Two weekends of Halloween plays for children will take the stage at the West Windsor library from Friday, October 18, to Sunday, October 27. Performers range in age from 9 to adult and are mostly from the Mercer County area. The plays are recommended for ages nine and older.
Michael Kerr, the head reference librarian at the library, directs all of the plays. He has worked at the West Windsor branch for nine years and this is his seventh consecutive year presenting Halloween plays. Three short plays, “The Box of Secrets,” “Bloody Massie,” and “The Halloween Party,” will be performed the first weekend.
His newest play, “The Revenants,” will be on stage the second weekend. “It’s a story about a 10-year-old girl who comes back from the dead and the problems she has being accepted by her friends and family as she tries to find her place in the world,” Kerr says.
Actors include West Windsor residents Isabelle Bannon, Molly Blake, Jason Carroll, Marisa Carroll, Evan Chartock, Ryan DeSalvo, Divyansh Devnani, Sarah Hu, Amani Larkin, Casey Larkin, Sophia Lennox, Anisa Patel, Shagun Rath, Matthew Rossi, Lakshmi Sinha, Vaishnavi Vednere, Jai Wilkins, and Jiya Wit.
The playfest is sponsored by the Friends of the West Windsor Library. Admission is free. Doors open 20 minutes before show time. E-mail mkerr@mcl.org.
“The kids in the plays are very dedicated and always work hard at getting into their roles,” Kerr says. “It is always a lot of fun working with them and I like to think they will take this experience and have more confidence when they try for roles in bigger productions.”
Halloween Play Festival, West Windsor Library, 333 North Post Road. Register. Free. 609-799-0462. www.mcl.org.
The Box of Secrets, Bloody Massie, and The Halloween Party, Friday and Saturday, October 18 and 19, 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20, 3 p.m.
The Revenants, Friday and Saturday, October 25 and 26, 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27, 3 p.m.
