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Halloween Dreams

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 4m, 6any gender (adult)

L. Don Swartz

For the month of October, Gram Doobie rules her daughter's household. She's a Halloween fanatic, and she and her grandchildren celebrate all month. Although it's all in good fun, this year there's a real-life murderer on the loose and he's struck just ten blocks away!

Halloween Dreams

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m, 6any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! The Fourth International Playwrighting Competition sponsored by Elmira College, Elmira NY, 1993.

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Summary
Remember how fun Halloween was when you were a kid? Halloween Dreams is a wonderful, warm, family thriller which brings back those memories. For the month of October, Gram Doobie rules her daughter's household. She's a Halloween fanatic, and she and her grandchildren celebrate all month. Although it's all in good fun, this year there's a real-life murderer on the loose and he's struck just ten blocks away! Ore than anything it is a story about a family in transition, for one feels a great sense of cycle which comes to mind in Autumn.
History
Halloween Dreams was originally produced by the Ghostlight Theatre Company at the Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda, New York in October, 1992 and was directed by L. Don Swartz.
Keywords
Performing Groups
AUTUMN CARPENTER
TREVOR CARPENTER
APRIL CARPENTER 
GRAM DOOBIE
NORMAN CARPENTER
RADIO ANNOUNCER
CAROL MURPHY
SHERIFF JAKE WATKINS
REVEREND BRITTLE
MANIACAL KILLER
MUMMY
SKELETON
PIRATE
SCARY GHOST
WICKED WITCH
  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting The Carpenter's farmhouse in Chestnut Hollow.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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