Frank’N Styne — The Halloween Musical Parody – C. Michael Perry | Composer/Lyricist, Playwright, Author, Novelist, Theatrical Producer

BOOK and LYRICS by Larry Hillhouse

MUSIC by C. Michael Perry

A hilarious send-up of the Frankenstein story as the great-great grandson of the original comes to Castle Styne as heir to the mysteries of his predecessors. The score contains gems like the maid singing “Castles Are So Hard To Dust”, the new monster sings “It’s Alive” as he imitates Elvis, Eager (Egor) sings about “Goin’ Choppin’” as he prepares to shop for body parts, and the list goes on. It’s perfect for Halloween.
Franklin Kenneth Styne inherits an old castle from a distant relative (Frankie N. Styne). Upon arriving, he finds that he also inherited a Styne Castle staff, consisting of a hunchback experimenter who converses with a portrait, a cook, and her daughter, the maid. An inept local constable and his beautiful niece drop by to welcome him, and to check him out. F.K., who has a penchant for poetry, soon finds himself entwined in the centuries-old mysteries of Styne Castle. And the hilarity takes over from there.

CAST: 5M 3W 1 either + ghosts
- F.K. (Franklin Kenneth) Styne — aspiring poet, inherits Styne Castle
- Egor (Eager) — hunchback servant of the castle
- Portrait Face — talking portrait on castle wall
- Hilda — castle maid, daughter of cook
- Cook — castle cook
- Constable Fitzhough — local policeman, somewhat inept
- Lady Gwendolyn Grisbaum — beautiful niece of constable
- Creature — creation of F.K.
- Hooded Figure — mysterious castle guard
- Extras — ghostly figures
About 90 minutes
SETTINGS: Styne Castle, front room. Styne Castle, laboratory. (also, a maze could be depicted by using the theatre aisles, with the constable entering and exiting the maze through various doors.)