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Trap by Stephen Gregg

  • Drama
  • |
  • 75 - 85 minutes
  • 12 W, 10 M, 5 Any (10-46 actors possible: 5-46 W, 2-46 M)
Productions (447)
(162)

MENACHAP, CALIFORNIA. An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a high school play falls unconscious--every person but one.... Read more

MENACHAP, CALIFORNIA. An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a high school play falls unconscious--every person but one.... Read more

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The War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script by Howard E. Koch

  • Drama
  • |
  • 60 - 65 minutes
  • 5 M, 6 Any (4-22 actors possible: 0-9 W, 4-22 M)
Productions (458)
(23)

Broadcast from New York's Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners... Read more

Broadcast from New York's Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners... Read more

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The Hallmarks of Horror by Peter Bloedel

  • Comedy
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  • 25 - 35 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M, 6 Any (8-40 actors possible: 5-37 W, 3-35 M)
Productions (213)
(129)

Scary movies are full of different ways to give you nightmares--but once you figure out the formula, the frightful looks pretty funny. Take a... Read more

Scary movies are full of different ways to give you nightmares--but once you figure out the formula, the frightful looks pretty funny. Take a... Read more

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Scared Silly by Peter Bloedel and 8 others

  • Comedy
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  • 100 - 120 minutes
  • 8 W, 8 M, 14 Any (16-85 actors possible: 8-62 W, 8-54 M)
Productions (138)
(38)

We challenged ten playwrights to bring us their funniest takes on the fearsome in this collection of ten-minute plays. Designed to be flexible... Read more

We challenged ten playwrights to bring us their funniest takes on the fearsome in this collection of ten-minute plays. Designed to be flexible... Read more

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War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast adapted by Joe Landry

  • Drama
  • |
  • 70 - 75 minutes
  • 1 W, 5 M,  (4-40 actors possible: 1-9 W, 3-31 M)
Productions (139)
(69)

An alien invasion throws humanity into chaos in the classic sci-fi novel The War of the Worlds--but all it took to cause real-life panic in the... Read more

An alien invasion throws humanity into chaos in the classic sci-fi novel The War of the Worlds--but all it took to cause real-life panic in the... Read more

Available as eScript

A Voice in the Dark: A Salem Story by Elizabeth Downing

  • Drama
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  • 70 - 85 minutes
  • 7 W, 3 M, 5 Any (13-18 actors possible: 7-15 W, 3-8 M)
Productions (113)
(49)

Told through the eyes of a teenager, A Voice in the Dark: A Salem Story is a thrilling and poignant tale from one of the darkest eras in American... Read more

Told through the eyes of a teenager, A Voice in the Dark: A Salem Story is a thrilling and poignant tale from one of the darkest eras in American... Read more

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The Edgar Allan Poe Afterlife Radio Show by Patrick Greene

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (5-20 actors possible: 2-17 W, 3-18 M)
Productions (53)
(25)

A tap at a chamber door, and the beat of a hideous heart evoke the very best and creepiest of Edgar Allan Poe. So when Poe sets out to keep his... Read more

A tap at a chamber door, and the beat of a hideous heart evoke the very best and creepiest of Edgar Allan Poe. So when Poe sets out to keep his... Read more

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An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe adapted by Robert Mason

  • Drama
  • |
  • 70 - 85 minutes
  • 4 W, 8 M, 2 Any (12-52 actors possible: 4-16 W, 8-43 M)
Productions (158)
(16)

Enter the wonderfully creepy world of Edgar Allan Poe with six faithful adaptations of some of his most haunting works. From old favorites such... Read more

Enter the wonderfully creepy world of Edgar Allan Poe with six faithful adaptations of some of his most haunting works. From old favorites such... Read more

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Trap (middle school edition) by Stephen Gregg

  • Drama
  • |
  • 60 - 70 minutes
  • 15 W, 15 M, 6 Any (10-36 actors possible: 0-36 W, 0-36 M)
Productions (54)
(28)

MENACHAP, CALIFORNIA. An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a middle school play falls unconscious--every person but one.... Read more

MENACHAP, CALIFORNIA. An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a middle school play falls unconscious--every person but one.... Read more

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Super Scary by Tim Kochenderfer

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 30 - 35 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M, 23 Any (6-38 actors possible: 3-29 W, 3-29 M)
Productions (73)
(27)

