Cut off from the outside world by its remote location and shunned by all who know its forbidding and sinister reputation, Hill House has remained empty and silent except for the daily visits of its grumbling caretaker, Mrs. Dudley. Its isolation is broken by the arrival of Dr. Montague, an investigator of supernatural phenomena who has been granted a short lease by the present owner. His mission is to delve into the morbid history of the house and to come to grips with the occult forces that have made it uninhabitable for many years. He is joined by three others, all unacquainted, but all having their particular reasons for accepting Dr. Montague’s invitation to share his Hill House sojourn. Their visit begins with jovial informality, but their sensibilities are soon jolted by strange and eerie occurrences. As they struggle to disguise their mounting fears they are joined by Dr. Montague’s wife and a friend, who have come to Hill House for purposes of their own. They too are absorbed by the supernatural, but their approach is via direct communication with the departed spirits—a type of psychic research which is regarded fearfully by Dr. Montague and which, as subsequent events bear out, brings on a crisis in which the evil forces of Hill House are goaded to a new and, for one of those present, fatal fury.

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Roles available:

Dr. Montague -- 50ish, holds a PhD in philosophy and anthropology; he is a paranormal researcher and appreciates the analysis of supernatural manifestations.

Eleanor Vance -- 20s and up, the young woman around whom the events in Hill House revolve. Shy, complicated, and dreamy. Is she the target of Hill House or is her mind creating the poltergeist activity?

Theo -- 30s and up. Artistic, flamboyant and bohemian. Quick witted and mysterious. ESP extraordinaire.

Luke Sanderson -- 30ish. Liar, thief, well-educated, well-dressed, good taste. Eventual inheritor of Hill House.

Mrs. Dudley -- 40s plus. Suspicious, sullen, creepy, exacting. A Mrs. Danvers type.

Mrs. Montague -- 50s/60s. A harridan; exacting, precise, and irritable. Full of herself and her so-called psychic abilities.

Arthur -- 25 plus. Mrs. Montague's boytoy. Headmaster at an all-boys school in Maine.