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GOD’S MADMEN – DRAMA HORROR ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION
What if there was a Dracula story in which Dracula…never showed up? What if fear and paranoia drove the residents of Seward’s asylum to perform unspeakable acts – bloodletting; sexual infidelity; gender-confusion; without ever actually seeing the Prince
of Darkness? Using Bram Stoker’s novel as a starting point, God’s Madmen examines the ways in which each act of communication contains beginnings and the hope of a happy ending – and the seeds of that hope’s destruction. The residents of Seward’s Asylum are full of familiar characters. Each of them are driven by fear, lust, paranoia, and some unsatiable desire for… happiness. Mina, Harker, Renfield, Van Helsing, Lucy and more feel the undeniable presence of the Prince of Darkness. They each try to find the root and truth to their wants. Will they ever really be satisfied? A Drama Horror about the Human Condition.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
God’s Madmen has had workshop productions or staged readings with Rose of Athens Theatre (2012), Acadiana Repertory Theatre (2013), and 5th Wall Productions (2016) in the US.
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Author: John P. Bray
Type: Full length one act play
Genre: Drama Horror about the Human Condition
Cast: 3M 2F. Suggested doubling: The actor playing Renfield can also play Mate and Van Helsing (suggested in the script.) The actor playing Seward can play the Captain. The actor playing Lucy can play Countess.
Ages of the actors: Adult ages twenty to fifty
Suitable for: Adults only
Length: 75 minutes
Set: The play is written without an act break and should be presented as minimal as possible, relying on an easel and boards to suggest changes in time and location (think “Victorian Music Hall”)
Level of difficulty: 7/10 – this is a full length one act play – the actors should hold the audience’s attention and build to a climax at the end of the play
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