THE RAGE OF THE STAGE PLAYERS
PRESENT
A DRAMATIZED READING OF
A FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR THE RAGE OF THE STAGE PLAYERS
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 A TALKBACK WITH THE CAST AND PLAYWRIGHT
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BELLEVUE, PA 15202
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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.
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| CAST – IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE | |
| CHARLEY BREWSTER | DAN FINKEL |
| AMY PETERSEN | ELENA CRISTINA LÁZARO |
| PETER VINCENT | GREG CRAWFORD |
| BILLY COLE | RYAN OTT |
| JERRY DANDRIGE | BRIAN CEPONIS |
| JUDY BREWSTER | CARRIE L. SHOBERG |
| “EVIL” ED THOMPSON | LUKE FREDERICK |
| CHERYL LANE/SECOND ESCORT | LAUREN JUDSON |
| LIEUTENANT DETECTIVE LENNOX | DAVE JOSEPH |
| DONNY | VINCENT ANTHONY BOMBARA |
| LEON | EDWARD BATES |
| ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS | EDWARD BATES VINCENT ANTHONY BOMBARA DAVE JOSEPH LAUREN JUDSON |
NARRATED BY PLAYWRIGHT
JAMES MICHAEL SHOBERG
Photos from the 2018 world premiere of Fright Night: The Official Stage Play Adaptation
