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Gargoyles

Short Play, Drama  /  7w, 7m

Chris Mathews

Based on a real school incident – written from the viewpoint of the gargoyles perched in the architecture of a local church – Gargoyles is the story of a high school drama group forbidden from performing an innocuous Halloween comedy because of superstitious beliefs and the resulting outpouring of community love which conquers fears.

Gargoyles

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 7m
  • Duration
    Duration
    40 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Based on a real school incident – written from the viewpoint of the gargoyles perched in the architecture of a local church – Gargoyles is the story of a high school drama group forbidden from performing an innocuous Halloween comedy because of superstitious beliefs and the resulting outpouring of community love which conquers fears.
History
Gargoyles was originally produced by the Asherville High School Drama Department in Asherville, North Carolina in April, 1997 and was directed by Chris Matthews.
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Performing Groups

FIRST GARGOYLE
SECOND GARGOYLE
A GHOUL
REVEREND RATHBONE – Pastor of Narrow Gap Church of God
SARAH WILLIAMS – 25, Drama director of Mount Holly High School
MADAME CHAIRMAN – 43, Chairman of Narrow Gap School Board

Students
SHANNON STERLING – 17, first-year student at Mount Holly High, senior
CHRIS COLLINGSWORTH – 16, small for age
KARA SULLIVAN – 16, bright, articulate, future lawyer
MARC MATSON – 17, student body vice-president
JAMIE ROSS – 18, slightly eccentric, drama student
BET WILDER – 17, a rebel, perhaps a Goth
NATE WALKER – 18, tall, very athletic, a stagehand

Cast of Raising Spirits
SALLY (played by SHANNON STERLING) – Somewhat flighty
BILLY (played by CHRIS COLLINGSWORTH) – Impressionable, naive
RHONDA (played by KARA SULLIVAN) – The realist
SAM (played by MARC MATSON) – The fact-finder of the group
GEORGE MAUPASSANT (played by JAMIE ROSS) – Middle-aged, a ghoulish host
SISTER SOPHIA (played by BET WILDER) – A spiritualist, other-wordly

  • Time Period Contemporary, 1990s
  • Setting Mount Holly High School auditorium. Early 1990s.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 40 minutes

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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