The Ghosts of Barnaby Street

Sadie Barnaby hasn’t left her ancestral home in years or, more accurately, in centuries. You see, Sadie was raised to fear the world and her parents were so thorough in her education that she could never summon the courage to go outside. Even after her death, Sadie is content to haunt the house on Barnaby Street. And then one day she sees the ghost of a man in the house next door and falls instantly in love. There’s just one problem: ghosts can’t leave the places where they died. So Sadie is doomed to spend eternity thirty feet from the one thing she wants most in the world unless she finds a way to cross the divide and help the new residents of Barnaby House from making the same mistakes. The Ghosts of Barnaby Street is a romantic comedy Reader’s Theatre script for theatrical competitions. Barnaby Street is at times an absurd ghost story, a comic adventure, and an exploration of modern loneliness, this piece is sure to make audiences laugh and cry in equal measure. Oh, and there’s a trio of inconvenience demons that any theater kid would love to play. Length: 25 minutes, Cast: Recommended 6 females, 4 males (somewhat flexible).