The Haunting of the Viking Opera

Haunting of Viking Opera
Information
Plot	Helga is rehearsing for a play, when she hears a ghost. She gets too scared to sing.
Dates	May 8, 2009 February 25, 2011 July 11, 2013 August 7, 2014
Characters	Helga, Hector the Director, Inspector Bailey, The Glowing Ghost/Moneek
Music	Haunting of Viking Opera Music
Background	Viking Background

The Haunting of the Viking Opera was a spoof of the famous play, The Phantom of the Opera, except it had Viking penguins in the cast. It first premiered in May 2009 and has had 3 encores.

Description

It's the day before the opening of "The Viking Opera", and things aren't going smoothly. A mysterious "glowing ghost" has everyone too afraid to continue rehearsing. Helga, the leading Viking lady, hasn't even practiced for her solo! Can this mystery be solved in time? Find out in...

Story

It starts out with two penguins named Hector and Helga. Hector, the director want Helga to sing her solo, but Helga refuses to sing because she's afraid a ghost is haunting. Hector tries to snap her out of it and wants her to sing. Helga then sings, but an eerie moan fills the stage. It wasn't Helga- the two think it was a ghost! Helga sings a high note, which buries the ghost in an avalanche. It turns out it was only the costume designer, Moneek. He tangled himself in there accidentally. No ghost after all!

Script

The Haunting of the Viking Opera Hector Alright everyone, it's time for Helga's solo. From the top! Helga NO! NO! A billion times NO! I will not sing! Hector Come on Helga! Your solo's the most important part of the play! Helga NO! As long as the ghost is ghosting, I will not sing! Hector Helga, please! There's no such thing as ghosts! Bailey Now now, miss 'egla, nothin' to worry about. Im 'ere now. Helga Oh, but what if the ghost throws a tomato or something? Bailey No worries. I'll 'appily take a tomato for you any day. Helga Well...Alright. I'll do it. I'll sing. Hector Wonderful! Alright everyone, places, places! Everyone takes in their places. Hector All right, from the top. One... Two... Three... Action! Ghost OOOooooOOOOooooooOOOOoooOOO!!!!! Bailey Yikes! That doesn't sound right... Helga It's not me! IT'S THE GHOST! Ghost OOOOooooOOOOOooOOOoooOOOO!!!! Hector Oh my goodness! The ghost is real?! Helga Don't just stand there, do something! Bailey Well, I ain't afraid of no ghost! Let me 'andle this! Bailey You there! You're under arrest! Haunting is against the law! Ghost begins to glow. Ghost OOOOoooOOOooOOOoOO!!! Bailey On second thought, maybe I'll let you off with a warning... Hector Maybe if we ask nicely, it'll go haunt the mine or something... Helga Oh fiddle sticks! I've had enough! Shoo, ghost, shoo! Ghost OOOOOooooOOOOOooooOOO!!! Helga Hmph! You call that a G flat? I'LL show you a G flat... Helga LA LA LA LAAAAAA!!!!!! Ghost OOOOoooOOOOooOOOO!!! Helga LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! Bailey BLIMEY! I CAN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF THINK! Hector WHAAAAT?!! There's a rumble and suddenly... ...a giant avalanche buries the ghost. Helga Now THAT'S how you sing opera. Hector I guess it's not over until the hat lady sings! Bailey Alright, now let's see who's really behind the ghost! Bailey removes the Ghost's costume Hector Why it's Moneek, our costume designer! Moneek Whoa, my head... What's going on here? Hector What were you doing in that sheet? Moneek Sorry, I got tangled in that sheet with my flashlight. Helga Then why were you yelling 'OOOOooooOOOO!!!' Moneek Oh, it was too bright. It was hurting my eyes. Bailey Well, I'm glad we got all that cleared up! Helga And I finally got a chance to practice my solo! Hector Good show everyone. Let's take it from the top

2013 version

The Haunting of the Viking Opera Hector Alright everyone, it's time for Helga's solo. From the top! Helga NO! NO! A bajillion times NO! I will not sing! Hector Come on Helga! Your solo's the most important part of the play! Helga NO! As long as the ghost is ghosting, I will not sing! Hector Helga, please! There's no such thing as ghosts! Bailey Now now, miss 'egla, nothin' to worry about. Im 'ere now. Helga Oh, but what if the ghost throws a tomato or something? Bailey No worries. I'll 'appily take a tomato for you any day. Helga Well...Alright. I'll do it. I'll sing. Hector Wonderful! Alright everyone, places, places! Everyone takes in their places Hector All right, from the top. One... Two... Three... Action! Ghost OOOooooOOOOooooooOOOOoooOOO!!!!! Bailey Yikes! That doesn't sound right... Helga It's not me! IT'S THE GHOST! Ghost OOOOooooOOOOOooOOOoooOOOO!!!! Hector Oh my goodness! The ghost is real?! Helga Don't just stand there, do something! Bailey Well, I ain't afraid of no ghost! Let me 'andle this! Bailey You there! You're under arrest! Haunting is against the law! Ghost begins to glow. Ghost OOOOoooOOOooOOOoOO!!! Bailey On second thought, maybe I'll let you off with a warning... Hector Maybe if we ask nicely, it'll go haunt the mine or something... Helga Oh fiddle sticks! I've had enough! Shoo, ghost, shoo! Ghost OOOOOooooOOOOOooooOOO!!! Helga Hmph! You call that a G flat? I'LL show you a G flat... Helga LA LA LAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! Ghost OOOOoooOOOOooOOOO!!! Helga LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! Bailey BLIMEY! I CAN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF THINK! Hector WHAAAAT?!! There's a rumble and suddenly... A giant avalanche buries the ghost. Helga Now THAT'S how you sing an opera. Hector I guess it's not over until the hat-lady sings! Bailey Alright, now let's see who's really behind the ghost! Bailey removes the Ghost's costume Hector Why it's Moneek, our costume designer! Moneek Whoa, my head... What's going on here? Hector What were you doing in that sheet? Moneek Sorry, I got tangled in that sheet with my flashlight. Helga Then why were you yelling 'OOOOooooOOOO!!!' Moneek Oh, it was too bright. It was hurting my eyes. Bailey Well, I'm glad we got all that cleared up! Helga And I finally got a chance to practice my solo! Hector Good show everyone. Let's take it from the top! THE END DIRECTOR Director ACTION! Director Places please! Director Cue the avalanche! Director Actors on set! Director That's a wrap! Director Great job everyone!

Trivia

• This was the second play to have music being played for a party. This was for the Island Adventure Party 2010. The first was Underwater Adventure which had music from the Submarine Party.
• The name and the story is probably a reference to the popular musical The Phantom of the Opera.

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The Stage during the play

The play during its second showing only

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