Category Archives: Phantom

A scream shatters the music and all heads turn upward. The glittering, gleaming behemoth that stands watch from above sways its protective gaze. A monster – an evil genius – laughs from the shadows, bent on revenge, hungry for death and destruction. Panic bubbles up in the crowd as the enormous crystalline protector loses itsContinueContinue reading “Requiem for a Chandelier”

The cast joins hands to take their final curtain bows. Applause erupts. Shouts of “Author! Author!” ring out in the small black box theater. It is an old tradition to call the playwright out to take a bow, but the author in question does not heed the call.  Since he watches the performance from theContinueContinue reading “Curtain Bow”

A small child races across a parking lot and catapults himself toward the large double doors. He pulls with all of his strength, but his adolescent muscles strain to make any progress. The seemingly insubstantial glass doors are heavier than he anticipates. But the sense of challenge only spurs his excitement further. A task heContinueContinue reading “Legacy”

Horse drawn carriages ride over cobblestones, sending vibrations coursing through your feet. The collective voices of the city of lights shout for you to hear them over their own cacophony. High above, Apollo plays his lyre to your busied ears. The murmured music beckons you forward. You are drawn up ornate stone steps, through drapedContinueContinue reading “Empty Stage”

“For twenty years he wandered the world. While living in Russia, he met a French journalist who was covering the Revolution.”Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera2016 Production draft ACT 1 Scene 1 SETTING: We are in a small room cluttered with actors and designers sitting in a circle for the first rehearsal of GastonContinueContinue reading “Finding Gaston”

“From that moment, she sang with all her heart and soul. She tried to surpass all that she had achieved until then, and succeeded. In the last act, when she launched into the invocation to the angels, she set the whole audience a-quiver and carried them with her, making them feel as if they tooContinueContinue reading “Angel of Music”

A college sophomore sits down at his computer desk and begins writing. His fingers move across the keyboard in an awkward attempt at what he calls a screenplay, but what reads like a stage play, but is really neither. He is not attending college to become a writer. His insecurities stop him from ever pursuingContinueContinue reading “A Phantom’s Face”