A Night Of Dark Intent
by L Don Swartz

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Why we like it

"'A Night Of Dark Intent' by L Don Swartz promises a gripping exploration of secrets, revenge, and the supernatural."

From: Horror & Supernatural Scripts

Synopsis

Mystery / Thriller Characters: 8 female (2 male recorded voices) Unit Set: Interior (living room, two bedrooms, and small attic).

Set in October 1978, A Night of Dark Intent is the story of six women, who spend the weekend together in an abandoned house.

The house, however, is no ordidary home: 13 years prior, it was the location of the grisley Stark chillings, in which young Lenora Stark brutally murdered her parents.

Now, as the six women try to unravel the secrets of what really happen 13 years ago, they learn a horrifying truth: Lenora Stark as escaped from her asylum and just might be coming home!

From the author of the popular Baker's Plays thiller Halloween Dreams, comes a new shrill-enducing chiller, in which six women must race against the clock to solve a murderrnand save their own lives.

With a story that thrills, twists, and turns, A Night of Dark Intent is the perfect night of theatre for any mystery lover!

Press Reviews

"A play in the Agatha Christie style… A murder mystery with a fascinating hook – an all female cast! Chills and thrills! Psychology and neuroses in action!"

— Niagara Gazette

Characters

Character
Wilma

(30s-40s) A theatre technician and outspoken feminist with selfproclaimed homicidal inclinations.

Ingrid

(30s-40s) An actress playing a serial killer who has gotten too close to her character.

Holly

(20-ish) A playwright who has come to the house of Stark to reconcile a sometimes nightmarish childhood.

Mrs. Thurmin

(mature) A church secretary who knows more than she is telling about the night the Starks were butchered.

Gretchen

(20-ish) A hitchhiker who mysteriously appears on the side of the road near the Stark house.

Deputy Terry

(20-ish) One of Chestnut Hollow’s finest, who finds herself out of her league when she comes face-to-face with a serial killer.

Lenora Stark

(30s-40s) A convicted serial killer who escapes from the State asylum for the criminally Insane.

Miranda

(mature) A psychic with genuine gifts. She keeps having visions of her own bloody future in the house of Stark.

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 2011
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place Los Angeles, CA
Language English
ISBN-13 9780874407402
ISBN-10 0874407400
LCCN 2013443547
LCC MLCS 2013/45826 (P)

A Night Of Dark Intent is a American mystery play written by L Don Swartz and published by Samuel French in Los Angeles, CA (2011).

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