by Gary Earl Ross
Genre: Supernatural Mystery / Horror.
5 or 6 males, 2 or 3 females, 7 gender neutral roles, many non-speaking roles for passersby / crowds.
A stage adaptation of the classic 1919 German silent horror film (recently recognised to be in the top five German films ever made), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. After a mysterious doctor with a zombie-like slave comes to a small mountain village for the annual fair, bodies begin to pile up, and a courageous medical student takes it upon himself to unmask the killer. A psychological thriller, Sleepwalker is aplay adaptable to any size stage and offers the opportunity for costumes and sets limited to black, white, and gray to mirror the original film itself.
