Frankenstein (Jory, Dixon) (one-act)
by Michael Bigelow Dixon, Jon Jory

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Highlights

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Male

One Act 40 mins Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Unit Set/Multiple Settings

Synopsis

It’s 1818, and Victor Frankenstein is a medical student at Ingolstadt University on the verge of a scientific breakthrough: His goal is to reverse death.

Ignoring warnings from those around him, Frankenstein puts together a human body with parts from different corpses and brings it to life.

But rather than celebrate his success, Frankenstein abhors the “Monster” he created and curses its existence.

When the Monster pleads for compassion, Frankenstein rejects him, and the Monster seeks revenge through a series of murders.

This succinct one-act retelling of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece calls into question the lines between hero and villain and asks: What are the costs of science without responsibility or empathy?

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
PROFESSOR WALDMAN 50, female.	male	50	50, female.
PROFESSOR KREMPE 40, male.	male	40	40, male.
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN Late teens/early 20s, male.	male	20s	Late teens/early 20s, male.
URSULA CLERVAL Student, 18, female.	female	—	Student, 18, female.
ELIZABETH LEVANZA Victor’s cousin, 20, female.	female	20	Victor’s cousin, 20, female.
THE MONSTER Male	male	—	Male
WILLIAM Victor’s younger brother, early teens, male	male	—	Victor’s younger brother, early teens, male
MOTHER OF FRANKENSTEIN 50, female.	female	50	50, female.
BAILIFF 30, gender neutral.	—	30	30, gender neutral.
KARIN MULLER 50, female.	female	50	50, female.
JUSTINE MORITZ 20, female.	female	20	20, female.
FATHER OF ELIZABETH 60, male.	male	60	60, male.
2 or more ASSISTANTS in Frankenstein’s Laboratory – 20s, gender neutral.	—	20s	in Frankenstein’s Laboratory – 20s, gender neutral.
BODY ON GURNEY 20s, female. Doubling:	female	20s	20s, female. Doubling:
PROFESSOR WALDMAN and	male	—	and
KARIN MULLER or	—	—	or
MOTHER OF FRANKENSTEIN	female	—	—
PROFESSOR KREMPE and	male	—	and
BAILIFF or	—	—	or
FATHER OF ELIZABETH	male	—	—
CLERVAL and	—	—	and
JUSTINE MORITZ or	—	—	or
FEMALE BODY ON GURNEY	—	—	—