←Recommendations of The Pitchforks

This mindblowing play succeeds as horror, satire, and an exploration of questions about what it means to create queer art--who gets to make it, what does it look like, who is it for. Kramer creates a dark, unsettling, sexy, and absolutely hilarious world. Most impressive to me is how this works both as a piece of visceral horror and also a keenly intellectual examination of how toxic masculinity shapes, perverts, and can destroy the lives of queer people. The ending, while horrific, is satisfying and strangely hopeful, leaving us wondering which was more horrifying-part 1 or 2.

Terrifically queer and totally terrifying. Not only a really funny, sensitive, thrilling horror play but also amazing in how it flickers a light on the horror of trying to create art in opposition of those in with monstrous power. This play is a reclamation, a revenge and a rollercoaster ride a la Final Destination 3. Read immediately!

I love the meta aspects of this play and how wonderful it is to see the tough straight men transform! The violence in both acts is really fantastic too! Fabulous work - I highly recommend!

I read this play months ago and am still thinking about it. I've told multiple people to read it not only because it makes an important, timely statement about our culture's sexual taboos, but is also just a good, thrilling ride. Someone please produce it so I can tell everyone to see it instead!

I can't stop thinking about this play. A wildly horrific and sensual ride into heteronormative identities and horror film! Exceptionally unique, and chilling...all the while examining and dissecting stereotypes within the boundaries that were created for us.
Just so juicy.

APRIL 29, 20024, A 5 YEAR ADDENDUM: I still think about this play. STILL.

This scary, smart play hooked me from the start, with its foreboding setting, hilariously drawn characters that aren't what they seem, and, well, I can't ruin what follows, but nothing GOOD ever happens in a run-down motel on Halloween. Yet in the second act, it shifts to an intellectual discussion about gay representation in horror cinema in Hollywood and how some minds just won't shift, unless perhaps they are forced to. Great play!

As a lover of all things horror, this play was right up my alley. Knowledgeable, witty, fun and real.

This play is chilling, terrifying and so, so smart. This is the queer horror play we NEED. It's so, so wonderful in so many ways. I was often left gasping out loud - both for the horror tropes that are brilliantly executed and for the horror of the reality that this play discusses. I hope that there are theatres out there brave enough to tackle this remarkable play.

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I freakin’ love this play! Dark, sexy, smart, and surprising, it’s an original take on our society’s fraught relationship with masculinity, both within and outside the queer community. I imagine this would be a delicious piece to design and act in, and a show audience would be talking about for a long time. Highly recommended!