←Recommendations of The Moors

Disarmingly funny and profound in equal measure. Silverman reckons with gender in fascinating ways, and while the female-centric cast is center stage, the Mastiff is a startling and relevant portrayal of the dark side of modern masculinity, an incel allegory hidden in the gothic aesthetic.

I think about this play often. I want my school to do it. In these polarized times, it's more than usually desirable that student actors should dress up as animals, especially hounds and sage hens. The play would also point them toward the world of the Bronte sisters, which wouldn't be a bad thing either.

Brilliant. One of the most moving pieces I've ever read. Sweet and sad, hysterical and gritty. One of my favorite plays. I wish I could go back in time and read it again.

One of my very favorite plays. It’s deliciously dark, bleak, and badass. Sweet, heartwarming moments are laced with a palpable tension that creepily twists and crescendos to all-out horror. Jen Silverman’s combination of period-accurate language and anachronistic language is masterful. This play feels like it’s inventing a whole new genre — I’m not sure what one would call it, but I for one want more of it.

Lovely and horrific. I was on the edge of my seat as the characters spiraled down, and I could not stop reading. I love the rock music elements to this piece and am excited to see this play onstage in the future.

THE MOORS is terrifying, romantic, and hilarious. Like any great classic, the landscape & setting becomes just as much a character as the people (and animals) who inhabit it. This piece combines mystery, first love, and philosophy into a Gothic masterpiece the Brontës WISH they had written.

a vicious and delightful gothic horror--I swallowed this whole play in one gulp. The violence feels so carefully measured throughout that the end still managed to shock me. And Agatha and Emilie's relationship--that last scene they share--it's thrilling.

All-encompassing, beautiful play. Like someone else said before me, I think about it often. Every moment in this play is tragic, hilarious, and sort of heartwarming at the same time- All the things a play should be.

I think about this play so often. I love its landscape. Bleak is the word for it, but so is heartbreaking, and so is rock-n-roll!

Improbable, but so charming. It’s deeply pleasurable in its sly take on the Gothic form, its real if sidelong perspective on relationships/self-sabotage, and the fact that its take its whimsical premise quite seriously, and treats its ridiculous characters like they have some real stakes and interiority. Its joys are in the slippage between form and content—and there’s a big power ballad!!!