←Recommendations of The (Other)

  • Brianna Barrett: The (Other) by Alexander Pine
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    A horror comedy that externalizes the idea of “inner demons” to explore how we can ever get over our own insecurities enough to love anyone and accept love in return. It’s a clever concept and offers lots of opportunities to be creepy, funny and oddly touching.

    A horror comedy that externalizes the idea of “inner demons” to explore how we can ever get over our own insecurities enough to love anyone and accept love in return. It’s a clever concept and offers lots of opportunities to be creepy, funny and oddly touching.

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  • Aly Kantor: The (Other) by Alexander Pine
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    This highly theatrical, visceral, and relatable play explores everything from grief to generational trauma in a vibrant, affective way from page one. It uses the unity of location to great effect, with a series of horrific events that turn an ordinary apartment into a very personal haunted house. This would be a dream for a design team - the "clean up" in the last scene will stay with me. Whether you read this play as a horror story or a love story, you're sure to come away with a sense of introspection about your own invisible demons.

    This highly theatrical, visceral, and relatable play explores everything from grief to generational trauma in a vibrant, affective way from page one. It uses the unity of location to great effect, with a series of horrific events that turn an ordinary apartment into a very personal haunted house. This would be a dream for a design team - the "clean up" in the last scene will stay with me. Whether you read this play as a horror story or a love story, you're sure to come away with a sense of introspection about your own invisible demons.

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  • Francisco Mendoza: The (Other) by Alexander Pine
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    I read The (Other) as part of an open submission process and it has stayed with me since. Alexander portrays emotional baggage in a theatrical way that manages to be quite scary and upsetting, yet somehow makes room for a love story that I (notably a love skeptic) still fell for. I'd love to see this on its feet to see the horror and magic of the play come to life!

    I read The (Other) as part of an open submission process and it has stayed with me since. Alexander portrays emotional baggage in a theatrical way that manages to be quite scary and upsetting, yet somehow makes room for a love story that I (notably a love skeptic) still fell for. I'd love to see this on its feet to see the horror and magic of the play come to life!

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  • Nick Malakhow: The (Other) by Alexander Pine
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    I loved how this genre-defying play included elements of drama, dark satire/comedy, and horror. From a design perspective, the Others provide lots to work with in terms of clever staging, movement coordination, lighting, sound, visual effects, etc. The Others are also a clean and effective extended metaphor for the demons and baggage that infect old relationships and that we bring into new relationships. An insightful exploration of processing and moving past traumas, grief, and neuroses that uses a good deal of wit, fun, and theatricality.

    I loved how this genre-defying play included elements of drama, dark satire/comedy, and horror. From a design perspective, the Others provide lots to work with in terms of clever staging, movement coordination, lighting, sound, visual effects, etc. The Others are also a clean and effective extended metaphor for the demons and baggage that infect old relationships and that we bring into new relationships. An insightful exploration of processing and moving past traumas, grief, and neuroses that uses a good deal of wit, fun, and theatricality.

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