| Telfair Peet Theatre Auburn, AL |
| Telfair Peet Theatre History The Telfair Peet Theatre in Auburn Alabama was built in 1972 to house the theatre students at Auburn University. Th facility was built after the theatre department moved from the old University Chapel. The Chapel was used as a theatre house after it was converted into a nondenominational church. Prior to that, during the civil war it was a make shift hospital where several hundred Confederate soldiers from Hood's Brigade lost there lives. Many are buried in the Pine Hill cemetery under a single marker. It's rumored that the spirit of the famous campus spirit: Sydney Grimmlet haunted the old chapel theatre for many years. He was said to be a British born soldier fighting for the confederacy who lost his leg either by infection or was angeled and had to be amputated. His spirit would reek havoc on shows played at the chapel for many years until one student took the initiative to appease the wayward spirit with candy. Chocolate was left in the rafters for Sydney on several occasions and shows would go on without a single hitch, other nights, when candy was forgotten, everything that could go wrong, would go wrong. The students allegedly asked Sydney to move with them after the Telfair Peet Theatre was built and apparently Sydney did. Over generations, students have left candy in the rafters for Sydney, which have now evolved into M&M's. Every night, and before a each show, M&M's are left in a small bucket in the catwalks to make sure Sydney is kept at bay while the performance is going on. Investigation: As strange as it sounds APRT was able to get some strong evidence that may signify that not only is Sydney Grimmlet indeed part of the supernatural cast at the Theatre but is also an Auburn fan at that. We went through an entire bag of colored, peanut M&M's and asked questions in the hopes of a response to identify the energy that was present. As we asked if he liked the random colors of the candy, K2 hits only signified two....Orange and Blue! Now if that doesn't embody the term "School Spirit", then I don't know what does? |
