SYNOPSIS:

Ghostlight is a feature length comedic horror film set in the world of high school theatre. Think Cabin in the Woods in the world of Glee. Milton, the film’s young hero, is your typical drama geek- able to quote Shakespeare and Monty Python, but completely inept when it comes to any sort of social interaction with anyone outside of his close knit group of fellow geeks. He attracts bullies to him the way a bright light draws moths. He can’t stand up for himself. He can’t talk to girls. His only outlet in the world, the only way he can express himself, is through the school play. And even though he is a freshman, Milton has been cast as one of the lead roles in the school production of Our Town. This would be fantastic, except for the fact that the cast is being killed off, one by one. Every time somebody breaks one of the many rules, or superstitions, in the theatre, said person comes to a grisly end- such as being skinned alive, having their eyes poked out, etc. As the body count increases, Milton and his fellow dorks race against time to find out who, or what, is killing all the actors. In the process, Milton learns to come out of his nerdy shell. In the final confrontation, Milton discovers that one of his fellow cast members, a beautiful young girl, is the devil in disguise. Overcoming his fears and shortcomings, Milton triumphs, and the devil moves on to her next conquest. As for me, I am a writer/director, and have had my plays have been produced all over the world, including New York City (FringeNYC, CenterStage, etc.), Prague (Divadlo na Zabradli), and Sao Paolo. I've been published by Applause Books, Playscripts, Smith & Kraus, and NYTE. My first film, Strong Tea, is in post production and will be making the festival circuit starting at the end of the year. One of my mentors was the late Tom Mankiewicz (Superman, LadyHawke), who helped me with the first draft of this script.