History & local legend
The Belmont Theatre in York was known as York Little Theatre when its staff described the building’s ghosts in a 2013 BroadwayWorld interview. Two were called George and Martha. Director of artistic services Rene Staub explained that, despite the paired names, they were not thought to be a couple.
A third presence was a boy remembered in theater lore as a former performer. Staub said activity associated with the boy had been particularly noticeable during a production of Tommy. The back staircase also had a haunted reputation, and one part of the basement reportedly remained cold even with the heat running.
The company kept a ghost light on each of its two stages after closing. These small lights, a familiar theatrical tradition, left the performance spaces illuminated after the cast, crew, and audience had gone home.
