By John Lyle Belden

Proving any time of year is right for a holiday tradition, Fonseca Theatre Company presents “Boo-La-La! 4,” a set of funny and eerie short plays intertwined with appropriate pop hits.

Past Boo-La-La actor Charlie Rankin directs the cast of Ashton Driscoll, Avery Elise, Hannah Luciani, and Gloria Renollet, who show great comedic skill as well as excellent chemistry. Though this is their first time as an ensemble (and FTC debuts for Luciani and Renollet) they interact like a polished comic troupe or cast of [name of popular skit-based TV show here].

This is evident from the opening bit, “One Night Only” by Judson Wright, as an improv group attempts to riff with “props” they happened to find backstage.

In “A Sad Vampire” by Aleah Vassell, Driscoll and Elise are bartender and customer on a quiet Halloween night. The follow-up song, putting a number from a hit musical to new use, adds a twist to the plot.

 Luciani and Renollet follow with “Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary” by Piper Murphy. Careful where you read that title, as these girls at a sleepover find out the hard way.

A Civil War reenactment feels too real in “The Ghosts of Chickamauga” by Sharla S. Stevens, as one of the four we see on stage shows us that for some, the battle never ended.

It’s not one of these shows without a piece by local playwright Mark Harvey Levine. His “The Pumpkin Priest” brings us back to the funny pages with characters from one of his popular Christmas plays, this time with “sincerity.”

“Dragnet” by Christopher Wittman features Driscoll, Elise, and the return of an upcycled puppet from last summer’s “Mami Wata” as an avenging spirit.

 A carnival haunted house seems like an odd place to propose, but in “Hauntingly Ever After” by Marcia Eppich-Harris it does feel right, as a zombie tries not to literally fall apart before getting the question out.

Not too scary, not too risque, and plenty entertaining, “Boo-La-La! 4” is highly recommended for your spooky-season activities. Performances are Friday evenings, Saturday and Sunday afternoons, through Nov. 2, at 2508 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis.

Get info and tickets at fonsecatheatre.org.