Welcome to
Theatre Ghosts
THEATRE GHOSTS is a collection of plays intended for ‘After-Hours’ theatre.
With so much theatre being created for 90 minutes or less presentations, theatre houses often close their doors by ten at night. Leaving venues dark, yet presumably available to create additional revenue and/or bring in a new audience; one that doesn’t even consider night life starting till after 9:00 pm.
Each THEATRE GHOST piece is a stand-alone one act play, created to be performed on a stage already dressed for another production, regardless whether that production be Noises off, Music Man, As You Like It, or Raisin in the Sun. The Theatre Ghosts plays utilize each venue as a theatre space—generally the same theatre space itself that the audience is attending…any dialogue pertaining to location or venue may and should be adjusted to match the venue.
What's On
The Ghost Plays
(2f, 2m)*
9 scenesrunningtime 65 minutes
comedy
* includes limited audience participation
HAUNTING RIGHTS
9 scenesrunningtime 65 minutes (2f, 2m)*
comedy
* includes limited audience participation
Derek, a member of the audience, recently died in the theatre lobby. Johnny died in 1948 during the building's construction. Johnny wants Derek gone but Derek knows his daughter, a would-be actress, has been coming to this theatre to visit his memory. Fran and Mary, a pair of free-spirited young souls who passed away in 1971; "help" as these four spirits vie for the position of resident Theatre Ghost. There can only be one.
(3f)
9 scenesRunning time 50 minutes
comedy
OFF BOOK
9 scenesRunning time 50 minutes (3f)
comedy
Susan, a corporate Real Estate agent, walks Wallis, a potential buyer, through a theatre, which the building’s owner has decided to put on the market. Doborah, the resident Artistic Director, crashes the meeting in order to barker her own deal. Wallis, may have ties with criminal enterprise; Doborah takes the risk that their two businesses may be able to help each other; Susan needs the deal to go through in order to help out her pregnant daughter; but Wallis has demands of her own.
(1f, 1m, 1n)
7 scenesRunning time 60 minutes
dramedy
CALIFORNIA BOUND
7 scenesRunning time 60 minutes (1f, 1m, 1n)
dramedy
Sheila, Max and “Pat”, three transients in their twenties, steal shelter for the night in a theatre. Childish games give way to adult decisions as the night moves on into morning.
(1f)*
1 scene solo showRunning time 45 minutes
* includes heavy audience participation
BLOODSUCKERS… a survival guide
1 scene solo showRunning time 45 minutes (1f)*
* includes heavy audience participation
Izzy gives a Ted Talk. Izzy has been a vampire since 1942. She has learned a few things and is ready to share her experience with all her new children of the night... or to learn how to avoid being lunch (whichever applies to you).
(3f, 1m)
4 scenesRunning time 45 minutes
drama
SHOOTER
4 scenesRunning time 45 minutes (3f, 1m)
drama
Emily Rosner, the parent of a high-school shooter, now that her husband has passed on, opens up to reporter Hayley Simms, 15 years after the incident; in an effort to end the constant requests for interviews, excise her own demons, and move on with her life.
(3f, 1m)
1 sceneRunning time 50 minutes
black comedy
TABLE READ
1 sceneRunning time 50 minutes (3f, 1m)
black comedy
An homage to community theatres everywhere. Doborah directs two actors (Emily and Topher) through a traditional table read of a new play (an adaptation of Hamlet) Everyone is wrongly cast and one of the principles hasn’t shown. Cara, the stage manager steps in, and everyone has their own agendas.
The Companion Plays
SEVERANCE PLAY
running time 75 minutes (2f, 1m)black comedy
SEVERANCE PLAY
running time 75 minutes (2f, 1m)black comedy
Elaine arrives late for work, undermining an important presentation, and gets fired in the process, regardless of her reasoning: she found a head in the street (a human head). But she may also have lied one too many times in the past for the truth to be able set her free. And after all, what is free? And what is the truth? Severance Play is a black comedy about office politics, romance, sales, lies, sex and maybe a little murder.
POLITE CONVERSATIONS AND WINE
running time 60 minutes (4f)dramedy
POLITE CONVERSATIONS AND WINE
running time 60 minutes (4f)dramedy
Alice & Lisa are a young married couple, ready to take the plunge into motherhood. And that deserves a celebration gathering their closest friends and … and their mothers (Donna and Beth) may feel uncomfortable so … Alice & Lisa decide to hold two parties. This one will be just the four of them. 20th-century Mothers, 21st-century daughters, and Wine ... what could possibly go wrong?
OPEN MEETING CLOSED
running time 60 minutes (6f)comedy
OPEN MEETING CLOSED
running time 60 minutes (6f)comedy
4 women have closed their open AA meeting today to confront Helen, the woman who has slept with all their husbands . . . well, almost all. Enter the newcomer, looking for her first meeting, and you have the mix for an AA meeting / Intervention gone wrong.
IN THERAPY
running time 60 minutes (1f, 1m, 1n)Dramedy
IN THERAPY
running time 60 minutes (1f, 1m, 1n)Dramedy
As the lights come up we find Adam and Evelyn sitting, face to face clad in nothing but their underwear and their past as they attempt to engage in a new age therapy in order to course correct their present and restart their future. Proving, once again that life is, after all, a work in progress.
