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Spooky Dog & the Teen-Age Gang Mysteries

Spooky Dog & the Teen-Age Gang Mysteries is an irreverent parody of Saturday morning cartoons – for adults only.

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: 1960s, 1970s
  • Target Audience: Young Adult, Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Spooky Dog & the Teen-Age Gang Mysteries is an irreverent parody of Saturday morning cartoons – for adults only. Missing from a starring performance at a creepy county fair, a pop culture icon (suggested by the audience) can only be located by this familiar gang of teen sleuths: a butch, blond frat boy, an even more butch brainy gal with a trusty flashlight, a hot-to-trot diva in a miniskirt, a spaced-out hippie, and a talking dog.

On a campy and comical quest to find their missing friend, they'll face the ghost of a dead country singer, a not-so-psychic fortune teller, and the sinister couple who run the fairground – and that's not all. Even more frighteningly, the Teen-Age Mystery Gang will also confront their own burgeoning sexual desires, tasty dog treats with unexpected side effects, and a surprise penchant for busting a move.

Spooky Dog uncovers hilarious, hidden subtext with razor-sharp wit and affectionate homage. You'll never see Saturday morning the same way again!

Premiere Production: Spooky Dog & the Teen-Age Gang Mysteries was presented on December 11, 1998 at the Green Street Studios in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was later presented on October 13, 2000 at the Kraine Theatre, New York, NY.
  • Casting: 4M, 3F

  • THELMA - the nerdy brainiac who wants to solve mysteries, even though she has a few of her own.
    TIFFANY - the gorgeous, vapid, and sometimes catty rich girl who uses her sexuality to get what she wants.
    SCRAGGLY - the hippie stoner who loves to ear, sleep, and hang out with his best friend, Spooky Dog.
    TED - the all-American leader of the Teen-Age Mystery Gang, a handsome football player-type with a fey side.
    SPOOKY DOG - a dog detective with a huge appetite and an uncanny ability to solve mysteries, perhaps because he's smarter than his human friends.
    PHANTOM - aka the Fairground Phantom or Durpray Dupree, the ghost of a long-dead country singer who haunts the Creepola County Country Fair.
    MRS. WOODHAVEN - the batty old lady who runs the Creepola County Country Fair with her weirdo husband.
    MR. WOODHAVEN - aka BIG WOODY, the weirdo husband of the batty old lady.
    FORTUANA - the lousy psychic fortune teller -- and Mrs. Woodhaven's identical twin sister.
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    Spooky Dog & the Teen-Age Gang Mysteries is an irreverent parody of Saturday morning cartoons – for adults only. Missing from a starring performance at a creepy county fair, a pop culture icon (suggested by the audience) can only be located by this familiar gang of teen sleuths: a butch, blond frat boy, an even more butch brainy gal with a trusty flashlight, a hot-to-trot diva in a miniskirt, a spaced-out hippie, and a talking dog.

    On a campy and comical quest to find their missing friend, they'll face the ghost of a dead country singer, a not-so-psychic fortune teller, and the sinister couple who run the fairground – and that's not all. Even more frighteningly, the Teen-Age Mystery Gang will also confront their own burgeoning sexual desires, tasty dog treats with unexpected side effects, and a surprise penchant for busting a move.

    Spooky Dog uncovers hilarious, hidden subtext with razor-sharp wit and affectionate homage. You'll never see Saturday morning the same way again!

    $24.95