The Black Eyes
By Bev Clark
Age range
13 – 15, 16 +
Cast size
15 +
Approx. running time
30 – 60 mins
Gender breakdown
Characters can double and vary gender.
Setting
America anytime in the present.
Note
A one-act horror based on a popular urban myth for a large cast.
First performance
IMPACT Youth Theatre Tamworth, UK. Winner of the Warwickshire One Act Drama Festival 2016.
Synopsis
The narrators begin the story of the phenomenon that is The Black Eyes – children who have no eyes. Are they ghosts, ghouls or aliens or perhaps the walking dead? We are taken on a journey via witnesses’ accounts of them seeing and escaping from these strange beings… but when Laurie doesn’t lock up the shop in time, the Black Eyes pay her a visit. The next morning she is found dead...
Based upon a popular urban myth that originated in 20th Century USA, this is a perfect play for young people that utilises elements of horror, physical theatre, movement to music and ensemble playing to create an atmospheric, suspenseful and chilling production.
This supernatural teen-horror would be ideal for any youth theatre or school group and has an adaptable cast size and an infinite number of staging possibilities.
Based upon a popular urban myth that originated in 20th Century USA, this is a perfect play for young people that utilises elements of horror, physical theatre, movement to music and ensemble playing to create an atmospheric, suspenseful and chilling production.
This supernatural teen-horror would be ideal for any youth theatre or school group and has an adaptable cast size and an infinite number of staging possibilities.