Spell Eternity

by Alandra Hileman

FULL LENGTH. Unlike her best friend Kai, a brilliant spellcaster, Gerda has no aptitude for magic and buries herself in history and lore instead. When a dangerous entity intent on decimating their world unleashes an ancient curse from myth, Kai is infected and vanishes.

Now, Gerda must use every mundane skill she can muster in a race through their swiftly dying lands to find Kai before the curse destroys his...

FULL LENGTH. Unlike her best friend Kai, a brilliant spellcaster, Gerda has no aptitude for magic and buries herself in history and lore instead. When a dangerous entity intent on decimating their world unleashes an ancient curse from myth, Kai is infected and vanishes.

Now, Gerda must use every mundane skill she can muster in a race through their swiftly dying lands to find Kai before the curse destroys his mind...and all hope of breaking the curse is lost with him. (2 hr, 15 min)

(Originally written for 8 actors with doubling, but gender breakdown and cast size are somewhat flexible.)

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  • Ky Weeks: Spell Eternity by Alandra Hileman
    “

    There's so seldom theatre that lean into fantasy as much as this play does. HIleman takes images and concepts from a classic fairy tale and uses them to craft a world where magic is real, it is history, it's a fact of life, and it's destructive and wonderful. Time is spent setting up a world that is huge and epic, for a story that lends itself so well to a particular kind of stage magic. An adventure of spellcasters with hands deep in the pulse of lore and legend.

    There's so seldom theatre that lean into fantasy as much as this play does. HIleman takes images and concepts from a classic fairy tale and uses them to craft a world where magic is real, it is history, it's a fact of life, and it's destructive and wonderful. Time is spent setting up a world that is huge and epic, for a story that lends itself so well to a particular kind of stage magic. An adventure of spellcasters with hands deep in the pulse of lore and legend.

    ”

Production History

  • Professional, Quantum Dragon Theatre, 2017