WBOO Halloween Radio

Holiday Plays

By: Jennifer Bascom
Cast: 12 M, 12 F, 14 flexible (With doubling: 9 M, 6 F, 10 flexible) Flex cast.
Performance Time: Approximately 60-75 minutes, 63 pgs

INTERACTIVE COMEDY WITH MUSIC. This WBOO Halloween 1950’s radio variety show is a real scream! There’s comedy, music, “romance,” and Halloween hi-jinks galore. Guests include a vampire standup comedian, Zarnac “The Magnificent,” and a ventriloquist whose dummy hates Halloween. In “Listen to Your Mummy,” a cheerful, loopy 1950’s mummy housewife counts down the top 10 Halloween safety tips from scary movies. In “The Haunted Castle,” a young man takes a back road on his way to a Halloween party and ends up at Dr. Boris’s castle, where he transforms into Elvis. In the soap opera, “Harvest of Love,” will a goodhearted farmhand win the heart of Pa’s daughter, and will the Girl Pig on Pa’s farm win the heart of Boy Pig? Stay tuned! Audiences of all ages will love this hilariously spooky show that allows for the creation of two listening rooms where audience members can listen to a live stream of the show. Songs are optional. Easy to stage with a flexible cast. Suitable for all ages.

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Jennifer Bascom, a writer and improv actor, has written for Disney and Second City Theatricals and works as an improv coach. Ms. Bascom has served as a creative consultant for ABC’s Writer’s Program, Disney Imagineering, Sony, and ABC Television Diversity Showcase. She resides in Los Angeles.