Buried Alive

Script Excerpts
By Rosary Hartel O'Neill

Synopsis

In the 19th century, Marie Laveau, a voodoo priestess finds herself buried alive in New Orleans and calls upon magic to bring her back to life.

Historically, Marie Laveau was the daughter of a white planter and a black free woman. She was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

Time
June 15, 1881, at seven p.m., the death hour of Marie Laveau in New Orleans Louisiana.

Setting
An occult parlor, in the French Quarter and other places where the arts of black magic and voodoo are practiced in New Orleans. We're in the death mind of the Voodoo Priestess, Marie Laveau II, a legendary healer still celebrated today in New Orleans.

Characters:
Marie Laveau—Creole Voodoo Priestess of stunning beauty, she seems near thirty but is actually much older.

L'esprit—an elegant young Creole man, twenty-eight or older.

Fantôme—a thin Creole man, glacial appearance, forty or older

Annie—a charming young Creole girl, about ten. Doll-like but blind, she walks with a stick.
Voices from the Past: Father, Mother, Saints, and others.