Close Encounters of the Undead Kind

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Beggar's Night

by Jeffrey Harr

Claire thinks Halloween is going to be humdrum as usual... until a vampire shows up and asks to be invited in.

 About 20 minutes

Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks


 7
2 M | 3 W | 2 Any Gender


Simple Set

Comedy Black Comedy
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Claire thinks Halloween is going to be humdrum as usual... until a vampire shows up and asks to be invited in.

All of a sudden Claire is bonding with the undead over Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Twilight.

This play is part of Close Encounters of the Undead Kind, a collection of 3 plays
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