by T. James Belich
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Length: | 150 minutes |
| Total Cast: | 25 (8 women, 11 men, 6 men or women) – Doubling possible |
| Set: | Representational |
| Suggested Royalties: | $50 per performance |
| Performance Rights: | Contact T. James Belich at James@playwrighting.org |
The Kingdom of Alterra sends an expedition across the Great Sea which awakens an ancient enemy, the Ba'rak, who are now bent on conquering those who disturbed them. As King Welscian prepares his kingdom to confront its new enemy, the White Wizard Rayasei journeys across the sea with his apprentice to battle the Ba'rak first. His arrival is betrayed by two others from Alterra, Crollaro and the Dark Sorceress Mirikay, who have agreed to aid the Ba'rak Emperor in its quest to conquer Alterra. Rayasei escapes the Ba'rak and embarks upon a quest for wisdom in which lies not just the fate of Alterra, but the entire world. Armed with the Book of Toral, which Mirikay has stolen from Rayasei, the Ba'rak march unhindered towards the capital of Alterra, Castle Dorian. The dark spells Mirikay weaves feed a Great Darkness which threatens to consume all the world. In his goal to prevent it, Rayasei comes face to face with the Weird Sisters, the Fates themselves, and learns that the paths to Light and Darkness often appear as the other. He returns to Alterra to confront the forces of the Ba'rak and make the choice upon which rests the fate of all.
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Production History
Light Never Dies was first performed as a play reading on April 5th, 1997, in the Bethel College Black Box Theatre with the following cast:
| NARRATOR | Katherine Juul | |
| THE WEÏRD SISTERS | Tessa Raisanen, Kim Treague, and Beth Eiserloh | |
| QUEEN CALINA | Dayna Anderson | |
| RAYASEI WHITE | Randy "Caz" Miller | |
| TORAL WHITE | Oliver Grudem | |
| VOLAKAR CRIMSON | Aaron Rendahl | |
| KING WELSCIAN | Patrick Pelham | |
| BEURAKI SKY | Dave Olson | |
| ALTERRAN SEA CAPTAIN | Doug Durnick | |
| TROVALI GRAY | Patrick Weber | |
| NIRIMAY GREEN | Joy McClain | |
| BA'RAK SORCERER | Laura McDonnell | |
| DUKE CROLLARO | Josh Holm | |
| MIRIKAY SHADOW | Carrie Oleson | |
| BA'RAK EMPEROR | Nadine Grant | |
| AMBASSADOR OF TRIZERA | Patrick Weber | |
| LADY OHAIRNA | Joy McClain | |
| ANKARTI WHITE | Patrick Weber | |
| FIRST MATE | Doug Durnick | |
| NUMORI WHITE | Joy McClain | |
| CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD | Joy McClain | |
| WATCHER OF THE LIGHT | Doug Durnick | |
| BRAWYN WHITE | Patrick Weber | |
| A WHITE WIZARD | Doug Durnick |