Maverick Theater — Attraction in Fullerton

Myself, three kids, and my mom (three generations!) went to go see their Night of the Living Dead warehouse crawl experience. It's about an hour long and essentially combines a scripted theater production with a "maze crawl" similar to what you might see at a theme park.

Sounds like a simple concept, but for some reason I have NEVER seen a production like this offered before. The situation may have been borne out of necessity due to Covid, but it was PHENOMENAL. All of us remarked afterwards how it was one our favorite entertainment choices, ever. Kind of like living a movie.

The actors/actresses were dedicated, the production values were unreal (a couple of "vehicle moments" blew me away), and the staging and choreography given how complex it must be to herd theater-goers through an alley, warehouse, etc., is pretty daunting.

We loved every second of it. I hope they bring it back next year, but it sounds like this might have been a one-time event. Pity cause this format of entertainment is one I'd like to see a lot more of.

A special shoutout to our lead, who not only had to handle fight choreography and shepherd us around, but he also had to act through a mask! The "villain" was also especially fun with his interactions with the crowd, and my kids were legitimately sad over what happened to his loved ones. And the actress in the red dress had us in stitches with the "Tinder" line. Barbara's pathos/misery felt pretty real when you're only about three feet away ...

And who could forget Spencer, who made for a wonderful opening performer and was a ton of...

I've been coming to the Maverick theater for their improv schmimprov performances since mid 2007. I remember when the trees outside of that theater were shorter than I am, and the apartment complexes around the theater had not yet been built.

During that 16 to 17 year period, I have seen so many changes but one thing is consistent. It's always a damn good performance! Well worth the cost, well worth standing in line, well worth paying in advance so you don't have to stand in the line, well worth notifying all your friends that the show is happening and seeing if they're available... My only complaint about this place is that they aren't able to do two performances a week like they used to in the old days before the pandemic.

When you realize that this is a ma and pop operation, and everyone has lives to handle, you realize why they won't be able to do the shows as frequently as they do now. And that just makes the shows that they do do all the more precious.

Every year for as long as I can remember. They've also done Santa versus the Martin's, or something like that. I saw the performance years ago and it was amazing, and I've heard good things since then.

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This theater puts on unique and funny productions. I always visit when All Puppet Players puts on a muppet style play. I've seen Les Mis, and Frankenstein and give the shows my highest recommendations. The other plays they show here are equally as hilarious. There are two stages here, one with stadium seating, and one in a small lobby area. The small lobby area seats are pretty uncomfortable and tight. This doesn't affect my 5-star review, but I feel like this should be said knowing that some people have back problems or have trouble sitting in an uncomfortable chair for 2 hours. I've seldom had trouble finding parking around the theater. Parking is on the street...