Hell House of the stars.

This article provides information on the play Hell House in Los Angeles, California. The Hell House characters will be played by the likes of Bill Maher as Satan and Andy Richter as Jesus. Hell Houses across the country have been bringing the fire-and-brimstone gospel to teens who might never set foot in church. Usually produced by local churches and youth ministries, the Hell House experience terrifies young audiences with nightmare real-life scenarios. Minister Keenan Roberts is credited with creating Hell House, which he began presenting at his church in Colorado in 1995. He sells a 263-page Hell House kit that provides not only scripts and costume designs but instructions on such matters as how to use hamburger meat to portray an aborted fetus. Actress and writer Maggie Rowe first learned about Hell House from the 2001 documentary of the same name. The product of a strict Southern Baptist upbringing, Rowe quickly became obsessed. Under the guise of a West Hollywood youth group leader, Rowe contacted Roberts and paid him $200 for the Hell House kit. Rowe and Jill Soloway have recruited about 120 actors, comedians, and colleagues, each of whom will perform at least one night. The performers will stage the Hell House scenes, which include a graphic abortion, a gang rape that ends with the victim's suicide, and a Columbine-like school shooting.