Untitled Vampire Play

by Dan Caffrey

Semi-Finalist, O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2022

It's the day after Halloween. Two teenage siblings sort through their candy haul as they worry about their father sleeping in the next room. A play about generational depression, classic monster movies, and growing up in Florida.

Semi-Finalist, O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2022

It's the day after Halloween. Two teenage siblings sort through their candy haul as they worry about their father sleeping in the next room. A play about generational depression, classic monster movies, and growing up in Florida.

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  • Jan Rosenberg: Untitled Vampire Play

    I enjoyed reading this play about a pair of siblings navigating the monster their parent has become in the other room. Loved the use of horror movie references and the allegory of all sorts of beasts. Love a creepy, sad play.

    I enjoyed reading this play about a pair of siblings navigating the monster their parent has become in the other room. Loved the use of horror movie references and the allegory of all sorts of beasts. Love a creepy, sad play.

  • The Workshop Theater: Untitled Vampire Play

    The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Dan Caffrey as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Winter 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Untitled Vampire Play is a heartfelt yet humorous exploration of the virulence of mental depression and the toll it takes on a family. With its liberal use of 1950s movie monster imagery interspersed with quiet, aching conversations between teenage siblings, UTV is an ambitious, visual, thoughtful piece of writing. Our...

    The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Dan Caffrey as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Winter 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Untitled Vampire Play is a heartfelt yet humorous exploration of the virulence of mental depression and the toll it takes on a family. With its liberal use of 1950s movie monster imagery interspersed with quiet, aching conversations between teenage siblings, UTV is an ambitious, visual, thoughtful piece of writing. Our congratulations and thanks to Dan.

Awards

  • R&D Group
    The Civilians
    Semi-Finalist
    2021