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Ghosts and Monsters

A new play by Gwendolyn Rice. Beloved children’s book author William McGinn has writer’s block. His wife, his agent, and his readers are eagerly awaiting his next story, but William believes he has nothing more to say -- until an ambitious upstart from his publishing company mentions the measles vaccine debate.

 
Daddy, why don’t you ever put me in your books?
— Miranda
 
Ghosts and Monsters, a new play by Gwendolyn Rice
 

Ghosts and Monsters

Cast: 3M, 3W

Beloved children’s book author William McGinn has writer’s block. His wife, his agent, and his readers are eagerly awaiting his next story, but William believes he has nothing more to say -- until an ambitious upstart from his publishing company mentions the measles vaccine debate. Enraged and consumed by grief, William begins one last book that illustrates the danger of propagating fear about scientific and medical advances, and the grave consequences of awakening sleeping monsters. But to tell this story he needs the help of his 8 year-old daughter Miranda, who has been dead for decades. Together they tell a ghost story like none other.