Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

A Murder of Scarecrows by Pat Cook

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About the Play

Your spine will tingle with fear... and laughter!

Directed by Jerry Jaffe

The Dandridges move their annual Halloween party to their country house, a fixer-upper with all the conveniences and one haunted scarecrow (at least, that's the story that came with the house). When the scarecrow vanishes on the night of the party, and then turns up carrying an axe, this comedy-thriller gets scarily funny!

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About the Playwright

Pat Cook got his first taste of seeing his work in print when he was still in high school in Frankston, Texas, writing for the school paper. Then, during the summers, he wrote a column for his hometown newspaper. It wasn't until college, however, when he saw the movie version of Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" that he decided to try his hand at writing plays. His first one-act, "The Boys In The Halls", was produced at Lon Morris Junior College in 1968.

After moving to Houston in 1970, he soon found other writing assignments at AstroWorld, educational radio, night clubs and local television. His first play to be published was "Rest in Peace", released in 1976 by Dramatic Publishing in Woodstock, Il. Still, writing was only a sideline along with several other odd jobs, which included playing piano in pizza parlors, acting in local commercials, industrial films and on stage, building scenery and selling pianos and organs. However, more plays got published and along the way, and his wife, Rose Ann, taught him the joys of using a computer. This, coupled with his conviction to drop everything else and write full time, proved to be a turning point in his life.

As of this writing, he has one hundred twenty five plays published by nine publishers. Several of these have been translated into Dutch and German.