Close Encounters of the Undead Kind
by Jeffrey Harr
Three ghoulishly delightful plays.
Average Producer Rating:
About 60 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
Simple Set
59 pages
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Wendy walks into a typical teen support group. Claire thinks Halloween is going to be humdrum as usual. Rachel wants her parents to be nice to her new boyfriend. Three ordinary scenarios… or are they? Is that a werewolf at the support group? A vampire at the door? A zombie boyfriend? With some close encounters of the undead kind, these plays are far from typical and humdrum!
With quick humour and fabulous characters this is not your ordinary collection. The plays can be performed individually or all together for a ghoulishly delightful evening.
This Book is a Collection of 3 Plays
Bad Taste in Boys
Rachel has bad taste in boys: Jerry with the forehead tattoos, Nicky with the prison sentence, and Ed with the "being a zombie" thing. She knows her parents will never understand or approve of her zombie boyfriend and that's the way she likes it. But what happens when her parents welcome Ed with open arms?
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About 25 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
6
3 M | 3 W
Simple Set
Beggar's Night
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.
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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
The Support Group from Hell
Wendy walks into a typical teen support group. However, she quickly discovers that the others are anything but typical. Who is Vladimir and why does he speak with a Transylvanian accent? Why does Lucy only speak one word (braiiinnnnssss)? And why does Janet think she's Batman?
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About 15 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
8
3 M | 5 W
Simple set
Bad Taste in Boys
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RACHEL
[W]
79 lines
- Teen. Has it bad for bad boys.
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CINDY
[W]
68 lines
- Rachel’s younger sister. Conniving and intelligent: a dangerous combination.
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MR. HARRIS
[M]
53 lines
- Rachel’s father
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MRS. HARRIS
[W]
112 lines
- Rachel’s mother
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STEWART
[M]
22 lines
- The Harris’s nerdy neighbor.
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ED
[W]
18 lines
- Rachel’s zombie boyfriend
Beggar's Night
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SAMANTHA
[W]
106 lines
- Teen girl. Hosting a small party far away from the cool kids shindig.
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CLAIRE
[W]
78 lines
- Teen girl. Samantha’s friend.
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JAMES
[M]
8 lines
- Teen boy. Socially awkward. Freezes when scared.
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TRICK OR TREATER 1
[A]
12 lines
- Teen boy or girl. Out for Beggar’s Night!
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TRICK OR TREATER 2
[A]
11 lines
- Teen boy or girl. Wants candy, but beggars can’t be choosers.
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NECO (pronounced Neck-oh)
[W]
34 lines
- Tween girl. Older than she looks.
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AKELDAMA
[M]
3 lines
- Teen boy. Brother of Neco. Dark, mysterious, maybe a little handsome.
The Support Group from Hell
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DR. TAMMY
[W]
47 lines
- Counselor
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WENDY
[W]
39 lines
- Teen girl
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VLADIMIR
[M]
25 lines
- Teen boy, very well dressed in clothes from another era, speaks with a thick Transylvanian accent
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WOLFGANG
[M]
12 lines
- Teen boy with an absurdly crazy beard
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HECUBA
[W]
12 lines
- Teen girl in all black
- LUCY [W]
- Teen girl, pale, in ripped jeans and T-shirt, spattered with blood. Various moans and groans.
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FRANK
[M]
12 lines
- Teen boy in plain T-shirt and blazer, a few long scars on his face with stitches
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JANET
[W]
6 lines
- Teen girl in completely normal clothes and a Batman mask
- Subgenres
- Fantasy Halloween
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes Elaborate costumes Fantasy costumes
- Audience
- All audiences Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Character study Physical comedy
Prop List
Bad Taste in Boys
remote control, laundry basket with clothes, math textbook, stuffed cat, wad of fur, shock of human hair, huge cross, spray bottle, violin, two bottles of beer, pencil
Beggar's Night
two glasses, remote control, bowl of popcorn, phone, bowl of candy with Reese Peanut Butter Cups, two grocery bags, knife, two masks
The Support Group from Hell
clipboard, cigarette, lighter
Multimedia
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Close Encounters of the Undead Kind
by Jeffrey Harr
About 60 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
Simple Set
59 pages