Too Many Ghosts by Todd Wallinger

For people age 11 to adult

Auditions September 21 at 3:30 & 5:30 at the Arrowhead Center for theArts

Rehearsals Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 3:30-5 (youth) & 5:15- 6:30 (adults)

Performances November 6-8 & 13-14. Friday and Saturdays at 7 PM and Sundays at 2 PM

CAST OF CHARACTERS

The Weary Inn Staff

JO a level-headed new owner of the Weary Inn; can be stubborn

LILY - Jo’s lonely teenage daughter, loves horror movies

ERNIE a folksy handyman; seems too good to be true

The Ghosts

SOPHIE -uncoordinated, melancholy teenager from the 1940s

BARNEY - bombastic, playful poltergeist; snake oil salesman from the 1850s

ROLAND- fussy, uptight cobbler from the 1790s

ORLA -cranky Irish banshee from the 1690s

CASSANDRA - glamorous, self-absorbed film star from the 1920s

HAL  amiable American G.I. from the 1940s

The Guests

ALICE -celebrated travel blogger 

NIKKI -Alice’s sassy assistant 

CHARLOTTE NESBITT- giddy, ghost-loving guest 

HENRY NESBITT - Charlotte’s eager-to-please hubby 

BITSY - naggy, gullible guest 

TOM - her skeptical husband 

MADAME VERA - Flamboyant medium 

MARION KIRBY - excited, upper-class guest 

GEORGE KIRBY- her worrywart husband

 The Ghostbusters

KYLE- thinks he’s in a 1980s movie 

AUDREY -another; desperately tries to keep their mission a secret

GILDA -another; can’t keep a secret. to save her life

Others

JULIA- unscrupulous hotel owner; wants to bulldoze the Weary Inn

PAM - demolition worker; stickler for the rules

DARLA - another; sharp as 17 a sledgehammer

Synopsis
Jo Crenshaw dreams of turning the abandoned house she inherited in Salem, Massachusetts, into a successful bed and breakfast.  But that could be a problem when she and her teenage daughter discover the place is home to five rambunctious ghosts.  And none of the spirits are particularly keen on sharing it with an endless parade of guests. 

The level-headed Jo quickly lays down the law.  There will be absolutely no haunting of the guests.  But Roland, a cobbler from the 1790s, can’t help himself.  He ends up scaring off the very first guest they have:  a popular travel blogger who dubs the place ”the most haunted B&B in New England.”  Within days, the place is mobbed by thrill-loving tourists seeking their own ghostly encounters. 

Unfortunately, this draws the attention of Julia, the greedy owner of the largest hotel in town.  After her plans to sabotage the property fail, she decides there’s only one way to put the B&B out of business:  hire a trio of “ghostbusters” to get rid of the ghosts for good.

In the “spirit” of the popular TV show, Too Many Ghosts is a hilarious, heartwarming comedy that’s guaranteed to lift your spirits any time of year.