"Trap" by Stephen Gregg

Summary

Menachap, California. An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a high school play falls unconscious – every person but one. Using interviews with witnesses, loved ones, first responders and the investigators pursuing the case, a theatre 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.

History

Trap was first staged at Olathe South High School in Olathe, Kansas, on October 26, 2017.

Stephen Gregg’s play This is a Test helped define a genre of one-acts when it appeared in 1988 and was the most-produced one-act play in the country for over a decade. Since then, he has published over thirty plays for secondary schools to perform, including Small…