Quirky, strange, a little macabre, a little romantic, completely theatrical, and impossible to forget. Although based on true events, Horan speculates story, plot, and character to make this play emotionally complex. I'd love to see a production.

I was able to see a reading of this play and would love to see it in production. I was blown away by Horan's inventiveness with this piece, which so deftly dances between the morbid and the humorous in its exploration of the many ways we process life, death, and what it really means to be blessed with a brain.

Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, THE BRAIN THIEF, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.