The Play's The Thing (That Traps You)

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Everly Heights Tales

Bill Meeks

13 episodes

3 days ago

Everly Heights, Ohio—where the past clings like smoke, and every escape route loops you back to Main Street. In each standalone episode of this scripted anthology, you'll hear stories set in Everly Heights about growing up, breaking down, and being pulled back to where it all began. Equal parts quirky and tender, these stories drift between the uncanny and the everyday—haunted theaters, fractured families, strange friendships, and the kind of hometown lore that follows you long after you’ve left. Everly Heights Tales is funny until it’s tragic, ordinary until it’s not, and always ready to remind you that leaving doesn’t mean you won't be back.

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Drama

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The Play's The Thing (That Traps You)

Everly Heights Tales

55 minutes

3 weeks ago

The Play's The Thing (That Traps You)

Clara, a devoted usher at the historic Cornerstone Theater uncovers a chilling secret hidden within its velvet seats: a mysterious power that lets audience members live their best life. When curiosity gets the best of her, Clara is drawn into a fairy tale fantasy that feels more real than her own life. But as the mysterious Zarvan winds her up, she begins to wonder what it will cost to stay in the spotlight forever.

After the story, creator Bill Meeks sits down with old friends, college collaborators, and forever theater kids Anne Marie DeSimone and Jason George for a nostalgic conversation about rehearsals, missed cues, and the backstage drama that inspired this episode.

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CAST LIST

Rebecca Johnson - Clara
Sean Siegler - Michael Special/Zarvan
September McCrady - Mrs. Gable
Kate Sheridan - Timmy Gill
Wynn Mercere - Mrs. Henderson
Dean T Moody - Mr. Henderson
Bill Meeks - Worker/Himself
Skyler Nichol - Prince Dreamy
Anne Marie DeSimone - Herself
Jason George - Himself

LINKS

Everly Heights
Join the EVERLY HEIGHTS ARTS BOARD and support the show
Buy Mr. Matheson's Arithme-TIPS Comic Collection
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