Ghost Walks into a Bar by Mora V. Harris

FULL LENGTH: Oh, Connor's Bar and Comedy Club is a hub of paranormal activity, especially when it's Ghost Comedy Night, and especially since the shooting. A group of lonesome ghosts puzzles through the tasks they must perform in order to move on, over fancy old school cocktails and depressing stand up routines. In the middle of it all, Ivy, the one breather of the bunch, must make a choice between...
FULL LENGTH: Oh, Connor's Bar and Comedy Club is a hub of paranormal activity, especially when it's Ghost Comedy Night, and especially since the shooting. A group of lonesome ghosts puzzles through the tasks they must perform in order to move on, over fancy old school cocktails and depressing stand up routines. In the middle of it all, Ivy, the one breather of the bunch, must make a choice between joining the ghosts permanently in the Ghost World or coming back to the land of living. 
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Ghost Walks into a Bar

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  • Karina Cochran:
    23 Apr. 2021
    “ I read this play years ago and I still think about it all the time. It has such a mix of truly heartbreaking scenes combined with witty stand-up material. Each character (even minor ones) are given a true arch, which is hard for any writer to accomplish Highly recommend! ”
  • Eugenie Carabatsos:
    21 May. 2018
    “ A wonderful combination of comedy, existential dread, and romance. Ghost Walks Into a Bar is a meditation on what it means to be present. Unafraid to go dark, this play exposes, grapples with, and finds comedy and even peace in the unknown of death (and life). A great opportunity for an ensemble! ”
  • Robert Lynn:
    13 Feb. 2018
    “ When you think of a comedy about ghosts, you don't imagine you'll end up saddened and emotionally attached to the ghosts, but thanks to Mora V. Harris' witty banter and deep exploration of life, love and death, you do. And then you realize that this is not a play about ghosts, but an often funny, sometimes sad look at how we relate to each other, to the world, and to ourselves. ”
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CONNOR: Late 20s/early 30s. Male. Any race. Barkeep, about 5 years dead.
UNDERWOOD: Looks 40. Male. White. British. A critic who died in 1914.
ANDRE: Looks 30s. Male. Black. Died in the 80s, a ghost comedian.
JUAN: Late 20s/early 30s. Male. Latino. Blessedly alive.
BOO: Female. Any race. Died in the 50s, wears a sheet, rattles chains.
LORNA: Late 20s/early 30s. Female. Any race. A recently dead comedian.
IVY: Late 20s/early 30s, Female. Any race. Comedian. Very much alive, but not for lack of trying.

Development History

  • Reading
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    Coffee & Whiskey Productions
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    2018
  • Workshop
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    Carnegie Mellon University
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    2015

Production History

  • Workshop
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    5th Wall Productions
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    2017

Awards

Finalist
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Prize for Women Playwrights
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Kentucky Women Writers Conference
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2017
Semi-Finalist
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Award for Best Stage Play
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Austin Film Festival
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2017