Stephen Gregg
(Bio from Dramatic Publishing)
Stephen Gregg's play This Is a Test helped define a genre of one acts when it appeared in 1988, and it continues to be one of the most produced one-act plays in the country. Since then, he has published more than 20 plays for secondary schools to perform, including Small Actors, One Lane Bridge, The New Margo, S.P.A.R., Twitch and Wake-Up Call.
His full-length play Crush appeared on the mainstage of the International Thespian Festival in 2016, and Trap appeared on the main stage of the festival in 2018. He has received a Jerome Fellowship from the Playwrights’ Center of Minneapolis, the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Heideman Award for best 10-minute play (A Private Moment) and the International Thespian Society’s Founders Award for service to youth and theatre. Crush was developed during a residency at the William Inge Center for the Arts. He is a member of the Writers Guild America West and Lab Twenty6 writers group. Gregg teaches himself to write plays, one tweet at a time. He lives with his husband, Todd, in Venice Beach, Calif.
The 2020 HBHS Production of Trap was adapted, with permission and advisement of Mr. Gregg, by Alex Meagher, Dylan Silcox, and Matt Barbosa in efforts to mobilize the show to the limitations and challenges of performing collaborative theater in an era of stay at home orders, social distancing, and remote learning.
Show Synopsis:
MENACHAP, CALIFORNIA.
An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a high school film project falls unconscious--every person but one. Using interviews with witnesses, loved ones, first responders, and the investigators pursuing the case, the HBHS Theater ensemble brings the story of the strange event to life, documentary-style. But as the strands weave together into an increasingly dangerous web, it becomes clear that this phenomenon might not be entirely in the past. Unnerving, exhilarating, and wildly inventive, you've never walked into anything quite like Trap.
Trap is a psychological thriller presented in documentary style. It was originally written for high school theater audiences.
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The Ghost Lamp Supporters: $15
A ghost light is a single safety bulb left burning whenever a theatre is dark. Some argue that its function is to chase away mischievous spirits; others insist it lights the way for the ghosts that are said to inhabit virtually every theatre, keeping them happy and contented.
In trying times, the ghost light became a symbol of hope and persistence within the artistic community. With the closing of Broadway and innumerable school productions and concerts throughout the world, the ghost light has once again taken been lit and serving as a beacon of our artistic and human persistence.
The additional, voluntary $5 in this ticket price will help offset sunk costs in the various cancelled productions this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. On behalf our students, past, present and future - we thank you for your additional generosity and your support.
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Senior Citizens: $8
Students/Staff: $5
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