This short play is genuinely haunting. With minimal dialogue and maximum spookiness, a seemingly mundane moment quickly escalates into a nightmare scenario. This will leave you shaken.

I forget where on the internet I first saw the phrase, “bold of us to assume a character knows what genre they’re in.” Heather’s first instinct to be a helper when faced with the unexpected encounter tells us everything about her as a person. Unfortunately for her, it uh…well, the title is pretty on point. Deliciously atmospheric on the page alone, designers, particularly, will have a field day creating this chilling scene.

Well, that was certainly awkward! Not to mention absolutely chilling... literally and figuratively! Poor Heather is trying to do so hard to do the right thing (so much more than most people would do), and she pays the ultimate price in a visceral, unsettling, highly theatrical manner! I love the way the setting itself felt like a character, as haunted (or perhaps just haunting) places are wont to do. This play is a sensory treat that you can see, hear, and feel, and the twist is BEYOND CREEPY!