Call for Plays, Stories and Poems on “Seduction”
One Night Stand Theater’s next production is February 16, a one-night-only evening of staged readings called “The Art of Seduction.” We’re looking for short plays, short stories and poems on the theme of seduction and persuasion in any and all its forms -- romantic, sexual, political or trivial – and how people use charm, temptation and enticement to get their way and lead others astray. We’re also interested in anything about historical or fictional seducers like Don Juan, Casanova, Cleopatra and Mata Hari.
The deadline for submissions is Monday, December 30; limit 3 plays or stories per writer; send them to Tickets@OneNightStandTheater.org. If we feature your play or story in the show, we offer a small honorarium and two comp tickets for the performance (at Vintage Theatre in Aurora, Colorado). Plays can be new or old; there are no restrictions on whether the pieces have been previously produced.
Seduce us with your creativity!
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S NOTES - James O'Leary
10.14.2024
Thank you to our talented cast and crew who made “Doctor Crypt’s House of Terror” happen on Sunday night! Thank you to actors Scott, Joi, Kyle, Mark, Adrian, Emily, Mike, Guy and Bethany. Not only did they perform multiple roles with style and grace befitting the Golden Age of Radio, they also provided stunning sound effects at the prop table and portrayed Doctor Crypt through two decades. The audience had a great time and so did those of us onstage. Thank you to playwrights Dave, Kevin and the writers of the old radio plays we adapted (whoever they are), along with Beth, Bernie, Jeremy, John, and the ushers!
Our next show is in the new year, February 16th, called “The Art of Seduction.” We’ll select the other show themes for 2025 soon, so stay tuned. Suggestions for show themes are always welcome! We will start accepting play and story submissions for “Seduction” late next month.
And congratulations to Emily Koehler Mathena, who became our newest 7Night Stander Sunday night. “Doctor Crypt” is her seventh show as a cast member in a One Night Stand Theater production!
10.11.2024
We have finished our rehearsals for “Doctor Crypt’s House of Terror” and are preparing for the show this Sunday night, October 13, 7:30 p.m. at Vintage Theater. Join our host, Doctor Crypt, for an evening of old-time radio mystery, horror and adventure. Our gleeful and ghoulish host will present our thrilling and chilling stories from the House of Terror’s parlor (He Only Lives at Night), garden (Midnight Call), cellar (The Adventures of Dirk Diamond, Private Eye) and garage (The Monster in the Mirror). “Join us…if you dare!” says Doctor Crypt. (But don’t worry, he’s harmless, though he does cackle a lot.)
10.04.2024
We are in the middle of rehearsing our old-time radio show, “Doctor Crypt’s House of Terror,” and we look forward to sharing our evening of nostalgic thrills and chills with you on Sunday night, Oct. 13 at Vintage Theatre. Join us at the not-so-witching hour of 7:30 p.m. to team up Wyndom Winston, the Ghost Hunter, as he exposes the horrible secret of Brother Garnett, and find out what’s happening in the vineyard of McFarland Winery after midnight! The show is hosted and ghosted by Doctor Crypt, announcer extraordinaire.
Here are two more quotes from the radio plays featured:
“Believe me, my memories are as terrifying as...as your appearance.” – The Monster in the Mirror (from The Mysterious Traveler radio show, 1944)
“Nature created something very few humans ever get to see. Something you don’t want to see.” – Midnight Call by Kevin David Anderson
09.28.2024
We have gathered our cast for our October 13 show, “Doctor Crypt’s House of Terror.” Doctor Crypt, our ghoulish old-time radio host, told us, “I’m so happy to welcome back my good friends to my humble House of Terror on October 13th: One Night Stand Theater actors Adrian Hart, Joi Hiatt, Scott Hasbrouck, Emily Koehler Mathena, Mark Ogle, Bethany Lillis Tisdale and Guy Williams. I’m also thrilled to welcome two new victims…I mean, two new actors: Mike Moran and Kyle Lawrence!”
Here are quotes from two of the plays we will perform in our “House of Terror” show, one adapted from a 1930s horror radio drama and the other inspired by the mystery and adventure serials of the Golden Age of Radio:
“There's some devilment underfoot in this house. And we're right in the middle of it.” – He Only Lives at Night (from The Hermit’s Cave radio show, 1937)
“Just my luck: interrupted by an insane gorilla.” – The Adventures of Dirk Diamond, Private Eye by Dave Ufford
09.13.2024
We’ve selected the plays for our next One Night Stand Theater production, “Doctor Crypt’s House of Terror”! Thank you to the playwrights and writers who sent in their plays and stories for our evening of old-time radio thrills and chills. Our October 13 show features adaptations of mystery and horror radio programs of the 1930s and 1940s as well as new plays in the style of old-time radio:
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An irate customer regrets spying on the night shift in “Midnight Call” by Kevin David Anderson.
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Private eye Dirk Diamond faces subterranean dangers while eluding a killer gorilla in “Episode 7: Cavern of Despair” by Dave Ufford.
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The ugliest woman in the world travels a dark and wicked path to be beautiful again in 1944’s “The Monster in the Mirror.”
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Shelter from the storm turns gruesome and suffocating for two ghost hunters in 1937’s “He Only Lives at Night.”
Our host for the evening, Doctor Crypt, says he can’t wait to see you at the show: “It would be murderous to miss it!”