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Usher -- A Totally Teen Comedy

By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus


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CAST:  Flexible cast of 24
SET:  Interior mansion set
TIME:  About 80 minutes
Script:
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$65 First Performance
$65 Each Additional Performance

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The works of Edgar Allan Poe are bone-chilling, dark, depressing — nevermore, quoth the raven!  This skillful adaptation takes a grand mix of Poe’s writing and characters and weaves them together into a teen-savvy comedy loosely based on “The Fall of the House of Usher” but with more laughs and a much brighter ending. 

After the bus breaks down on a dark and stormy night, a bunch of high school students on a field trip are forced to spend the night in the spooky house of Usher.  But they’re not alone!  The spirits of Usher ancestors haunt the halls, cursed to stay trapped in the house forever, unless someone helps the last surviving Usher find the will to truly live life.  Along with a healthy dose of entertaining teen drama, Usher touches on some weighty issues that haunt the nightmares of most teens — isolation, loneliness, suicide, and peer pressure. 

But lighten up, it’s a comedy after all!  With characters drawn from classics such as “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Tell Tale Heart,” “Annabel Lee,” and some lesser-known works, there are countless winks, nudges, and nods to the Master of Horror.  The House of Usher doesn’t fall at the end in this show, but Usher will bring down yours!


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Usher — A Totally Teen Comedy

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AMI CLOUATRE
ST.  AMANT, LA
IOWA VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL
MARENGO, IA
ELIOT ARTS MAGNET
ALTADENA, CA
STONE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
CROSSVILLE, TN
BRIGHT STAR UNITED METHODIST
DOUGLASVILLE, GA
CENTRALIA CULTURAL SOCIETY
CENTRALIA, IL
LIVE OAK HIGH SCHOOL
DENHAM SPRINGS, LA
KRIS GARRETT
CHEHALIS, WA
PELICAN RAPIDS HIGH SCHOOL
PELICAN RAPIDS, MN
CHERRYVILLE LITTLE THEATRE
CHERRYVILLE, NC
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My middle school students have loved Usher:  A Totally Teen Comedy!  They’ve gone out of their way to research the Poe references, and they are asking their teachers to assign E.  A.  Poe works in reading classes.  The script allows for students of all acting levels to have parts that are appropriate for them.  It’s a delightful directing experience, too! Rebecca Rush, Northwood School, Northwood, NH


I loved the subtle (and not) references to Poe/his works.  It was a joy to see my cast figure things out along the way!


I loved the Poe references and innuendos!


Clever teen farce.... Michael Pulliam, Maui News, Maui, HI


 
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