←Recommendations of Owl Creek

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: Owl Creek by Emily McClain
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    Ooooh SPOOKY. This one act about a mysterious bridge in a small southern town at the center of several unexplained disappearances gets creepier and creepier as it goes along. I love all the instances of uncertainty over what is real versus what seems to be real, James's creepy, cryptic warning, and the twist ending. Also, this play would be a sound designer's dream. I'm glad I read it during the day. Hope I'm not too scared to walk down the hall to the bathroom tonight.

    Ooooh SPOOKY. This one act about a mysterious bridge in a small southern town at the center of several unexplained disappearances gets creepier and creepier as it goes along. I love all the instances of uncertainty over what is real versus what seems to be real, James's creepy, cryptic warning, and the twist ending. Also, this play would be a sound designer's dream. I'm glad I read it during the day. Hope I'm not too scared to walk down the hall to the bathroom tonight.

    ”
  • Rachel Feeny-Williams: Owl Creek by Emily McClain
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    Everyone loves a good mystery but Emily's Owl Creek takes it to a whole new level. The suspense over what happened in this small town so long ago is brilliantly built with small moments to start and that is what draws you in. As the piece unfolds the story continues to give and give. Any audience seeing this piece will be drawn in, just as I was, with a want...no need to know what will happen and that makes this an amazingly written and compelling piece of theatre. Looking for a thriller/mystery? This show is for you!

    Everyone loves a good mystery but Emily's Owl Creek takes it to a whole new level. The suspense over what happened in this small town so long ago is brilliantly built with small moments to start and that is what draws you in. As the piece unfolds the story continues to give and give. Any audience seeing this piece will be drawn in, just as I was, with a want...no need to know what will happen and that makes this an amazingly written and compelling piece of theatre. Looking for a thriller/mystery? This show is for you!

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  • Daniel Prillaman: Owl Creek by Emily McClain
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    Delightfully creepy, full of dread, and entrenched in good, old small town secrets, McClain's riff on Bierce's short story is fantastic. This script is filled with moment after escalating moment of "something is wrong," and I want nothing more than to see it live. The mysteries at hand loom over every scene, and the sound/set design would be such FUN to figure out and nail together. If you're looking to give more horror scripts a chance, it would be unwise to neglect this one.

    Delightfully creepy, full of dread, and entrenched in good, old small town secrets, McClain's riff on Bierce's short story is fantastic. This script is filled with moment after escalating moment of "something is wrong," and I want nothing more than to see it live. The mysteries at hand loom over every scene, and the sound/set design would be such FUN to figure out and nail together. If you're looking to give more horror scripts a chance, it would be unwise to neglect this one.

    ”
  • Monica Cross: Owl Creek by Emily McClain
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    OWL CREEK is so super creepy. IN THE BEST WAY! With small town secrets and the recollection of eerie dreams, this play gets more and more disturbing to the end. It a lot of fun to see Emily McClain's modern takes on classic tropes. There are also some really great moments that speak to the experience of growing up in a small town.

    WELL DONE!

    OWL CREEK is so super creepy. IN THE BEST WAY! With small town secrets and the recollection of eerie dreams, this play gets more and more disturbing to the end. It a lot of fun to see Emily McClain's modern takes on classic tropes. There are also some really great moments that speak to the experience of growing up in a small town.

    WELL DONE!

    ”