Once Upon A Broomstick

Sylvia Ashby, whose exciting Professor Zuccini's Traveling Tales and Shining Princess of the Slender Bamboo are universally popular, turns her talents to Halloween in this script. It's just scary enough to keep kids fascinated without giving them nightmares. Performers may be adults or children. Malvolia, as mean as witches ought to be, shows a soft heart when handsome young Tobias appears. But Tobias falls for Belinda, the pretty young house maid. It's Halloween, and Malvolia is determined to get revenge on Tobias and Belinda by casting a magic spell. The professor, who once practiced white magic, could help the young lovers if he could only remember how to make his incantations work ... and what the magic door can do. The script offers opportunities for using children from the audience in the apparition scenes. The play is funny enough to entertain adults and just scary enough to delight little children without frightening them. Though the play works wonderfully at Halloween, it has been performed successfully in February as well as October. During the Halloween season, encourage children to wear their own costumes to performances.