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Origins of Children of the Night in Judaism
by Joel Frapart The idea for Children of the Night first came to me in college when I was taking a class called “The History of Anti-Semitism”. I took this class because, as a Jew, I truly felt like I hadn’t suffered enough in my short life, and thus wanted to learn more about how…
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Acting & Writing Bio for George Morris CV
CV & resume for George Morris – a Texas based writer, playwright, actor, appraiser, collector, brewer, activist, dreamer, numismatist, geek, traveler, Cornucopianist,, Dallas, DFW, Texan, SEO guru, stubborn, dedicated, messy, crank, gainfully unemployed
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The Prohibitioners play Synopsis
Prohibition is a rich & well chronicled period. We decided to cheapen & pun up the lore with a comical treatment of the bootlegging era. The Prohibitioners is an over-the-top 3-act play set in the 1930’s timeperiod. It tells the tale of brave, but out-of-touch G-Men, who attempt to break up the mob and circumvent…
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Fritz Haarmann: Vampire of Hanover
Fritz Haarmann was a frighteningly successful serial killer, black market butcher, and police informant. Was he also… a vampire?
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The Weird Sisters Trope
The Weird Sisters Trope by Joel Frapart Why does Grimlocke have three daughters? Why did Dracula have three brides? Why does Macbeth receive his prophecy from three witches? It isn’t entirely clear, but the trope of the three supernatural women is one of the oldest recurring themes in the history of literature. One of the…
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Cast List for Children of the Night
Who’s who in the vampire dramedy Children of the Night?
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Richard Chase – True Crime Vampire of Sacramento, CA
California. The land of Hollywood, land of surfing. Of Silicon Valley and dreams of all kinds coming true. In the late 1970’s, it was also the land of nightmares. Richard Chase was born in Sacramento on May 23, 1950. Today, he is remembered as the Vampire of Sacramento. Or The Dracula Killer. Sometimes, more generally,…
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Synopsis of Minions of an Evil Corporation
3-act play, written in 2012 by Joel Frapart & George Morris. Probably unstageable. An excessive number of scene changes, overly complex props, too large of a cast, and with a lot of fight sequences / effects that would drive a fight choreographer insane. But it was a lot of fun to write! Minions of an…
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Synopsis of Children of the Night
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,…
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Bondage & Sadism in Children of the Night
There’s a lot of bondage on our stage in Children of the Night. Not the kinky, consensual BDSM that can bring fire back to a dwindling romance, but the “I’ve tied you up to kill you” & the “We need you to scream & bring your friends” sadistic varieties. This is an important distinction –…