←Recommendations of A More Beautiful Reflection

  • Arianna Rose: A More Beautiful Reflection by Scott Sickles
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    I was lucky enough to watch a reading of this as part of the 2024 Rockford New Words in Rockford, IL. It was incredible to sense the audience hanging on playwright Sickles' every twist and turn in this dark tale about emotional and physical vampires. Scary, unexpected, original and expertly crafted, A More Beautiful Reflection will have you reflecting on Charlie and Quinn's relationship long after the last moment. Read and produce!

    I was lucky enough to watch a reading of this as part of the 2024 Rockford New Words in Rockford, IL. It was incredible to sense the audience hanging on playwright Sickles' every twist and turn in this dark tale about emotional and physical vampires. Scary, unexpected, original and expertly crafted, A More Beautiful Reflection will have you reflecting on Charlie and Quinn's relationship long after the last moment. Read and produce!

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  • Greg Mandryk: A More Beautiful Reflection by Scott Sickles
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    Vampires started out as monsters and then somewhere along the line became romanticized. A deluge of vampire stories wherein the monster who feeds off of everyone else falls hopelessly in love with the protagonist began to emerge. Scott Sickles reminds us that vampires are monsters and there are no happy endings dealing with such people in this tense, effective short horror story. Well done!

    Vampires started out as monsters and then somewhere along the line became romanticized. A deluge of vampire stories wherein the monster who feeds off of everyone else falls hopelessly in love with the protagonist began to emerge. Scott Sickles reminds us that vampires are monsters and there are no happy endings dealing with such people in this tense, effective short horror story. Well done!

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  • Brenton Kniess: A More Beautiful Reflection by Scott Sickles
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    Sickles writes a chilling commentary on abusive relationships in A MORE BEAUTIFUL REFLECTION. There is a great use of symbolism that Scott Sickles uses to display an abusive and narcissistic former partner. This ten minute has rich dialogue, palpable tension, and devastating outcomes which we learn from the relationship between Charlie and Quinn.

    Sickles writes a chilling commentary on abusive relationships in A MORE BEAUTIFUL REFLECTION. There is a great use of symbolism that Scott Sickles uses to display an abusive and narcissistic former partner. This ten minute has rich dialogue, palpable tension, and devastating outcomes which we learn from the relationship between Charlie and Quinn.

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  • Lee R. Lawing: A More Beautiful Reflection by Scott Sickles
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    The myth of the vampire goes back to the beginning of time and the power struggle between thrall and vampire just as long. Sickles weaves a powerful and oh so haunting tale of two such beings that is as much about vampirism as it is a reelection of the abusive relationships that still permeate our world oh too often. That last scene will have everyone holding their breaths as the lights fade around Quinn, wanting to move from your seats and steer her off stage to a better exit.

    The myth of the vampire goes back to the beginning of time and the power struggle between thrall and vampire just as long. Sickles weaves a powerful and oh so haunting tale of two such beings that is as much about vampirism as it is a reelection of the abusive relationships that still permeate our world oh too often. That last scene will have everyone holding their breaths as the lights fade around Quinn, wanting to move from your seats and steer her off stage to a better exit.

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  • Eytan Deray: A More Beautiful Reflection by Scott Sickles
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    Vampirism and narcissism go hand in hand in the horror genre. It's a truly unsettling and heartbreaking place to live in as a gaslighting victim. The main difference in the terror of gaslighting that Scott Sickles portrays in "A More Beautiful Reflection" is that it comes with a sharp set of fangs. This short play is bleak, bitter, economic, intense, and unapologetically queer. It's the kind of genre thrill I'm most driven towards right now. Sickles never disappoints.

    Vampirism and narcissism go hand in hand in the horror genre. It's a truly unsettling and heartbreaking place to live in as a gaslighting victim. The main difference in the terror of gaslighting that Scott Sickles portrays in "A More Beautiful Reflection" is that it comes with a sharp set of fangs. This short play is bleak, bitter, economic, intense, and unapologetically queer. It's the kind of genre thrill I'm most driven towards right now. Sickles never disappoints.

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