Doctor Theatre



Comprising 12 episodes of about 10 minutes each, Doctor Theatre is a proof-of-concept for the development of the feature film Cult in the Wings. It blends horror, mystery and the surreal with LGBTQ+ elements.


Plot Summary


In Doctor Theatre, actor Mark is seduced into joining a theatre company named Communion, only to find that it also secretly operates as a death-cult: during auditions and rehearsals for its productions, selected actors are sacrificed and then reborn into a bloodthirsty new family. By the end of season 1, horrified by the dark destiny he's fallen into but addicted to the growth of his own power, Mark has risen to become the new Director of Communion. In season 2, he tries to escape and to hide himself away from it. However, an established priest-like member of the company named Michael tracks Mark down and entices him back, to spearhead the sinister cult's transition from theatre to cinema. Mark then tries to change Communion's murderous ways from within -- but discovers its ancient powers are not so easily controlled.
 

Press about Doctor Theatre


Article about Doctor Theatre in Horror News Net
https://horrornews.net/161587/filmmaker-actor-cradeaux-alexander-explores-manipulation-and-cult-worship-in-new-original-dramatic-horror-series-doctor-theatre/
 
Article re Doctor Theatre in ShowBizzBuzz
https://showbizzbuzz.medium.com/showbizzbuzz-cradeaux-alexander-crafts-original-cult-horror-series-doctor-theatre-30db6620c660
 
Article re Doctor Theatre in Broadway World
https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Theatre-Company-Turns-Deadly-Cult-In-New-Horror-Series-DOCTOR-THEATRE-20201027


Videos of full Episodes of Doctor Theatre


Season 2, Episode 1 “Inside the Curtain” (9’14”) – https://youtu.be/MIy8hl7i4Bc

Season 2, Episode 2 “This Suburbia” (11’21”) – https://youtu.be/UcR5jshep34

Season 2, Episode 3 “Enter Communion Films” (8’28”) – https://youtu.be/nqDUtoMrs-M

Season 2, Episode 4 “Watch the Queen” (9’10”) – https://youtu.be/AbG7A3CJ1YI

Season 2, Episode 5 “Video Blood” (7’11”) – https://youtu.be/b5B3GeY-jU0

Season 2, Episode 6 “False Host” (7’26”) – https://youtu.be/7KON41IclKM


Video of excerpts from Doctor Theatre


Excerpts from Season 2 (5’25”) – https://youtu.be/MERKojyLG30


Doctor Theatre’s and its individual Episodes’ pages on the IMDb


Doctor Theatre generally –https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13614330

Season 1, Episode 1 “Enter Madame” (9’16”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456640

Season 1, Episode 2 “Enter Angel” (10’02”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456662

Season 1, Episode 3 “Closer than you Think” (10’12”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456692

Season 1, Episode 4 “It Is Theatre” (11’21”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456744

Season 1, Episode 5 “Bluebeard Dream Theatre” (9’40”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456764

Season 1, Episode 6 “Pursued by a Bear” (8’44”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456904

Season 2, Episode 1 “Inside the Curtain” (9’14”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15481384

Season 2, Episode 2 “This Suburbia” (11’21”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15481430

Season 2, Episode 3 “Enter Communion Films” (8’28”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19863730

Season 2, Episode 4 “Watch the Queen” (9’10”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19863780

Season 2, Episode 5 “Video Blood” (7’11”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19863808

Season 2, Episode 6 “False Host” (7’26”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19863830


Overture (7’11”), a short film that was a precursor of Doctor Theatre


Full version https://youtu.be/B8v2CgaohqY

Full version https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3803759385

Trailer (0'34") https://youtu.be/HuAGBs2K-rY


The above videos are on YouTube at

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbb8fjPPzy-gJdyX5dSmEzg/videos


Visions in a Safe House (12’17”), a subsequent short film that was refined out of the above-listed Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2 of Doctor Theatre


https://luxefilms.org/Visions-in-a-Safe-House


Stills from Doctor Theatre


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