{"id":16720,"date":"2022-08-25T08:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T08:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=16720"},"modified":"2025-02-08T06:53:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T06:53:32","slug":"the-witching-hour-four-short-plays-for-halloween-or-any-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=16720","title":{"rendered":"Spooked \u2022 Four Short Plays for Halloween (or any time)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">by<a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=16771\"><strong><i> K\u012bra Shaffer<\/i><\/strong> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=16769\"><strong><i>Cory Larsen<\/i><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div>This collection of short plays about the supernatural and macabre is perfect for the popular Halloween season, but can be done any time of year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A man mourning his mistress stays overnight in the cemetery where she\u2019s buried (<em>Was It a Dream? [about 21 minutes]<\/em>); a vampire and human are stranded together in the desert (<em>Deserted [about 21 mins]<\/em>); a couple\u2019s private Halloween at home is disrupted by a surprise visitor (<em>The Ghostly Chaperone [about 19 minutes]<\/em>); and a newlywed young woman meets a stranger with grim purpose at a ball (<em>A Long Waltz Too Short [about 17 minutes]<\/em>). Each of these plays may be performed separately, without the other three. (see below)<\/div>\n<p><strong>Cover Art courtesy of Doug Jeppson<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>PLAY DETAILS<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>6f, 7m (doubling possible to 2f 2m)<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>Was It a Dream?<\/b><\/span> 1f, 2m<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>MAN<\/strong><\/em>: devastated by the death of his lover, 20s to 50s<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>WOMAN<\/strong><\/em>: the Man\u2019s dead lover, 20s or 30s<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>JACQUES OLIVANT<\/strong><\/em>: skeleton of a dead man<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>Deserted<\/b><\/span> (1f, 2m)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>ARTHUR WOODROW<\/strong><\/em>: male vampire, 20s or 30s in appearance<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>MAUDE ANDERSON<\/strong><\/em>: female human, 25<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>BRANDON<\/strong><\/em>:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>male vampire, Arthur\u2019s<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>friend, 20s or 30s in appearance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>The Ghostly Chaperone <\/b><\/span>(2f, 1m)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>HANK<\/strong><\/em>: an amiable young man, 20s or 30s<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>ARIA<\/strong><\/em>: Hank\u2019s girlfriend who can see ghosts, 20s or 30s<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>GWENDOLYN<\/strong><\/em>: a well-dressed ghost, Hank\u2019s dead mother<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>A Long Waltz Too Short<\/b><\/span> (2f, 2m)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>DMITRI PETROV<\/strong><\/em>: an official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 20s to 30s<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>ELENA PETROVNA<\/strong><\/em>: Dmitri&#8217;s new wife, 21 a pretty but indecorous<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>SVETLANA KARATAEVA<\/strong><\/em>: single woman, 20s to 30s<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>GIBEL SMERTOV<\/strong><\/em>: a mysterious man, 20s to 50s<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>60-70 minutes<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>Period costumes<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>Simple Setting and props<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>ORDER # 3335<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PERUSAL MATERIALS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Witching-Hour-PERUSAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18790 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Perusal-Script-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Individual Plays in the Collection<\/strong> are available for separate performance (with separate royalty payments):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=16733\">Was It a Dream?<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=16735\"><strong>Deserted<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=16740\"><strong>The Ghostly Chaperone<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=16744\"><strong>A Long Waltz Too Short<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>REHEARSAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Script in PDF format<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8212; Order <strong>#3335a : $30.00<\/strong> (will be sent to you by email, from which you will be authorized to make copies for your production)<br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"9S8DBWT8SM87S\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; Order <strong>#3335d : $50<\/strong> (for the first or only performance)<br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"PG6ZU3YXUSG3E\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; 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Be sure to give us anticipated performance dates and the address of your group and, if different, your theatre. Please also include a contact name and phone number.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>BILLING CREDITS:<\/h2>\n<p>The following is how the credits should read in all programs, posters, fliers, handbills and other promotional advertising for the show:<\/p>\n<p><b>SPOOKED<\/b><\/p>\n<p>by<br \/>\n<strong><i>K\u012bra Shaffer<\/i><\/strong> and <strong><i>Cory Larsen<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: The names of the Playwright(s), Composer, Lyricist, and Bookwriter shall be equal in size, type, coloring, boldness, and prominence. No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play. (In a press release all type, will of course, be the same size.)<\/p>\n<p>ALSO:<\/p>\n<p>THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING\/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:<br \/>\n\u201c<i>Spooked <\/i>is presented through special arrangement with Premi\u00e9re Theatrical Licensing on behalf of Leicester Bay Theatricals.\u00a0 All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PRODUCTIONS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PREMIERED 2021 at The Hive Collective (as &#8220;The Witching Hour&#8221;)<\/strong>, Provo, Utah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">from the catalog of<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cropped-LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9915 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cropped-LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5-1-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by K\u012bra Shaffer and Cory Larsen This collection of short plays about the supernatural and macabre is perfect for the popular Halloween<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=16720\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[711,709,276,712,5,3,710],"tags":[28,46,704,51,8,93,639,41,134,218],"class_list":["post-16720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-university-theatre","category-community-theatre","category-family-theatre","category-high-school-theatre","category-latest","category-new-releases","category-professional-theatre","tag-adaptation","tag-based-on-a-true-story","tag-dramady","tag-halloween","tag-lbt-plays","tag-myth-and-legend","tag-paranormal","tag-play","tag-short-plays","tag-strong-female-cast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6fXeh-4lG","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Spooked-LOGO-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16720"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21789,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16720\/revisions\/21789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}