←Recommendations of Melto Man and Lady Mantis

Oh my god, this is hysterically funny on so many levels. From the satire on monster movie tropes to the interjection of the mundane matter of taxes to the rich deadpan humor, this play constantly delights. The final line is a wonderfully ironic topper. I would love to see this play, especially the final conflict, staged.

A great script about one's accountability for monstrous behavior! I'd love to see the costumes and fight choreography for this piece!

Even monsters and super villains have to take some time to do the mundane stuff, like tax forms, and Eric Pfeffinger has shown is actually ALL fun and games with this fun meeting of Melto Man and Lady Mantis. The names, powers and origins are right out of either a comic book of a 50's sci-fi movie and Eric hits all the tropes that make those things so much fun. I highly recommend!

I love super heroes, villains, comic books, and this play. It’s a twisty slice-of-life conversation about mundane things that devolves into a thrillingly good time on stage. Fun, insightful, visually cool, and features both great roles for actors and a fantastic costume design opportunity. Excelsior!

This play is just too funny for words! The setting alone, two super villains going over a tax return, is already hilarious. Then the dialogue delivers all the expected laughs. Two great characters that show we are all just one industrial accident away from living out our darkest thoughts.

This is an insanely funny play about the genesis and actions of cosmic villains. Clever, with the fantastical juxtaposed with the mundane. A superlative example of a wild imagination meeting exquisite craft.

I teach this play when we get to the 10-minute play section of the course, in large part because I want to inspire creativity in the class and to show students where they can go if they're lucky enough to have these skills. My playwriting students are always mind blown and jealous after reading it. It really helps that it's hilarious.

This is an extremely clever and entertaining short piece. Are villains really evil? Does doing evil things make you an evil person? Or are we all resigned to our fates? And is there a villain tax break?

A very visually funny play that will also make you think. What motivates people (victims of industrial accidents) to do bad things? Are they victims of circumstance or are they just destined to be bad from the start? What a great play to design, perform and choreograph!

Highly clever and funny postmodern supervillain story that could've easily been a one-joke premise, but on the contrary manages to say something poignant about our capacity for good or evil, and the limited choices for the marginalized in society. I'd love to see this brought to life in all its melty, mantis-y glory!