Description
EXQUISITE ANXIETIES – SEVEN SLIVERS OF SUSPENSE SCRIPTS
We are all susceptible to nightmares. Some real, some imagined. Some born of scars and traumas. Some springing from our own inner demons. Exquisite Anxieties, unchains the wicked, sorrowful, mysterious, and fascinating elements of the human experience in these seven short suspense scripts.
Perfect for stage, video or radio performances, the Exquisite Anxieties, Seven Slivers of Suspense Scripts offers short plays
that focus on the painful unraveling of the human mind. Each is designed to offer chills to the audience, and uniquely challenging roles for actors of all ages.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Highland Park Senior High School, MN, USA – 2022
THE PLAYS
Incident In Strapghul Province, gives a glimpse into the life of Prisoner 35726 as he hands himself over to the ‘authorities’ and proceeds to show them what really happens to some men, when there’s a full moon.
In Freeze Frame, Alan can’t seem to shake the last memory … and guilt … of Elaine’s last breath.
In The Curse of Prophecy, a woman’s quest to expose what she sees as a false psychic turns on its head as he shows her what she really is.
Jonathan becomes the very thing he despises in Ghost.
Last Request tells the story of a man who, by many accounts, deserves to die and in so doing, takes something with him to the grave, that those who execute him, probably wish they hadn’t given him.
In The Bargain, a man makes a cruel bargain with the people he works for, in order to save his wife’s life.
Jackie, a radio personality (of sorts) interviews a character whom we all encounter at the end of our lives in, Jackie B’s Last Broadcast.
Read about award winning playwright Vin Morreale, Jr.
Other plays by Vin Morreale, Jr. :
Temp Work – a ten minute comedy about a sleazy boss.
The Ladies Guild Annual Pre-Christmas Planning Session – comedy about women’s groups
Author: Vin Morreale, Jr.
Type: Short plays
Genre: Suspense scripts, thriller, horror, sci fi
Length: Various from under ten minutes to thirty minutes
Cast: One to thirteen players
Ages of the actors: Older teens to adults
Suitable for: Older teens to adults to watch and perform
Sets: Various, script dependent
Level of difficulty: 6/10-8/10 – depending on the script. All the scripts carry an element of the unreal which should be conveyed across. They wouldn’t go amiss in an episode of the old Twilight Zone.
Read a Sample of Incident In Strapghul Province
Read a Sample of Freeze Frame
Read a Sample of The Curse of prophecy
Read a Sample of Ghost
Read a Sample of Last Request
Read a Sample of The Bargain
Read a Sample of Jackie B’s last Broadcast
Contact Off The Wall Plays with any queries about Exquisite Anxieties – Suspense Scripts
Copyright © September 2019 Vin Morreale and Off the Wall Play Publishers
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