spec Labs website. New VIP options include a Spec-O-Ween t-shirt and signed poster by famed artist and animator Jorge Gutierrez (The Book of Life, Maya and the Three), the star of Spec Labs x Autism in Entertainment mini documentary Fighting with Autism, which exhibited at San Diego Comic-Con Film Festival 2025.
“Spectrum Laboratory proudly celebrates its 10th year of teaching neurodivergent show business hopefuls,” Spectrum Lab co-founders Jason Weissbrod and Garth Gerberg shared. “Thus far, we have enjoyed an unforgettable 2025: two shows at Laugh Factory; a first-of-its-kind talent management collaboration with Sandstone Artists and Autism in Entertainment, plus many bookings that resulted from this endeavor; competition honors for our short films House of Masks, Benchwarm Nerds and Fighting with Autism: Jorge Gutierrez Visits Spectrum Laboratory; a greenlight for our first Spec Labs original feature film Caverns and Chimeras; a new Burbank studio; and now the grand reveal of this year’s Spec-O-Ween. We are grateful beyond measure and are ready for a stunning 2026.”
Visit speclabs.org to learn more and purchase tickets for Spec-O-Ween 2025.
