by Frank Blocker and Jana Wimer
Christmas ghost stories from the 1800s adapted for the stage, developed in workshop conducted by Jana Wimer of the legendary Urban Death series based in Los Angeles.
Characters
Casting may vary as this is a collection of short stories and, depending on direction, more or less cast can be used.
Time & Setting
A modernization of 1800s ghost stories and horror, the time is the present for most scenes, though a few may become period pieces, dependent upon direction.
History of Readings/Productions
Premiered at Center for Performing Arts Bonita Springs, December 2018, Moe Auditorium and Film Center, featuring Blake Benge, Giselle Cairney, Jenene Delaney, Deanna Hartigan, Melissa Hennig, Kathryn Huffer, Mickey Lacroix, Anthony Marici, Lena Neal, Luis Pages, Leslie Sanderson, Bob Stabile, Kaelyn Wilson and Angelia Winn as the Ghost of the Moe.
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Synopsis
“Blocker and Wimer adapted six classic horror tales for the approximately one-hour play. In E.F. Benson’s 1912 gothic-horror story “Between the Lights,” a man keeps popping out of our own reality and into a dimension full of “monsters and creepy things” — and those creepy things are out to get him. In William Hope Hodgson’s “The Searcher at End House,” occult detective Thomas Carnacki investigates a haunting at his own mother’s house. And in M.R. James’s 1895 ghost story “Lost Hearts,” a young orphan boy goes to live with his older cousin, a creepy professor … and then weird things start happening.
Plus there are three other stories by horror writers Algernon Blackwood, Sir Andrew Caldecott and A.M. Burrage.” —Charles Runnels, Naples Daily News
Articles and Reviews
Florida Weekly Article, November 29, 2018
Naples Daily News, December 5, 2018
Rights
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