Close Encounters of the Undead Kind
by Jeffrey Harr
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.
Average Producer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools
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This Book is a Collection of 3 Plays
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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?
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.
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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Cast List
Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.
Bad Taste in Boys
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RACHEL Female 79 linesTeen. Has it bad for bad boys.
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CINDY Female 68 linesRachel’s younger sister. Conniving and intelligent: a dangerous combination.
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MR. HARRIS Male 53 linesRachel’s father
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MRS. HARRIS Female 112 linesRachel’s mother
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STEWART Male 22 linesThe Harris’s nerdy neighbor.
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ED Female 18 linesRachel’s zombie boyfriend
Beggar's Night
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SAMANTHA Female 106 linesTeen girl. Hosting a small party far away from the cool kids shindig.
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CLAIRE Female 78 linesTeen girl. Samantha’s friend.
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JAMES Male 8 linesTeen boy. Socially awkward. Freezes when scared.
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TRICK OR TREATER 1 Any gender 12 linesTeen boy or girl. Out for Beggar’s Night!
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TRICK OR TREATER 2 Any gender 11 linesTeen boy or girl. Wants candy, but beggars can’t be choosers.
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NECO (pronounced Neck-oh) Female 34 linesTween girl. Older than she looks.
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AKELDAMA Male 3 linesTeen boy. Brother of Neco. Dark, mysterious, maybe a little handsome.
The Support Group from Hell
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DR. TAMMY Female 47 linesCounselor
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WENDY Female 39 linesTeen girl
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VLADIMIR Male 25 linesTeen boy, very well dressed in clothes from another era, speaks with a thick Transylvanian accent
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WOLFGANG Male 12 linesTeen boy with an absurdly crazy beard
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HECUBA Female 12 linesTeen girl in all black
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LUCY FemaleTeen girl, pale, in ripped jeans and T-shirt, spattered with blood. Various moans and groans.
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FRANK Male 12 linesTeen boy in plain T-shirt and blazer, a few long scars on his face with stitches
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JANET Female 6 linesTeen girl in completely normal clothes and a Batman mask
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