Sugar Horror

10-minute comedy
Trick-or-treaters Ansel and Retta are lured by irresistible candy. Will they ever go home again?

Characters
RETTA     preteen girl, cautious   
ANSEL     Retta’s younger brother, adventurous
DONNA ROCKWELL  1950s housewife type, friendly 
 
Retta and Ansel may be played by adults for comic effect.

Setting
A street in your neighborhood

Time 
The near future
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This play may be performed as the third part of a collection of short plays: Brink Time.
Published by YouthPLAYS.
Also published in Girls on the Brink: Seven female-forward plays for young adults (YouthPLAYS).
Western Oaks Middle School
Bethany, Oklahoma
​December 17, 2024
Canistota High School
Canistota, South Dakota
April 16, 2016

Directed by John Delle
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George Cassells (Ansel) and Fiona Bracken (Retta) trick-or-treating in Sugar Horror, Pint-Size Plays, South Island, New Zealand
Pint-Size Plays, Remarkable Theatre
  • Gin and Raspberry, Wanaka, New Zealand, March 1, 2015
  • Thomas Brown Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand, March 7, 2015
  • SkyCity, Queenstown, New Zealand, March 8, 2015
Directed by Scott Kennedy

Cast: Fiona Bracken (Retta), George Cassells (Ansel), Rachel Rose (Donna Rockwell)
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Sugar Horror team: Rachel Rose (Donna), George Cassells (Ansel), Fiona Bracken (Retta) with director Scott Kennedy
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Play reading:
Halloween Short Play Festival
Village Playwrights
New York, NY
October 22, 2014
Directed by Ross Hewitt
Cast: Hillary Hamilton (Retta), Rob Buchwald (Ansel), Lenore Wolf (Donna)