Stanley Hotel

by Jeffrey James Keyes

Sofia and Devan are amateur ghost hunters in their late 20s/early 30s spending their vacation at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Instead of finding a ghost, the pair reconnects and finds each other.

Sofia and Devan are amateur ghost hunters in their late 20s/early 30s spending their vacation at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Instead of finding a ghost, the pair reconnects and finds each other.

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  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: Stanley Hotel

    Oooh I really enjoyed this short play! It's a ghost story - but sweet. A ghost-hunting couple discuss ghosts they've seen, what makes some people wander forever after they die, and what they hope for each other after death. I love the natural dialogue, and I love the conclusions these characters reach.

    Oooh I really enjoyed this short play! It's a ghost story - but sweet. A ghost-hunting couple discuss ghosts they've seen, what makes some people wander forever after they die, and what they hope for each other after death. I love the natural dialogue, and I love the conclusions these characters reach.

  • Evan Baughfman: Stanley Hotel

    A different kind of ghost story. Not spooky, but poignant and lovely. A great read!

    A different kind of ghost story. Not spooky, but poignant and lovely. A great read!

  • Philip Middleton Williams: Stanley Hotel

    Full disclosure: I've been to the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park many times and done all the tours about the hauntings and heard the stories, so this moment in the lives of Sofia and Devan is especially real. We all hope to find a connection with another soul, be they alive or spectral, and the telling of this tale shows how we allow, even invite, our imagination become our hopes, our fears, and wonderment at what is and isn't real.

    Full disclosure: I've been to the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park many times and done all the tours about the hauntings and heard the stories, so this moment in the lives of Sofia and Devan is especially real. We all hope to find a connection with another soul, be they alive or spectral, and the telling of this tale shows how we allow, even invite, our imagination become our hopes, our fears, and wonderment at what is and isn't real.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Rogue Machine Theatre, Year 2014

Production History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Prologue Theatre, Year 2013
  • Type Workshop, Organization House of Spirits, Year 2012
  • Type Workshop, Organization 59E59, Year 2008