GHOST PLAYS

HAUNTING RIGHTS

9 scenes
runningtime 65 minutes

comedy
* includes limited audience participation

HAUNTING RIGHTS

9 scenes
runningtime 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.

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OFF BOOK

9 scenes
Running time 50 minutes

comedy

OFF BOOK

9 scenes
Running 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.

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CALIFORNIA BOUND

7 scenes
Running time 60 minutes

dramedy

CALIFORNIA BOUND

7 scenes
Running 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.

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BLOODSUCKERS… a survival guide

1 scene solo show
Running time 45 minutes

* includes heavy audience participation

BLOODSUCKERS… a survival guide

1 scene solo show
Running 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).

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SHOOTER

4 scenes
Running time 45 minutes

drama

SHOOTER

4 scenes
Running 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.

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TABLE READ

1 scene
Running time 50 minutes

black comedy

TABLE READ

1 scene
Running 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.

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