←Recommendations of bad things happen here

Structurally speaking, this piece is fascinating in the way it builds an entire world out of two-person scenes. This would be an excellent vehicle for two versatile actors. The speculative theatrical reality that Marlin builds feels like a sibling to the allegorical, war-torn world of Caryl Churchill's "Far Away" but, in this piece, we see a broader and more nuanced spectrum of humans. It is at turns lyrical, poignant, and unsettling. Marlin has written some incredible stage images here with distinct clarity, while also leaving much of the vision up to the creative production team that stages this piece!

Terrifying insight into what can happen when you see a nation disciplined by violence. Well done.

Such dread is generated by these short, spare scenes. Terrific use of language, creating edge-of-the-seat suspense and engagement. Well done!

bad things happen here is a beautiful and gut-wrenching two-person play about a world that's falling apart. Multiple vignettes give small insight into a world that's terrifying and definitely out to to get you. Truly breathtaking were a series of factory scenes that slowly peel away what's being processed at the factory and why. This is a play that offers shivers, terror, tears, and surprising laughs. It's one you'll be thinking about long after you put it down.

A bleak, post apocalyptic play that draws you in and spits you out. Eric is a new voice to watch in the American theater and this play feels so timely and freaky! The structure of the play is adventurous ans it exciting to get to watch 2 women play so many characters and wrestle with eachother in so many ways all within an hour, an excitinf challenge for an actor.

It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Eric Marlin and their play bad things happen here as a finalist for our 2017 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 55 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers responded to the sharp dialogue and seamless flowing of scenes, from one to the next, which built complexity and meaning.