THIS IS JUST PROPHETIC – COMEDY ABOUT A CURSED RELIC

Dutch is a history teacher and oddity collector. Around his home are various knick knacks and each has a story in this comedy about a cursed relic. He has recently become obsessed with an ancient soothsayer named “Highantites.” Through different channels he has gotten :

• What he was TOLD was the very knife the soothsyaer Highantites used for Extispicy to cut the entrails of animals,  only to receive it and find the word ‘Ginsu‘ printed on it.
•  “Highantites personal Cleromancy stones” only to receive painted rocks.

It’s all very frustrating. He is on the verge of giving up the search when his ex, Ashley, who is also a history buff, surprises him with a relic from an oddity shop that claims to be Highantites Divining Crystal. She knew he had been looking and picked it up just in case. They separated on good terms – it was because of Dutch’s  obsessions (his latest one being Highantites) that they couldn’t make it work.

In the midst of discussion Dutch gets a vision from the Crystal that shows Ashley’s death that very day. He freaks out but composes himself because he doesn’t want to scare her but now he has to keep her there so nothing bad happens to her. He calls for back up from Emily, an oddity expert, to figure out how to stop this future from happening.  As she is delayed, other people are brought in to help but nobody has any good ideas. These people include a possible  priest from an exorcism conglomerate with his colleage and a police officer canvasing the area for a thief. But will they stop the future from happening, save Ashley and also concidentally catch a thief?

This is the seventh play in the Tales of the Cul De Sac Series. Other plays include:

Shoot this Picture! A guardian Angel Comedy
Creature Features! A suburban comedy horror
Explain the Handcuffs -a time travel adventure
Channel Surfed! A comedy about cable TV going wrong
Disastral Plane – comedy about the supernatural
Party Game Prophecy – a comedy about a cult

Author: Jeff Carlson

Type: Two-act play

Genre: Comedy about a cursed relic

Length: 75 minutes

Cast: 4M 3F

Ages of the actors: Teens to adult

Suitable for: Teens up to perform and all ages to watch

Set: A living room. From the looks of things this person is a collector and each item is on a shelf or cabinet or some type of display and faced looking pristine. Center stage left there is a front door. By the door there is a small table with a phone and a bowl to put keys in. Upstage left are stairs that go up to the bedrooms/bathroom. Upstage right is a Hallway. Center stage left is a door to a kitchen. Center stage is a table which is mostly used for a collection of board games but is also acts as a cleaning/unboxing station for his collectibles. On the table is a small remote, a light, a box of latex gloves, and a few other tools.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – the eccentricity and the sense of impending doom/danger should be presented in a comical manner.

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Like this play? Other scripts about relics and prophecies:

Mister Hislop’s Dating Agency (for ghosts)
Where there’s Will, there’s a Play! Funny contemporary Shakespeare
The Roses of Oshiro Village – large cast play for High School