Synopsis
very still & hard to see
Published by Samuel French Inc
4 Male 5 Female
The second half of the collection is comprised of the work very still & hard to see - a short play cycle recounting the history of a cursed hotel and the unfortunate guests who stay there
From riding in an erratic elevator and dealing with possessive ghosts, to managing an ever-expanding hole in the floor armed only with cleaning supplies, these encounters with the unkown chillingly collapse the distance between the real and the surreal and remind us that, sometimes, bad things do happen for a reason
The Playlets are ...
foolish heart
heavy cream
[epistolary]
hysterical
lucky
bedtime
a lovely violent ghost haiku with gun
wallpaper
when it happens it will happen quietly
very still & hard to see (a short play cycle)
Runs about 75 mins without an Interval
Characters
M4,F5 - Ensemble cast, Expandable casting, Flexible
Parts for as many as 16 men and 25 women, which can be doubled & reduced to 4 men and 5 women
MINDY a woman, a wife, "type A," and one for making plans but not always good plans
KEITH a man, a husband, in love with Mindy but it's not easy trying to go along with this program
ADAM a frustrated business man showing the signs of sleep deprivation
SALLY a very put together woman, all business with a clear eye for advancement
JAMES an optimistic man, probably not very well cut out for management
BETTY a young woman, a Buttercow Milk Page with an enormous bundle of white balloons
KATE a lovelorn young woman
LINDSAY a nosey young woman
SAMMY a woman trying to explain
SARAH(a) a spurned lover, an object of affection
SARAH(b) a spurned lover, an object of affection
ELIZABETH a woman in her 20s with a penchant for strong alcohol and suppressing her feelings and reality
WHITE STAG a white stag with impressive antlers
VIOLET a young woman, effortlessly sexy and oddly confident
JULIE a young woman, naïve but observant
BAG MAN a man, hulking, looming, dirty, and probably horribly disfigured underneath the bag he wears on his head
BOY a teenage boy, a bit of a hooligan
GIRL a teenage girl, trendy but dark
LINDSAY a woman, paranoid an charming, nervous but likeable
WOMAN a trendy woman who steps out of the group
KITH a woman, lithe, constantly moving loose hair out of her face
KIN Kith's little sister, perhaps a bit smaller, a bit weaker, but clearly the peacemaker
OBAKE a "woman" but more of a secret thing, striking, poised; also plays MUD WOMAN
BUCK a man, an architect; also plays SHIKIGAMI 2 and CANARY
ETHAN a man, Betty's husband, handsome but wandering; also plays SAM and GUEST
BETTY a woman with trouble sleeping and a need to clean; also plays KAMI 1 and VIOLET
EDITH a woman, still jovial in grappling with tragedy; also plays SHIKIGAMI 1 and PUNCH
GINGER a woman, caught between who she'd like to be and what she's actually done; also plays KIMBERLY and SIMONE
FRANKLIN a man, a bit sassy and very rule-oriented; also plays JASPER
DAVID a man, Simone's husband, no fan of attention but doing his best; also plays KAMI 2 Author Steve Yockey
"Steven Yockey's series of haunted tales is strung together with expert eeriness" ~ LA Weekly
" ... an eerie excusion into the surreal and supernatural" ~ Backstage