At home, she's at the mercy of her loving but cruelly over-protective mother. At school, she's an outcast who's bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. Carrie: The Musical ( US/ UK)Ĭarrie White is a misfit. An excellent ensemble piece, perfect for an off-beat theatre company. Cocktails are served, raucous games are played, new friends are made, and yet something is stirring underground.īottom Line: This disquieting play with a deft sense of dread leaves a lot to be explored thematically. On a tranquil suburban evening in the early 1950s, the kids are away on a camping trip and a string of coincidences leads to a spontaneous grown-up party in the basement of a new ranch house. This dark, comedic thriller, takes aim at post-WWII verve and pre-adolescent disquiet.

An excellent star vehicle for a leading actress. As the living and dead clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed, and joins Elvira on the other side, haunting the hapless Charles in perpetuity as two “blithe spirits.” This beloved comedy is a much-revived hit of Broadway and the West End and is sure to be no less loved on your stage.īottom Line: With ghosts and mediums, this play offers the occult themes you crave while offering a lighter take on the afterlife. In Noël Coward’s side-splitting farce, the re-married, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine is haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Elvira, after visiting the “happy medium” Madame Arcati. While audiences are sure to feel a growing sense of dread throughout, this is still appropriate for the whole family. Target Audience: Appropriate for all agesīottom Line: With expert structure and dark material, this thriller is a sure-fire hit. For added fun, two endings of the story are available for licensing, so you can choose the tale you want to tell. This classic thriller has unfaltering tension sure to keep you guessing to the very end. One by one, the ten strangers are murdered in accordance with the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme.

Each has been marked for murder, and as the group is cut off from the mainland by a storm, the bloodbath begins. Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island, and all that they have in common is a dark and wicked past. And Then There Were None ( US/ UK)Īn Agatha Christie masterpiece. After murdering his co-worker, Patrick’s mask of sanity begins to slip as he spirals out of control and into a world of sex and slashing.īottom Line: A graphic, campy, and ultimately funny musical perfect for fans of true crime and Hannibal Lecter. 80s music introduces Patrick Bateman, a young and handsome banker with impeccable taste, designer clothes, and dark, unquenchable desires. This musical adaptation about the original designer serial-killer combines horror with incisive commentary on Wall Street. Check out these titles to find the perfect Halloween show. Rejoice, theatre makers, it’s Spooky Season!įrom frightful plays to haunted musicals, the Concord catalog is sure to have something that will keep you and your audience up at night.

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