The Witch in 204
by Barbara Pease Weber

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Highlights

105 mins Present Day Role(s) for Senior Actor(s) Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

Latch your windows!

Bolt your door!

Beware of The Witch in 204!

You know your property value has plummeted when a witch moves in next door!

But, that’s not retired schoolteacher, Sylvie Goldberg’s only trouble.

Sylvie’s hopes of living happily-ever-after with Eugene, the “otherworldly” gentleman of her dreams, soon dissipate when the witch next door, Bella, turns out to be Eugene’s mysterious former paramour, who proceeds to wreck havoc on Sylvie and Eugene’s wedding day as the uninvited guest.

Scandal quickly ensues when Bella mistakes Sylvie’s neighbor, Evelyn Greenbaum, for Sylvie and attempts to poison Evelyn with a lethal brew of pills and booze.

Eugene skips town endeavoring to escape Bella’s witchy wickedness and leaving Sylvie with a dire warning to “Beware of The Witch in 204.”

The sequel to Barbara Pease Weber's popular play Seniors of the Sahara , The Witch in 204 is a modern day fairy tale for grownups with fond memories of being both thrilled and terrified by wicked witches, genies, wizards, ghosts and goblins in the fables of our youth.

Characters

Character
Fannie

Sylvie’s good friend and neighbor (a “bride-to-be retiree”)

Thelma

Another of Sylvie’s good friends (and an animal right’s activist’s worst nightmare)

Sylvie

A retired  New Jersey school teacher (whose wedding plans are foiled by The Witch in 204)

Herman

Fannie’s true love and Mabel’s cousin (not to mention a  real Wizard at War Games)

Mabel

Sylvie’s very best friend (and an enterprising yenta!)

Evelyn

Sylvie’s neighbor and wedding guest (and the tipsy victim of The Witch in 204)

Eugene

The love of Sylvie’s life (despite his “otherworldliness” and that he skipped town on their wedding day. Ain’t love grand?)

Bella

The Witch in 204 (wicked to the core! otherwise what’s the fun of being witchy?)

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573703188
ISBN-10 0573703183

The Witch in 204 is a comedy play written by Barbara Pease Weber and published by Samuel French .

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Fee: Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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