Danse Macabre
Author
Alda Hofferber
Presently situated in Charleston, a small fishing village on the Southern Oregon coast, Alda has written McKADO!, a wild west Gilbert and Sullivan adaptation, its sequel, A YULE YAHOO!, the SciFi adaptation SPACE PIRATES! (OF PENZANCE), the haunting DANSE MACABRE and has recently been involved in dinner theatre. Alda has also written radio plays for the Desert Radio Theatre of Southern California, and short plays for a drama workshop. He has written/created theme parties for birthdays and other gatherings as well as lyricizing parodies of plays for cast parties. He is currently working on several new projects.
Synopsis
A gypsy witch, "OLGA from der Volga," sweeps down upon an unsuspecting fishing village seeking revenge for having been burnt at the stake 300 years previously by the ancestors of the people who are at the local pizza parlor, The Leaning Tower.
ANTON is the gypsy witch's reluctant hunchback henchman who does OLGA's bidding because she raised him from the dead and promises to repair his hunch. He falls for ELISE, the restaurant's waitress who finds herself attracted to this gypsy man whom she thinks is "tall, dark and strange."
WALT, a quota plagued fisherman, and BOBBY, a frustrated realtor, see the answer to their financial problems in "Olga's Golda;" while the local Jack-of-all-trades, SAM manages to get involved in everybody else's problems.
To compound OLGA's problems, PAPA FERMATA the owner of the Leaning Tower finds that "that nice'a gypsy lady" is very attractive, and he, in turn, makes her feel that, perhaps, she might change her mind about revenge and soul stealing. Perhaps.
Though spooky at times, this show with its funny scenes and laugh provoking songs will have people of all ages rolling in the aisles. View extract.
Cast
7 (5 male, 2 female; or 3m, 4f; or 4m, 3f)
Duration
2 hours 25 minutes (including intermission)
Contact
Alda Hofferber
63351 Shore Edge Drive
Coos Bay
OR 97420-8689
USA