Fear! Horror! Terror! That's what the Storyteller wanted for his night of spooky tales. But everyone in the theater, including a vacuuming... Read more

Fear! Horror! Terror! That's what the Storyteller wanted for his night of spooky tales. But everyone in the theater, including a vacuuming... Read more

Available as eScript

Double Double by Kathryn Funkhouser

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 6 W, 8 Any (12-40 actors possible: 6-40 W, 0-24 M)
Productions (40)
(33)

It's no wonder Emily can't sleep. She obsesses about awkward interactions in the past, she tries to predict the disasters of the future - and... Read more

It's no wonder Emily can't sleep. She obsesses about awkward interactions in the past, she tries to predict the disasters of the future - and... Read more

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An Unspeakable Triumph of Supreme Brilliance by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 100 - 105 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 1 Any (9 actors possible: 4-7 W, 4-5 M)
Productions (48)
(13)

The Moss River Community Players are pretty okay settling for theatrical mediocrity, until one day they receive a stunning offer: an insanely... Read more

The Moss River Community Players are pretty okay settling for theatrical mediocrity, until one day they receive a stunning offer: an insanely... Read more

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The Tree by Bradley Walton

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 35 - 40 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 5 Any (10 actors possible: 3-8 W, 2-7 M)
Productions (58)
(20)

Five teenagers on a hiking trip discover a blackened, twisted tree in the forest. They think little of it until night begins to fall and they... Read more

Five teenagers on a hiking trip discover a blackened, twisted tree in the forest. They think little of it until night begins to fall and they... Read more

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The True Meaning of Halloween by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 3 Any (3 actors possible: 0-3 W, 0-3 M)
Productions (28)
(3)

On Halloween night, a couple opens their door to a find true monster: a teenager without a costume who demands candy anyway. While Alicia thinks... Read more

On Halloween night, a couple opens their door to a find true monster: a teenager without a costume who demands candy anyway. While Alicia thinks... Read more

Available as eScript

Vino Veritas by David MacGregor

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 100 - 105 minutes
  • 2 W, 2 M, 
Productions (24)
(5)

It's Halloween night, but everyone is dropping their masks. When two couples drink a strange blue Peruvian wine together, the evening turns... Read more

It's Halloween night, but everyone is dropping their masks. When two couples drink a strange blue Peruvian wine together, the evening turns... Read more

It's You! by Ian McWethy

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M, 
Productions (19)
(3)

The Brillmore Strangler is on the loose--and as a slasher-movie junkie, Lois couldn't be more excited. Her friends are less thrilled, especially... Read more

The Brillmore Strangler is on the loose--and as a slasher-movie junkie, Lois couldn't be more excited. Her friends are less thrilled, especially... Read more

Alice in Slasherland by Qui Nguyen

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M,  (6-10 actors possible: 3-5 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (18)
(13)

When young Lewis Diaz accidentally resurrects the soul of a brutally slain girl named Alice, he unwittingly unleashes a literal hell on Earth.... Read more

When young Lewis Diaz accidentally resurrects the soul of a brutally slain girl named Alice, he unwittingly unleashes a literal hell on Earth.... Read more

The Rocky Junction Rumor by Christa Crewdson

  • Comedy
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  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 4 W, 3 M,  (7-12 actors possible: 4-9 W, 3-8 M)
Productions (14)
(2)

Tess falls head-over-heels for the new kid in school the moment he recites the first line of his sensitive poetry. Her friends are happy for... Read more

Tess falls head-over-heels for the new kid in school the moment he recites the first line of his sensitive poetry. Her friends are happy for... Read more

The Invasion of Earth as It Began in Grover's Mill, New Jersey by J.R. Mimbs

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 6 W, 4 M, 5 Any (14-20 actors possible: 6-11 W, 4-9 M)
Productions (34)
(9)

For four different groups of people awaiting the radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds in 1938, things go horribly awry when a news... Read more

For four different groups of people awaiting the radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds in 1938, things go horribly awry when a news... Read more

Forever Friends by Becca Schlossberg

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 15 minutes
  • 4 W, 
Productions (11)
(2)

Ash is devoted to her stuffed animals, even though she's thirteen and people give her a hard time. Turns out someone else knows exactly how she... Read more

Ash is devoted to her stuffed animals, even though she's thirteen and people give her a hard time. Turns out someone else knows exactly how she... Read more