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Creature Creeps!, The

  • Jack Sharkey
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, 19th Century
  • 4M, 8F
  • ISBN: 9780573607509

This hilarious send up of the horror story genre has an ancient castle, creaking doors, a mad scientist, his misshapen assistant, a grim housekeeper, secret laboratory, shrieks from the depths of the cellar, disappearing villagers, an incredibly stalwart and stupid hero of sterling character, the scientist's absolutely dopey daughter, and so many laughs you'll lose count.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: 19th Century
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Alcohol

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Dinner Theatre, High School/Secondary
This hilarious send up of the horror story genre has an ancient castle, creaking doors, a mad scientist, his misshapen assistant, a grim housekeeper, secret laboratory, shrieks from the depths of the cellar, disappearing villagers, an incredibly stalwart and stupid hero of sterling character, the scientist's absolutely dopey daughter, and so many laughs you'll lose count. 

The setting (designed for both proscenium and in the round performances) is the parlor of Castle Von Blitzen in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania. Where is the Baron Von Blitzen's secret laboratory? That's what the terrified villagers would like to know and when the scientist and his assistant convert the innocent parlor into a fiend's experimental station, the ingenuity of the set provokes both laughter and applause.

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 8F
  • Casting Attributes: Color blind casting
  • Casting Notes: The same performer plays all five of the roles marked with * in the descriptions listed.

  • DONALD VON BLITZEN - a mild-mannered mad scientist
    DAISY VON BLITZEN - his dopey daughter
    FRANK STERLING - Daisy's betrothed
    BABSY BALLOU - Daisy's school chum
    MORD - Donald's little helper
    GRETCHEN TWITCHILL - Donald's housekeeper
    *HANS SHTUNKEN - a doctor
    *FRITZ SHTUNKEN - a lawyer
    *OTTO SHTUNKEN - a merchant
    *HEINRICH SHTUNKEN - a chief
    HANNAH ZITZEN - Han's fiancee
    FREDA ZITZEN - Fritz's fiancee
    OLGA ZITZEN - Otto's fiancee
    HEIDI ZITZEN - Heinrich's fiancee
    MARITZA - their eldest sister
    *THE CREATURE - ?????

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    Creature Creeps!, The Script Order Now

    This hilarious send up of the horror story genre has an ancient castle, creaking doors, a mad scientist, his misshapen assistant, a grim housekeeper, secret laboratory, shrieks from the depths of the cellar, disappearing villagers, an incredibly stalwart and stupid hero of sterling character, the scientist's absolutely dopey daughter, and so many laughs you'll lose count. The setting (designed for both proscenium and in the round performances) is the parlor of Castle Von Blitzen in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania. Where is the Baron Von Blitzen's secret laboratory? That's what the terrified villagers would like to know and when the scientist and his assistant convert the innocent parlor into a fiend's experimental station, the ingenuity of the set provokes both laughter and applause.

    		$24.95

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