Take family drama, dark comedy, period settings, vampires, and a healthy dose of schadenfreude. Blend them all together, and you’ll get something like Children of the Night. It’s a great date-night play or just a chance to escape reality for an evening. Children of the Night has romance and sword fights, as well as puns, bondage, and family feuds.

This vampire dramedy is a 3-act tale of migration & transformation. It follows a father who loves his adult daughters, yet also craves retirement. The daughters run the gamut of vampire lore, from Nosferatu style monsters, through Anne Rice seductive vamps, & up to sparkly millennial bloodsuckers. Along the way, they seek love, validation, and a few good meals.

There’s a lean 10-person cast. That number can easily be expanded with extras and character break-outs. Many of the parts are crosscast so that a person killed off in one act can come back with a fresh face and try again. Join us as we tour Eastern Europe, London, and the Outer Banks!

Children of the Night was selected for the 7 Plays in 7 Days Festival in 2018. This included a staged reading. Being featured in the Festivale led to a 2019 production with Calavera Theatre Company at the Bath House Cultural Center of Dallas.

The cast from 2018 (with Seven Plays In Seven Days):

“Children of the Night  

Written by Joel Frapart & George Morris.
Directed by Joel Frapart.

Being a vampire father is quite difficult, especially when your three vampire “daughters” won’t do as you say.  One is waifish, the other is oversexed, and the third one creates chaotic carnage wherever she goes.  How best to describe this play?  Think “Fiddler on the Roof”, but with vampires.

Grimlocke – Byron Holder
Helena – Shay McDonald 
Madeleine – Jeny Siddall
Lilith – Dani Haines
Innkeeper / Sebastian (old) – Ken Pursell
Sebastian (young) / Brahm – Tucker Souther
William / Basil / Jeffery – Dave Durrett
Gerald / Tarheel 1- Daniel White
Bartender / Tarheel 2 – Trace Hughes
Female Patron / Sarah / Ashley – Sarah Nichole Thompson
Director: Joel Frapart

More details about the cast of characters is available here.

Presented Tuesday, February 20, 8 PM with a talk back after the show and Saturday, February 24, 2 PM.”  

Cast list from our 2019 first staged production, by Calavera Theatre Co:

Grimlocke – Byron Holder
Helena – Kat Jones 
Madeleine – Jeny Siddall
Lilith – Dani Haines
Bar Patron/Sebastian (old) – Ken Pursell
Sebastian (young)/Brahm – David Westbrook
William/Basil/Jeffery – Dave Durrett
Gerald/Tarheel 1- Andrew Bryan
Innkeeper/Bartender/Sarah/Ashley: Lindsey Humphries
Bar Patron/Tarheel 2 – Joel Frapart
Director: Joel Frapart.
Stage Manager: Kate Greathouse

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