Stage & Screen

Nightmare Cinema

Five strangers converge at a haunted movie theater owned by The Projectionist (Mickey Rourke). Once inside, the audience members witness a series of screenings showing them their deepest fears and darkest secrets.

Featuring the critically-acclaimed segment
“This Way to Egress”
Based on the story “Traumatic Descent” by
Lawrence C. Connolly

Screenplay by
David Slade &
Lawrence C. Connolly

Directed by
David Slade

Trailer

Read the original story in:
Voices: Tale of Horror
Trade paperback from Fantasist Enterprises
&
This Way to Egress
Hardcover from
Ash-Tree Press

Watch Nightmare Cinema on:
Amazon Prime
Apple TV

Creating Frankenstein

Housebound during a terrible storm, Lord Byron proposes that he and his guests each write a tale of horror. Young Mary Godwin takes the challenge and over the course of the night, we witness the creation of a classic.

Script by
Lawrence C. Connolly

Based on the novel Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley

First performed at
The New Hazlett Theatre
Pittsburgh, PA

Produce by
Prime Stage Theatre Co.

Directed
by Liam Macik

Still Gallery

Script and Performance License Available at:
Scripts for Stage

Echoes

Billy’s mother understood exactly how he felt: when you missed someone, you conjured up a ghost and called it real.

Based on the original story by
Lawrence C. Connolly

Directed by
Rodney Altman

Screenplay by
Rodney Altman
& Leo Fialho

Read the original story in:
Visions: Short Fantasy & SF
Trade paperback from Fantasist Enterprises
&
This Way to Egress
Hardcover from
Ash-Tree Press

Hear Lawrence C. Connolly read the story on:
Veins: The Soundtrack

Watch Echoes on:
YouTube
Vimeo


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Latest Comments:

  1. Congratulations Lawrence on the success of your creation – your retelling of Mary’s unusual life and your new and fresh…