I saw this tightly wound play in production and welcomed the opportunity to read the script. Take three vividly drawn characters, place them in a confined space, and then unleash their competing interests. ESDO initially plays like a noirish tale in real time with alliances and deceptions continually unfolding. Then the haunting begins. The playwright has beautifully written and seamlessly constructed a story that is always a few steps ahead until we reach the explosive finale.

Watched a Zoom reading and was leaning forward virtually (ha!) the entire time. Seinuk has a penchant for dark, visceral human stories and this is no exception. There's a strong throughline for each character about different forms of addiction and coping mechanisms against the backdrop of the main character grappling with his artistic identity and coming to terms with his haunted past. Would love to see it in production.

I watched the streamed Zoom reading of this piece and was wholly engaged and thrilled throughout its entire running time! Seinuk has crafted three really complex characters and puts them in a powder-keg of a situation. The piece at once lives at a heightened and mythic pitch while also telling an intimate story of trauma, addiction, mental health struggles, and cycles of familial violence. The hauntings served to both punctuate the tightly-written scenes and raise the stakes/tension. I thought the startling intimacy and lyrical language worked well on Zoom--I'd love to see it in the flesh too!