Sin Eaters

by Anna Ouyang Moench

Mary is a content moderator, one of the unseen people who scrub our social media feeds of violent, sexual, and otherwise disturbing imagery. As she goes deeper and deeper into the dark rabbit hole of unfiltered human depravity that is the internet, she finds a graphic video that makes her question her relationship, her sanity, and her own capacity for violence. By plunging us into a job where technology meets...

Mary is a content moderator, one of the unseen people who scrub our social media feeds of violent, sexual, and otherwise disturbing imagery. As she goes deeper and deeper into the dark rabbit hole of unfiltered human depravity that is the internet, she finds a graphic video that makes her question her relationship, her sanity, and her own capacity for violence. By plunging us into a job where technology meets drudgery, SIN EATERS examines how our daily toil transforms us from the outside in.

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  • Brynn Hambley: Sin Eaters by Anna Ouyang Moench
    “

    This piece is so scary BECAUSE it feels like something that could actually happen to somebody. The dialogue is fast paced and absolutely jarring, creating an eerie atmosphere that creeps in slowly and then hits you all at once. And that ending? Absolutely brutal, but also shows just how serious the premise is. Felt this one in my bones.

    Covered on my SubStack, "A Playwright's Journey".

    This piece is so scary BECAUSE it feels like something that could actually happen to somebody. The dialogue is fast paced and absolutely jarring, creating an eerie atmosphere that creeps in slowly and then hits you all at once. And that ending? Absolutely brutal, but also shows just how serious the premise is. Felt this one in my bones.

    Covered on my SubStack, "A Playwright's Journey".

    ”
  • Shaun Leisher: Sin Eaters by Anna Ouyang Moench
    “

    Such a fast-paced play about a job that not many people think about. Really admire Moench's writing in this play. Was fascinated seeing the toll this job takes on Mary and her mental health. This is a play that will definitely start some conversations.

    Such a fast-paced play about a job that not many people think about. Really admire Moench's writing in this play. Was fascinated seeing the toll this job takes on Mary and her mental health. This is a play that will definitely start some conversations.

    ”
  • Jan Rosenberg: Sin Eaters by Anna Ouyang Moench
    “

    A funny nightmarish play about desensitized we all are to the horrors around us. Better than a Black Mirror episode. Trippy as hell.

    A funny nightmarish play about desensitized we all are to the horrors around us. Better than a Black Mirror episode. Trippy as hell.

    ”
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Development History

  • Workshop, UCSD Wagner New Play Festival, 2016