by Peter Bloedel, Christa Crewdson, Hillary Depiano, Jonathan Dorf, Patrick Greene, Alan Haehnel, Ian Mcwethy, Ed Monk, Becca Schlossberg and Don Zolidis
Ten playwrights bring their funniest takes on the fearsome in this collection of ten-minute plays. Designed to be flexible for your evil plans, these plays can be performed in any combination.
Scared Silly is composed of:
It’s You – The Brillmore Strangler is on the loose – and as a slasher-movie junkie, Lois couldn’t be more excited. Her friends are less thrilled, especially when they hear she’s tracked the killer to the very room they’re in.
In The Waiting Room At The Ghost Placement Agency – When you don’t have enough visitors to properly haunt your attic, or your spooky gazebo gets turned into a strip mall, it’s time to hit the ghost placement agency for a new assignment.
The Rocky Junction Rumor – Tess falls head-over-heels for the new kid in school the moment he recites the first line of his sensitive poetry. Her friends are happy for her – that is, until they hear the rumor started by Tess’s jealous ex-boyfriend that Vladimir might be a vampire!
The True Meaning of Halloween – On Halloween night, a couple opens their door to a find true monster: a teenager without a costume who demands candy anyway.
The Midnight Club – It’s hard enough for a group of students from different walks of life to get along in detention under the best of circumstances. Try midnight detention at a supernatural school.
The Kev-Burger – Even though Trisha’s broken her glasses, she’s excited to have a nice meal at the new burger place in town. But soon she’ll see that something’s suspicious here. Like the guy covered in blood lurking around.
The (Completely Inaccurate) Legend of the Mummy Witch House – Three urban explorers venture into a haunted house to find proof of a legend, but when they come face-to-face with the creepy place’s real residents, they’re not quite what the trio expected.
Left Hanging – All the volunteers at a Halloween spook alley fundraiser are sick of their director Delia’s perfectionism. She’s not happy with anybody except for one mysterious newcomer...who may not be a volunteer at all.
Forever Friends – Ash is devoted to her stuffed animals, even though she’s thirteen and people give her a hard time. Turns out someone else knows exactly how she feels – a terrifying ghost who lives in her closet.
Attack of the Cafeteria Zombies – Earth faces a peril unlike anything humanity has ever seen. When the principal and a school bully start acting strangely, a group of students discover that aliens are testing a mind control device on their school lunch.
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Don Zolidis, one of the most-produced playwrights in the world, is a former middle school and high school theater teacher. His 140+ published plays have been produced over 25,000 times, appearing in all 50 states, every Canadian province, and more than 80 countries around the ...
Peter Bloedel is a guitar-picking, chainsaw-juggling professor of theater at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota. He has authored a number of plays. including: The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet, The Rules of Comedy, and Jam Jar Sonnets (www.jamjarsonnets.com). ...
Jonathan Dorf has had his plays produced throughout the United States and Canada, as well as in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Central and South America, Africa and Asia. He has been a finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award, the Weinberger Playwright Re ...
Patrick Greene is the author of I Quit, Masterclasses, Instructions for Hugs, A Talkback (Stage Partners) and Brief Interviews with Internet Cats (Concord Theatricals). He is the co-author of This Murder Was Staged, Parody This!, Two Chairs and a Lie, How (Not) to Be A Wizard ...
Ian McWethy has written over 60 plays that regularly receive over 1,000 productions every year. They’ve been produced in all 50 states and in over 50 countries abroad. He’s also co-written two novels with Carrie McCrossen, Margot Mertz Takes It Down and Margot Mertz For The W ...
Ed Monk had the honor of teaching theatre at Chantilly High School in Chantilly, Virginia for 26 years. He is also an alumnus of Chantilly, where he studied theatre under Elaine Wilson. He is the author of 22 1/3 published plays. He has been married to his perfect wife Grace ...