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A Christmas play. It's a cold Christmas Eve in London, and Ebenezer Scrooge sits in a hospital room. 15 years have passed since his miraculous transformation by the Ghosts of Christmas. Now renowned for his generosity and selflessness, his spirit still yearns to bring cheer to the world, but his flesh is weak. Such a little thing isn't likely to stop the old man, though, for he has a plan up his sleeve that he hasn't shared with his two troubled companions - Miss Poole, the nurse assigned to his care, and Tim Cratchit, recently returned from war in America. Over the course of the evening, these two lost souls bear witness to events they do not fully understand as the spirit of Christmas descends on Ebenezer once more."There is a battle fought every year during the Christmas season. It is the battle between cynicism and hope. Between cruelty and kindness. Between tragedy and miracles. Between darkness and light. It is this battle that ignites all good Christmas classics and makes us burn with appreciation for them. lights a candle on the side of hope while poignantly showing how much darkness is left to be exposed. Yes, there is still darkness and division in the world. But that doesn't mean kindness and love has failed, only that we need it more than ever." - Review of Ebenezer by Bridgette Redman

..".It's as if Joseph Zettelmaier couldn't contain all his ideas into a single play. So he created a script that could accommodate a whole slew of dramatic agendas. In the end, it's as if he's wrapped up two plays into a single script. And the amazing thing is that both are pretty entertaining. The first act is an adoring and witty homage to film noir. There's a hard-drinking, down-and-out private eye, Frank, and the slinky dame who hires him to solve a murder. Turns out, she's one of four authors of pulp novels suspected of killing the agent who represented all of them. There are plot twists. And twists on twists. And loads of witty dialogue, too, as Zettelmaier walks an ever-so-fine line between homage and spoof.... Zettelmaier is a wonderfully facile storyteller. But he doesn't always play by the rules, which we discovered so delightfully in] his play ALL CHILDISH THINGS... And then there's Act Two. Frank's investigation moves forward, but along the way, Zettelmaier finds a way to immerse us in each of the four writers' genres of pulp. It's a clever device. And it works, giving us more information about each of them than if he followed a more traditional exposition. There's the slinky dame--Desiree St Clair is her unlikely name--who writes romance novels, while Bradley Rayburn writes science fiction. (He's also an inventor, a pastime that provides a major plot twist late in the play.) Walter Kingston-Smith is a writer of so-called "hero pulp," while R A Lyncroft creates particularly gruesome horror novels.... ...savvy plotting and clever repartee..." David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer

"Like 'The Italian Job' of geek culture." - Chicago Tribune A comedy. Dave Bullanski, a lifelong Star Wars fan, is planning the greatest heist ever. The idea is to take over an old Kenner warehouse and clean out all the rare Star Wars memorabilia, selling it off to a private collector willing to spend $2 million for the loot. Assembling his rag-tag team of misfits, he embarks upon his mission. But when his meticulous planning falls to chaos, loyalties are put to the ultimate, hilarious, test.

A Gothic drama. In the 1800s, the wilds of France were stalked by a fearsome creature. Over three years, the Beast of G vaudan claimed over one-hundred victims. Then, an outcast forester killed a hideous wolf-like creature and presented its corpse to King Louis for a rich reward. However, the story he told may not have been the entire truth. He certainly didn't mention a strange woods-witch and her involvement in his great hunt.

Dr. Seward has cut himself off from the rest of the world after losing his lover and friends to Dracula. He has been contacted by the Irish author Bram Stoker, who wishes to tell his story. Soon, a series of murders occur, very similar to the ones Seward fought to stop. The doctor must face demons both real and imagined to find the answers.

"The best way to know a place is through its ghosts." In 2016, Michigan playwright Joseph Zettelmaier began a journey across his home state. He set about to collect a wide variety of ghost stories, true otherworldly encounters by Michiganders from Milan to Marquette. From these stories came a devised theatrical piece, weaving tales of the supernatural with one person's journey to answer the question that has haunted so many of us throughout our lives... Do you believe in ghosts?

Turn Out The Lights And Shiver With Delight A collection of seven short horror radio plays by renowned horror writer Joseph Zettelmaier. FISH STORYWhat if the fish you caught, caught you?(Winner of the 2012 Wildclaw Bloody Axe Award) THE MONROE COUNTY PUMPKIN QUEENThe science of revenge is sweet. EARWIGSLet me save you. I'm not crazy. (Winner of the 2015 Wildclaw Bloody Axe Award) WORMFOODA soldier's bargain has grave consequences. A MODEL SONFamily is forever. And ever. APPLE BOBBERSThey're just bad apples, kids. BAD TEETHThere's more than a shadow on that bicuspid. Praise for Joseph Zettelmaier: "Zettelmaier creates tantalizing stories." - Chicago Sun-Times"Zettelmaier is concerned with the deepest questions of how a human soul is formed." - Chicago Tribune"Zettelmaier is the best and most prolific playwright working in Michigan today." - The Detroit Free Press