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Synopsis:
If you had the power to bring a loved one back to life, would you?
When an army doctor’s wife unexpectedly dies, the doctor experiments on the bodies of deceased soldiers in an attempt to bring her back. He is successful in bringing the soldiers back to life, but the army has found out and the doctor (with his daughter) flees into hiding… before he can bring his wife back to life.
Ten years later, the doctor has moved to a small town and runs a bar. Across the street is a convenience store owned by a single mother. The mother’s son died as a soldier, but his body was never returned. Every day she prays for his return.
Finally, on October 30 (Devil’s Night), a mysterious drifter appears. The doctor believes he may be one of the soldiers he experimented on. The mother believes this could be her son who never returned home. And the sheriff believes the drifter is nothing more than a monster, and wants him out of his town, dead or alive.
Sometimes to appreciate life, you have to experience death.
Cast Size: 7 Principal actors, 8 Secondary actors, 4-8 Ensemble/Chorus. (Total 19-24 actors)
Orchestra: Musicians 8 * Instruments 6-8
INSTRUMENTS
Piano
Keyboard/Synthesizer
Electric Guitar
Bass Guitar
Violin
Viola (optional)
Cello
Drum Kit, Drum "Accessories"
* Gun Shots will/may be replaced by the sounds of drums.
(Gun shots in theatre can tend to take audience out of experience.)
Songs: Act One - 8 Full songs / 8 short songs/underscores or Reprises
Act Two - 8 Full songs / 1 Reprise
Curtain Call
Song Titles:
ACT ONE:
1. Season Of The Witch (acappella) (Samantha, age 9)
2. The Experiment (Tony)
3. Season Of The Witch (Narrator, Company)
4. Just Like You (Drifter - aka the Monster)
5. Rumors (Homeless Man)
6. What If (Rosa)
7. Things Were Better (Samantha, age 19 and Narrator)
8. I Remember (Rosa)
9. The Road To Something Better (Len, Samantha age 19)
10. Drowning (Len)
11. I Remember (reprise) (Rosa, Tony)
12. Sleeping Here (Narrator)
13. Extraction (Tony)
14. Fine! Let’s Talk (Samantha age 19)
15. If You Decide (Tony, Samantha age 19)
16. Season Of The Witch (reprise) (Narrator, Company)
ACT TWO
17. Season Of The Witch (reprise) (Narrator, Company)
18. Tony’s Confession (Tony)
19. Silent No More (Amy, Samantha age 19, Rosa)
20. Meant To Be (Homeless Man)
21. Fade Away (Homeless Man)
22. Heaven On Earth (Narrator, Samantha age 19, Tony)
23. Sunshine (Narrator)
24. The Town (Len, Company)
SET:
There are 4 locations:
Location 1: Army Operating Room (only for the first 6 pages)
Location 2,3,4:
2. Corner Bar (Stage Right)
3. Convenience Store (Stage Left)
4. Park Bench (Center Stage)
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Music, Lyrics and book by Michael Toolan Roche.
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