←Recommendations of We Are Blood

  • Angels Theatre Company: We Are Blood by Ryan Bernsten
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    2023-24 Salon Reading Series selection (October)

    Bernsten's "We Are Blood" delivers what we want to see in a well-wrought drama–a play that is more than the sum of its parts and provides insight into this condition of being human. This is a family struggling to move forward while they also struggle to (re)connect with one another outside of their differences. Reunions are not always welcome, nor mutual. But they can bring insight and provide us with a new perspective that leads to a new choice to be made. Well-paced and well made, this play will frighten and delight.

    2023-24 Salon Reading Series selection (October)

    Bernsten's "We Are Blood" delivers what we want to see in a well-wrought drama–a play that is more than the sum of its parts and provides insight into this condition of being human. This is a family struggling to move forward while they also struggle to (re)connect with one another outside of their differences. Reunions are not always welcome, nor mutual. But they can bring insight and provide us with a new perspective that leads to a new choice to be made. Well-paced and well made, this play will frighten and delight.

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  • Mike Rice: We Are Blood by Ryan Bernsten
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    Ryan Bernsten's "We Are Blood" is a frightening and engaging tale of a dysfunctional family with dark secrets. The characters are fleshed out and compelling. The conflict is compelling. And the ending satisfies. I too look forward to seeing this play getting staged.

    Ryan Bernsten's "We Are Blood" is a frightening and engaging tale of a dysfunctional family with dark secrets. The characters are fleshed out and compelling. The conflict is compelling. And the ending satisfies. I too look forward to seeing this play getting staged.

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  • Jessie Salsbury: We Are Blood by Ryan Bernsten
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    Had the privilege of watching this as part of KC PUBLIC’S theatre lab series. The audience was engaged and holding their breath in the final scenes. Ryan is an exceptional story teller and I look forward to a fully realized production of this glorious play. There is a lot for actors and technicians to mine in this script for inspiration.

    Had the privilege of watching this as part of KC PUBLIC’S theatre lab series. The audience was engaged and holding their breath in the final scenes. Ryan is an exceptional story teller and I look forward to a fully realized production of this glorious play. There is a lot for actors and technicians to mine in this script for inspiration.

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  • Amanda Marie Miller: We Are Blood by Ryan Bernsten
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    Bernsten has combined the mad woman in the attic trope with contemporary language and references, creating a psychological thriller that I could not read fast enough. Each scene brings another level of mystery to this tense family holiday and the play will leave you startled with realizations. The script is excellently crafted to capture a vast other-worldly environment held by characters that feel familiar to everyday life. Would love to see a production of this in a fall slot, a perfect late-night haunt.

    Bernsten has combined the mad woman in the attic trope with contemporary language and references, creating a psychological thriller that I could not read fast enough. Each scene brings another level of mystery to this tense family holiday and the play will leave you startled with realizations. The script is excellently crafted to capture a vast other-worldly environment held by characters that feel familiar to everyday life. Would love to see a production of this in a fall slot, a perfect late-night haunt.

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  • Beau Ryan McCoy: We Are Blood by Ryan Bernsten
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    A horror play in the vein of Ari Aster's 'Hereditary', Bernsten manages to take the tired tropes of 'family drama' and twist it into something both exquisitely haunting while at the same time, deeply moving. That idea of being hunted by your past is disturbing on any number of levels but to then couple it with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy, misdirection, loneliness, and isolation... a play that by the end might read as 'improbable' to some feels anything but. That the only way to overcome one's circumstances is by transcending them.

    A horror play in the vein of Ari Aster's 'Hereditary', Bernsten manages to take the tired tropes of 'family drama' and twist it into something both exquisitely haunting while at the same time, deeply moving. That idea of being hunted by your past is disturbing on any number of levels but to then couple it with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy, misdirection, loneliness, and isolation... a play that by the end might read as 'improbable' to some feels anything but. That the only way to overcome one's circumstances is by transcending them.

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