Dramatized Reading of "Fright Night: The Stage Play Adaptation" - A Rage of the Stage Fundraiser

The Rage of the Stage Players
Present

A Dramatized Reading of

Tom Holland's

"Fright Night"

The Official Stage Play By
James Michael Shoberg

Based on the Motion Picture Written & Directed By
Tom Holland

A Fundraising Event for The Rage of the Stage Players Not-for-Profit Fringe Theatre Company and a Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Original 1985 Film!

- ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY -

Sunday, October 5, 2025
at
2:00 PM

*Followed by an audience talkback with the cast and playwright!

Margaret Partee Performing Arts Center
523 Lincoln Avenue
Bellevue, PA 15202

Extremely limited! Only 65 total seats available!

Tickets
$19.85

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This dramatized reading of the official stage play adaptation of Tom Holland’s "Fright Night", will close out The Rage of the Stage Players’ 24th year and serve as a fundraising event for our landmark 25th Anniversary in 2026. The event will also celebrate the original 1985 film’s 40th Anniversary, and October 5, the date of the reading, is the same date the play celebrated its world premiere in 2018!

A painstakingly adapted “love letter” to the source material, written and directed for the stage by Pittsburgh playwright (and die-hard fan) James Michael Shoberg, "Fright Night" celebrated its world premiere on October 5, 2018, produced by The Rage of the Stage Players. It’s a faithful representation of the cult film (brimming with “Easter eggs”), and, like every Rage production, it contains new twists and turns while staying true to the spirit of the original, which has made it just as new to horror fanatics as it’s been to "Fright Night" newcomers! Since the play’s debut, "Fright Night" has gone on to be produced both nationally and internationally.

This live, in-person dramatized reading of the stage script, will be performed by many of the actors who originated their roles in the play’s inaugural production (some even returning from out of state for the event), and will give audience members who didn’t attend its premiere, a second-chance to experience it for themselves!

After the performance, the audience will get the rare opportunity to participate in a talkback with the cast and playwright, to ask questions and hear stories about the original production and many of the cast members’ ongoing connection to the "Fright Night" legacy.

SYNOPSIS OF "FRIGHT NIGHT":

"Fright Night", set in 1985 (the year of the film’s release), tells the tale of Charley Brewster, “the boy who cried vampire”. Charley is an All-American teen and horror fanatic. Upon witnessing the very strange and unsettling nightly activity of his new neighbors, Jerry Dandrige and Billy Cole, Charley begins to believe that Dandrige is, in fact, one of the blood-sucking undead.

Given his well-known enthusiasm for the macabre, Charley is unable to convince his mother Judy, his girlfriend Amy, and his best friend “Evil” Ed Thompson, to take him seriously. This leaves Charley with little choice but to seek the aid of his childhood hero, a hammy B-movie vampire hunter by the name of Peter Vincent, whose perceived expertise Charley needs to defeat Dandrige and protect those he loves.

CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE):

CHARLEY BREWSTER
Dan Finkel (Original cast member)

AMY PETERSEN
Elena Cristina Lázaro (Original cast member)

PETER VINCENT
Greg Crawford (Original cast member)

BILLY COLE
Ryan Ott (Original cast member/Kings of Horror 2025 livestream cast member)

JERRY DANDRIGE
Brian Ceponis (Original cast member)

JUDY BREWSTER
Carrie L. Shoberg (Original costume designer)

“EVIL” ED THOMPSON
Luke Frederick (Kings of Horror 2025 livestream cast member)

CHERYL LANE/SECOND ESCORT
Lauren Judson

LIEUTENANT DETECTIVE LENNOX
Dave Joseph (Original cast member)

DONNY
Vincent Anthony Bombara

LEON
Edward Bates (Original cast member)

ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS
Edward Bates
Vincent Anthony Bombara
Dave Joseph
Lauren Judson

NARRATED BY PLAYWRIGHT
James Michael Shoberg

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