About the Play:

The Haunted High School is a full-length mystery comedy by Orville Snapp, one of the many pseudonyms for playwright Wilbur Braun. A brisk and tingling comedy where the students change places with the teachers one day every year. A baffling mystery as to why the Principal has been run over and characters are found missing. A detective is summoned who after bungling more fiascoes happen.

The Haunted High School is ideal for teenage students. At Eagle High School it's a tradition to celebrate "Youth's Day" when students and teachers exchange roles. Just before the play's beginning, the Principal has been killed by a car. Two other unexplainable accidents occur. And there's strange happenings in the school. A detective is summoned but his bungling efforts only produce fiascoes. The School Board is about to close down Eagle High until the mystery's solved, but they hadn't reckoned on the students who meet and resolve to do everything possible to keep their school open and restore law and order. Events pile up rapidly until the mystery's solved in comedy scenes that'll bring down the house.

The Haunted High School has been performed in high school and community theatre productions.

Cast: 8 female, 6 male

About the Playwright:

Wilbur Braun (1894-1968) was a very prolific American playwright who had over 50 pseudonyms. His works are constantly performed by schools and community theatres. His best known work may be Curse You Jack Dalton.