←Recommendations of Proof of Monsters (A Bigfoot Play)

Who are the titular monsters? The trio of cryptozoologists? Their nemesis? Bigfoot itself? Three vividly drawn characters facing dizzying changes in their circumstances propel this most compelling play.

A revealing look inside the minds of Big Foot believers and what drives them. Fantastic!

A terrific character study! I love the different motivations that the three men have for believing in and tracking Big Foot, mostly because their competing voices are something we can hear in our own heads. And it’s great that when the plot makes a hairpin turn, how consistent Brody, Trip, and Cal are to their individual good-buddy orientations. PROOF OF MONSTERS, as Ruben Carbajal’s title brilliantly suggests, is as much about what’s inside than it is about outside and that's exciting!

A lovely little ten-minute wonder packed with thrills and chills!

We ride a rollercoaster of emotions in these quick 10 pages. Did we just witness something magical? Did we just snuff it from existence? Can we live with what we've done? Celebrate our newfound celebrity...but the price of this celebrity may be a little too high. So much to unpack and so much to love about this short play!

This is a great piece about friendship, full of laughs and, yes, even some darkness! I'd love to see it performed!

Just who are the monsters in this lethally dark comedy? Carbajal masterfully plays with our expectations, throwing in some really funny belly laughs to keep us off guard, and then pulls the rug out from under us with swift, terrifying aplomb. A terrific work, with great roles for three middle aged actors. I’d love to see this staged!

"Proof of Monsters" shows us why people are attracted to fringe beliefs and how tightly, and tragically, they cling to said beliefs even when proven wrong. Ruben Carbajal gives us a richly layered, tense drama in a few pages. Excellent work!

This play got me hook line and sinker right with its opening which is literarily a bang and down the rabbit hole I went with it, caught up in these ordinary men's thrill which turns into terror which turns into despair. Cal's last lines caught me by the heart and hung on because we've all been in that same spot feeling like just once we want to be proven right with our passion, our love, our joy. Carbajal turns you inside and out in the short space of ten minutes.

When handed a prompt or a prop suggestion or some other invitation to write a play, stop, Playwright, and gently ask yourself, in all seriousness: What would Ruben Carbajal do with this?
Carbajal inspires and kindly challenges all of we writers to bring our A-game. Because he always brings his, and PROOF OF MONSTERS is no exception. There are layers inside layers in this 10-minute short, as Carbajal delivers a Bigfoot play by way of Raymond Carver.
So stretch yourself. Play. Surprise yourself. Write beyond your imagination. Submit it.
Then read to see what Ruben Carbajal would do. And enjoy....