←Recommendations of Tall Tales

  • Jan Rosenberg: Tall Tales by River Timms
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    This play WRECKED me. Heartbreaking, horrifying play where homophobia and hatred is a literal monster that leaves a trial of trauma in its wake. A splendid work of socio-political horror that is legitimately scary and has the heart of Stephen King's It. Reminded me a bit of 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning'. I was so taken with these characters. Beautiful work.

    This play WRECKED me. Heartbreaking, horrifying play where homophobia and hatred is a literal monster that leaves a trial of trauma in its wake. A splendid work of socio-political horror that is legitimately scary and has the heart of Stephen King's It. Reminded me a bit of 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning'. I was so taken with these characters. Beautiful work.

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  • John Bavoso: Tall Tales by River Timms
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    “It’s a scary thing to be in the hands of an angry God.” In Tall Tales, Timms takes the very real fears about religion and small-town life that many LGBTQ+ people have and marries them theatrically with the familiar, unsettling beats of the horror genre. But at the heart of the play, underneath the monsters and ghosts, are the genuine relationships and feelings of being stuck—hating something, but also longing for the familiarity of it. I hope to see a production of this haunting play one day!

    “It’s a scary thing to be in the hands of an angry God.” In Tall Tales, Timms takes the very real fears about religion and small-town life that many LGBTQ+ people have and marries them theatrically with the familiar, unsettling beats of the horror genre. But at the heart of the play, underneath the monsters and ghosts, are the genuine relationships and feelings of being stuck—hating something, but also longing for the familiarity of it. I hope to see a production of this haunting play one day!

    ”