DARK SOUNDINGS
by Greg Oliver Bodine
The Screaming Skull
Capt. Braddock, a retired seaman, tells a haunting tale about the local doctor who he suspects of murdering his wife. Braddock, who inherits the doctor’s seaside cottage, has also inherited a mysterious skull in a hat box. But when he tries to get rid of it, the screams begin. Will Capt. Braddock become the next victim of gruesome intrigue surrounding the screaming skull?
The Upper Berth
A business traveler named Brisbane recalls securing a haunted berth on a steamship bound for Liverpool. During the first night of the voyage, his roommate runs screaming out of the cabin and throws himself overboard. Brisbane soon learns that three other men who booked Room 105 have killed themselves in the same fashion, and he recruits the ship’s captain to help investigate matters that strike him as altogether ‘supernatural.’
- Cast Size: 1-2M/NB
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
Greg Oliver Bodine is a playwright, actor and voice-over artist based in New York City. His plays have been published by Playscripts, Inc, Next Stage Press, and have been produced at theaters, colleges and festivals throughout the United States, New Zealand, The United Kingdom and Canada. Poe, Times Two, his solo adaptation of two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, received three New York Innovative Theatre Award nominations and was voted “Best of the 2016 Capital Fringe Festival” by DC Theatre Scene. Monster’s Lament, his 10-minute adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, was produced as part of The Secret Theatre’s 2020 Act One: One-Act Play Festival in Long Island City. Greg is a NYSCA Grant Award-winner and a member of The Dramatist’s Guild.
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