LOS ANGELES, CA – Joan Q, the comic clairvoyant with a morbid wit and an open heart, makes her Hollywood Halloween debut at SpookyFest 2026. JOAN Q, GENUINE INTUITIVE, an interactive psychic comedy séance of tarot readings, cosmic gossip and guests with strange true stories, plays three Scorpio season performances at The Hobgoblin Playhouse: Saturday, October 24 at 10:00 PM, Sunday, October 25 at 1:30 PM, and a final séance on Wednesday, October 28 at 7:00 PM. The show is one of eleven live productions at SpookyFest, Hollywood’s horror theatre and short film festival, running October 22 through November 3.
“I’m thrilled to bring Joan Q to SpookyFest! This will be her first Hollywood Halloween season, and there is perhaps no spookier, bewitching, or celebrity-séance-conducive theater in all of Los Angeles than the Hobgoblin Playhouse!” said Kevin Eggleston, creator of Joan Q.
Part old-school celebrity psychic and part tarot-reading talk show comic, Joan Q reads tarot and astrology for volunteers from the audience and for her special guests. No two séances are alike, and nothing is scripted.
Joan Q performing at The Hobgoblin Playhouse as part of the July 2026 EdFringe Preview Weekend.
“Joan Q was first inspired by my comic portrayal of the historical person of Nancy Reagan’s astrologer at shows and parties in DC. Today, she’s her own entity—part old-school celebrity psychic, part tarot-reading talk show comic, and part me. Joan Q is the right side of my brain taken to intuitive extremes, and while she was born as pure comedy, as she learned how to read Tarot, astrology, and her guests, it felt like she was touching upon something truly enchanted. This show, Joan Q Genuine Intuitive, grew out of that tension. Joan is camp & ridiculous, but she takes the person sitting across from her completely seriously, with her heart on her chiffon & her third eye wide open.”
At SpookyFest, Joan Q welcomes special guest Tabatha Myers on Saturday, October 24, Justine Hipsky at the final séance on Wednesday, October 28, and has a special surprise guest planned for Sunday, October 25th. Participation is entirely optional: audience members who would rather watch than be read are welcome to simply enjoy the show.
“You should come because I genuinely don’t know what’s going to happen during these spooky Scorpio themed shows—but with Joan Q reading the room–something magical always does. It’s a little risky, and quite exciting, and so rewarding–there’s no script or fourth wall for Joan or the audience to hide behind, yet all participation & on-stage tarot readings are voluntary. For Joan Q, the audience or her special guests (like her SpookyFest guests Justine Hipsky and Tabatha Myers) are never the butt of the joke, nor is belief in the unexplained—the joke is the absurdity of what we’re all tasked to endure in this life. And the enchantment is the result of facing the morbid truth with honesty & wit, together.”
Eggleston added, “No one takes better care of her audience than Joan, who after all describes herself first as a hostess, then a comedienne, and finally, her spooky self-discovery: as a genuine intuitive.”
Before SpookyFest, Joan Q played a nightly run at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe through PBH’s Free Fringe at The Outhouse Beer Garden on Broughton Street Lane.
Joan Q. (center) and two participants at a recent séance.
=== WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ===
Audiences at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe called the show “a magical and mystical must see,” “a warm hug,” and “ethereal…& witty as anything.” (Joan Q at Edinburgh Fringe)
Writing in Vanity Fair, Sally Quinn said Joan’s party readings “…proved so popular that soon everyone was upstairs in the reading rooms.” (joanqtarot.com)
One fan called it “THE BEST tarot reading I ever had, ever in my entire life.” (show page)
=== LISTING ===
JOAN Q, GENUINE INTUITIVE
Saturday, October 24 at 10:00 PM; Sunday, October 25 at 1:30 PM; Wednesday, October 28 at 7:00 PM (final séance) · $18.88
Joan Q is a comic clairvoyant with a morbid wit and an open heart. Her interactive psychic comedy séance brings tarot readings, cosmic gossip, guests with strange true stories and a few Scorpio season surprises. Special guests: Tabatha Myers (October 24) and Justine Hipsky (October 28).
(Kevin Eggleston | Ages 18+ | 50 minutes | All participation is voluntary)
=== TICKETS ===
Tickets are available at SpookyFestLA.com. All performances take place at The Hobgoblin Playhouse, 1516 N. Gardner St., Los Angeles, CA 90046. Box office: (323) 591-4849.
=== PHOTOS ===
High-resolution production photos are available on request. Photos of Joan Q on a black background, in her pink frock, are by Mikail Faalasi and must be credited “Photo: Mikail Faalasi.”
=== ABOUT ===
About Joan Q: Joan Q is a character created and performed by Kevin Eggleston, first inspired by Nancy Reagan’s astrologer and developed at shows and parties in Washington, DC. Part old-school celebrity psychic and part tarot-reading talk show comic, Joan Q describes herself first as a hostess, then a comedienne, and finally as a genuine intuitive. Instagram: @joan.q.tarot.
About SpookyFest: SpookyFest is Hollywood’s horror theatre and short film festival, produced by The StageCrafts. Each fall it gathers independent theatre makers and filmmakers for two weeks of ghost stories, monsters, séances and scares at The Hobgoblin Playhouse. SpookyFest 2026 presents eleven live productions from October 22 to November 1 and closes with SpookyFest Film on Tuesday, November 3.
About The Hobgoblin Playhouse: The Hobgoblin Playhouse is a Hollywood black box theatre operated by The StageCrafts, home to mini-festivals including MythicFest, SpookyFest and FrostyFest.
About The StageCrafts: The StageCrafts is a Los Angeles producer and theatre operator led by Jenn and Greg Crafts. It runs two Hollywood black box theatres, The Hobgoblin Playhouse and The Madnani Theater, and offers affordable, low-barrier production opportunities for independent artists.
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Media requests for interviews, press tickets or images may be directed to Gregory Crafts at (323) 591-4849 or [email protected].
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