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Ghost Road

Full-Length Play, Melodrama  /  6w, 5m

Bill Johnson

Suspense, murder and crackling humor. It combines all the elements necessary for an auspicious production: action, gun play, intrigue and a touch of the supernatural in a picturesque setting-a long-deserted stagecoach station on the Arizona-Mexican border. It was once the scene of a violent Indian M…

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    Cast Size
    6w, 5m

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Suspense, murder and crackling humor. It combines all the elements necessary for an auspicious production: action, gun play, intrigue and a touch of the supernatural in a picturesque setting-a long-deserted stagecoach station on the Arizona-Mexican border. It was once the scene of a violent Indian Massacre, and ever since that day it has the reputation of being haunted. But during a wild sandstorm a busload of tourists seek shelter there, not knowing of its evil history. It seems every night at midnight, a haunted stagecoach gallops by, and whoever looks upon it, dies. Two men do look and die during the course of the play; but courageous Matt Walters (the likeable lead) proves in the end that there is a good logical explanation for everything. The play abounds in colorful and amusing characters: among them are Cleo Patra, a hard-boiled showgirl; Petunia Potter, an old maid; Septimus Jepson, a dry-as dust professor; Pocanti, and Indian Maiden; Lolita, a Mexican cow-girl, and Old Bones, an old-time Prospector.

MR ELMER BERRY - a small town businessman.

BESSIE - his wife.

MILLIE - their eighteen year-old daughter.

MANUEL LOPEZ - Mexican bus driver.

MISS PETUNIA POTTER - an old maid.

MATT WALTERS - a mysterious young man.

CLEO PATRA - a night club entertainer.

OLD BONES - a prospector of the Old West.

POCANTI - an Indian squaw.

SEPTIMUS JEPSON - an archeologist.

LOLITA - a Mexican cow-girl.

  • Setting One night at a long-deserted stage-coach station, on the Old Spanish Trail in southern Arizona.
  • Cautions
    • Gun Shots
    • Mild Adult Themes

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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