Trap
by Stephen Gregg

Highlights

Female

Male

90 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Expandable Casting Role(s) for Teen(s) Flexible Cast Size Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

Menachap, California.

An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a high school play falls unconscious – every person but one.

Using interviews with witnesses, loved ones, first responders and the investigators pursuing the case, a theatre ensemble brings the story of the strange event to life, documentary-style.

But as the strands weave together into an increasingly dangerous web, it becomes clear that this phenomenon might not be entirely in the past.

Unnerving, exhilarating and wildly inventive, you’ve never walked into anything quite like Trap .

Press Reviews

"I have never heard a crowd scream that much. I didn't think we were going to be able to finish the play. The audience screamed and applauded for 3-5 minutes."
— David Hastings, Olathe South High School

"The audience went NUTS."
— Billy Houck, Fremont High School

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
ENSEMBLE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	—	—	—
INTERVIEWER Filming the documentary, voice only	—	—	Filming the documentary, voice only
HECHE 34, struggling detective	—	—	34, struggling detective
MAURA AOKI Survives the attack	—	—	Survives the attack
CELIA BROWN Has a memento	—	—	Has a memento
CANDELARIA ORTIZ The philosopher brought in to understand the incident	—	—	The philosopher brought in to understand the incident
TAMBLYN GREY Should have been in the theater that night	—	—	Should have been in the theater that night
BRIAN GURBAXANI Hears the attack	—	—	Hears the attack
AVISHAY LENSER Forensic engineer	—	—	Forensic engineer
RICKENOCH BAYNOR A researcher who studies fear	—	—	A researcher who studies fear
911 OPERATOR	—	—	—
MARION JAY Pharonoch expert	—	—	Pharonoch expert
ANGELA 16, the lone survivor of the attack	—	—	16, the lone survivor of the attack
BRAND HILLOCK Architect of the Oak Box	—	—	Architect of the Oak Box
NORMA PIKE A woman destroyed by the loss of her husband	female	—	A woman destroyed by the loss of her husband
JONATHAN MOLLUSK Scottish, wrongly-accused man	male	—	Scottish, wrongly-accused man
MOLLUSK’S COUNSEL Jonathan Mollusk’s lawyer	—	—	Jonathan Mollusk’s lawyer
COURT TRANSCRIPT	—	—	—
JUDGE MATALUCCI Judge in the Jonathan Mollusk trial	—	—	Judge in the Jonathan Mollusk trial
MENACHAP HERALD Newspaper	—	—	Newspaper
LOS ANGELES TIMES Newspaper	—	—	Newspaper
TIME MAGAZINE Magazine	—	—	Magazine
HAUNTED CALIFORNIA Guidebook	—	—	Guidebook
EPHRAIN SALAS 23, the fireman	—	—	23, the fireman
ISSA FUENTE “How bodies cool down”	—	—	“How bodies cool down”