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THE HENDERSON HALL HORROR – ONE ACT HORROR SCRIPT ABOUT A DEADLY GHOST THAT HAUNTS A FAMILY HOME

Henderson Hall has been cursed. An angry ghost haunts its empty rooms, looking for revenge for the death of his young son from Smallpox many years ago. But it has been too long and people have forgotten. What was once a horrifying reality, has become the stuff of myth and legend. Now Dr Henderson and his young son have moved back into their old family home and the ghost has arisen once more in this one act horror script. On December 21st each year, one Henderson child will die. No one bearing that name will escape the curse….

Desperate to save his young son from the terrifying visions that haunt him nightly, Dr Henderson consults Silas Grey, a paranormal investigator. Together Silas and his assistant, Abigail Frost, one who can communicate with the dead, must rid the family home of this curse once and for all.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Las Cruces High School,NM,USA – 2022
Magic Circle Players, CO, USA – 2021
Stelazzio Virtual Theatre, MN, USA – 2021

Have a look at the Youtube promo for the play which was used in an online gaming context: The Henderson Hall Horror Promo and its online production on: Stellazio Virtual Theatre

Read about American playwright David Schmidt.

Read other plays by David Schmidt – Tales of Dark Imagination – The Many Ghosts of Dr Lazarus

Author: David Schmidt

Type: One act play

Genre: One act horror script

Cast: 3M, 2-3F

Ages of the actors: 4 adult, 2 teen F

Suitable for: All ages to watch (PG 8) and teens up to perform

Length: 25-30 minutes

Set: The setting for this play is simplicity itself. Everything is done with set pieces and lighting. DC is a bistro table with two chairs set at it. R is a sofa and a chair. L is a bed and dresser if you want to add a little more furniture to the setting.

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – dialogue simple and the story is striking.

A good play for one act play festivals especially for high schools.

Read a Sample of the Script

Cost is $8.00 for this new digital play script. Just Click Shakespeare!!

Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about The Henderson Hall Horror

Copyright © March 2019 David Schmidt and Off the Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other ghostly stories for you to enjoy:

Beside the kitchen table – the ghost of a murdered girl is just waiting for her revenge
White Widow – teen ghost story script
The Price of a Ghost – a dead son’s revenge on his father

Dramas, Plays in 2 acts, Thrillers/Horrors

Beside the Kitchen Table – ghost and horror script

November 4, 2018 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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BESIDE THE KITCHEN TABLE – GHOST AND HORROR SCRIPT

Michael is Lily’s last hope. You see, she’s a ghost and has been for fourteen years. In this two-act drama, her haunt is the large kitchen of the Baker household and Michael is the son of Paul and Laura Baker. Lily has a score to settle and no one else but Michael is able to help her at this point. Robbed of her life at such a young age (she was a teenager) and unable to go on, Lily has spent her time trying to connect with the family that last saw her alive. While trying to be ‘’seen’’ she learns that she may yet have another chance at some things that were taken from her. As Lily and Michael grow closer, she reveals that she didn’t just disappear and that she was raped and murdered, right on the kitchen table where the family now sits in this ghost and horror script.

As for everything else she has missed out on, it isn’t up to her to decide what happens next but luckily for her, a ghost has another way to serve a helping of vengeance: her hands are cold and so is the heart that no longer beats. Thus, she must use the human to enact her revenge….

I’ll be here…
waiting…

Read about British playwright Jasper Kent.

Have a look at the play’s website.

Author: Jasper Kent

Type: Two act play

Genre: Ghost and horror script, drama

Cast: Cast of Seven: 4F 3M. Main Characters: 2 M, 1 F

Ages of the actors: Teen and adult

Suitable for: Older Teens up – violence

Length: Two hours

Set: The action takes place in 1986. There is a single set: a kitchen in a family house in the countryside of southern England. A large wooden table is centre stage. There are exits to the garden and to the rest of the house.

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – the play starts slowly then culminates in a climax and building the tension throughout the play together with a sense of unease is what will make it work beautifully.

Read a Sample of the Script

Cost is $8.00 for this new British digital script. Just click Shakespeare!

Contact Off the Wall Plays with any queries about Beside the Kitchen table

Copyright © November 2018 Jasper Kent and Off the Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other plays you may also enjoy – both thrilling and ghostly

Crossword – award winning British play about friendship. And murder
Tales of dark imagination: The many ghosts of Dr Lazarus
The Price of a Ghost – a dead son sent to Iraq haunts his father’s house with a dreadful purpose

One act plays, Teens, Thrillers/Horrors

White Widow – teen ghost story script

December 22, 2015 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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WHITE WIDOW – TEEN GHOST STORY SCRIPT

In this teen ghost story script, a bunch of teens play a practical joke on one of the girls, called Sam. In the joke, it appears that the boys have dared the girls to go to a house that burnt down many years ago and to take a picture of themselves in the house to prove that they’ve done it. Local legend has it that the house is haunted by The White Widow who, as a ghost burnt the house and her husband in it, a year to the day after her husband murdered her on their wedding night. They say her young child perished in the blaze as well.

The practical joke turns real when the teens discover that the white widow is in fact real, and still bent on revenge…

Production History

Ontario High School, Ontario, Canada – 2016
Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa – 2017
Sam Houston High School, TX, USA – 2017
Carbonear Academy, NL, Canada – 2018
Miami Coral Park Drama Department, FL, USA – 2018
Oak Hills Junior High, TX, USA – 2018
Hillside Players, Co Limerick, Ireland – 2019
Pearland high school, TX, USA – 2021
CentreVille High School, VA, USA – 2021
Hudson High School, MA, USA – 2023

Author: Naadir Joseph

Genre: Teen ghost story

Type: One act play

Cast: Cast of nine, 6F 3M

Ages of the actors: All teen except for white widow and homeless man but an all teen cast with makeup can play all the characters

Suitable for: Teens

Length: Play 20 – 25 minutes long

Set: Set should reflect a room that has previously been badly burnt

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – achieving climax and plot twist