© 2022 Stacey Lane
Synopsis
Spirited
theatre
ghosts
conduct
late
night
auditions
to
replace
the
current
ghost
who
wishes
to
retire
from
haunting.
The
first
ghost
to
audition
throws
a
sheet
over
his
head
and
bellows
uninspiring
“boos”.
The
second
audition
consists
of
off-key
show
tunes,
Shakespeare,
and
tap
dances
by
a
ghost
who
makes
up
for
what
she
lacks
in
talent
in
true
love
of
the
theatre.
The
final
ghost
to
audition
chooses
more
traditional
ghoulish
tactics,
as
he
conjures
up
a
storm
that
rattles
the
entire
building.
While
the
overbearing
director
and
his
eager-to-please
assistant
debate
casting,
a
live
girl
enters
in
tears.
She
holds
a
newspaper
article
that
informs
the
ghosts
that
the
theatre
is
going
to
be
torn
down. While the rest of the ghouls leave in a huff, the theatre-loving ghost stays to comfort the girl.
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Production History
Ten Grand Productions
Cold Cut Reading Series
Manhattan, NY
Bug Theatre
Playwrights Festival Staged Reading
Denver, CO
Renaissance Guild
Criminal Minds One Act Series
San Antonio, TX
E.M.U. Theatre
Horrowshow 3D
Lawrence, KS
Barn Theatre
One Act Festival
Montville, NJ
Eden Prairie Players
6th Annual Collection of One Acts
Eden Prairie, MN
Saarens Productions
Shortly Thereafter . . .
Bemidji, MN
Three Rose Players
Qualifiers tier for The Writer Speaks:
Los Angeles, CA
Goblins and Ghosts and Ghouls Oh My!
Play N Well Players
Fourth Annual One Act Festival
Plainwell, MI
Sage Players
To Life!
Spokane, WA
F.A.C.T.
To Scare or Not to Scare
New York, NY
The Alley Theater
InHuman: A Festival of the
Louisville, KY
New American Undead Theater
Artistic Home
Cut to the Chase Finalist
Chicago, IL
Bearden High School
Production
Knoxville, TN
Deer Park High School
One Act Play Festival
Deer Park, NY
Principia College
One Acts
St. Louis, MO
Oswego High School Drama Club
Student-Directed Play Festival
Oswego, NY
Open Space Arts
Heroes and Legends
Reisterstown, MD
Bobcat Players
On The Edge
Beaver, PA
Naked Angels Chicago
The Horror Show
Chicago, IL
Annie Raczko, Matt Cotton, Sarah Wertheimer, Donna Bialkin, and Jerry
Sappersteinin in Storms, Sheets, and Show Tunes at the Barn Theatre
in Montville, New Jersey. Directed by Dan Reed. Photographer: Anthony
Rubolotta.
Character Descriptions
Skip
an anxious, fresh-faced, dull-witted
ghost
Patty
a go-getting do-gooder of a ghost
James
a minuscule man of a ghost with a
booming voice
Ladonna
a theatre-loving ghost waiting for her
prime
Edwin
an ancient ghoul who has seen and
done it all with no remorse
Gina
a grief-stricken young woman
