Stage Frights! Short Works Fest 2025

Ever had a nightmare where everyone else knows exactly what’s going on? Everyone else has the script, but you don’t? Witness an actor living out that nightmare in real time, onstage, for your entertainment.

Directed by Ryan Davila

A mad scientist trying to create his perfect woman gets more than he bargained for.

Directed by Brandy Townsend

A young man speaks about something scary.

Performed by Robert Linder

Two strangers, choosing connection over solitude in humanity’s final moments, confront the irony of fate and the quiet power of letting go.

Directed by Luis Alemán Álvarez

A try-hard teenage boy is excited to go on a first date…but why are they meeting in a storm cellar? And why is her sister there too??

Directed by Lindsey Hall

Genesis meets Henry, a mysoginistic villain. He’s sure he can claim her — but the night doesn’t go as planned.

Directed by Brandy Townsend

A piece about Blackness, queerness, and violence and how environmental factors shape a person as they grow and develop.

Performed by Matt Solomon

A battle-worn team comes together to find strength to overcome their true nemesis, once and for all.

Directed by Jordan Desmarais

He’s back! The ever exciting adventures of Dark Drake continue in this spooky sequel. Drake and his new partner Cameron find themselves in the haunted historic campus theater, where horrors abound. Will the spirits take center stage or is it curtains for our heroes? Find out in this episode of Ghost Hunt!

Directed by Josh Dobelbower

Young Robbie shares an unsettling story about the crawlspace beneath their childhood home, childhood pets, and a disturbing discovery.

Performed by Lindsey Hall

Two parents who love their kid very much struggle to help them with…something, but they don’t know what exactly.

Directed by

A selected scene from A Memorial Service for Lily Evergreen, created by Outcry Theatre. While attempting to give a eulogy for her late sister, Eva Evergreen is interrupted by Lily herself.

Directed by Jason Johnson-Spinos, choreographed by Becca Johnson-Spinos

One group of friends, one D&D campaign… and the hardest quest of all? Finding a night that works for everyone’s busy schedule.

Directed by Melanie Welch

A barista’s unsavory ex haunts her workplace.

Directed by Courtney Dobelbower

A sincere ghost hunter and a skeptical ghost-fluencer investigate the same allegedly haunted house.

Directed by Courtney Dobelbower

A private detective reflects on a case he’s been working. He can’t help but wonder if he’s being watched by someone… or something.

Directed by Candice Thornton & Ray Patterson

Performed by Matthew Phillips

Wait, this isn’t part of the show… have we invited something dark into the theatre with our spooky festival?

Directed by Matthew Eitzen

A priest hears a surprising confession from an unexpected penitent.

Directed by Dustin Parsons

Two girls explore a creepy cave by candle light. But why does one want to blow the candle out so badly?

Directed by Julia Bodiford

Performed By Claire Fountain & Lauren Juckniewitz

A water cooler conversation about the mundane horror of health insurance.

Directed by Jasonica Moore & Sienna Castaneda Abbott

A spoken word piece about what it feels like to “live like a haunted house”.

Performed by Jacob Drum & Luis Alemán Álvarez

6 promises I promise to tell my nieces while hiding from ICE agents.

Performed by Immanuel A. García