←Recommendations of Raccoon Play

“Raccoon Play” is a suspenseful horror comedy rooted in the here and now. Striking, surprising, and a must-read.

A seething satire that punches you right in the gut mid-doomscroll. SMJ deftly uses surrealism and humor to shine a flashlight on the underbelly of today's American Everyman. This play is both a horrifying cautionary tale and an unexpected call to empathy that your brain won't soon let go of.

This is terrifying and hilarious and unhinged and fabulous. It's a rare play that makes you feel like you're strapped in to a rollercoaster and can't fully breathe until the ride ends, but "Raccoon Play" gives exactly that to a reader, and I'm sure it would be even better on stage. Vital, current, and maybe even a little Marxist, it's the sort of play we need right now.

A furious and absurdist story of predators who have run out of prey to devour and now must subsist by sacrificing their own – and also some raccoons. SMJ's style is perfectly pitched to the high-strung tension of the alt right, with whip-fast pivots in the plot that will disorient even as they draw the audience further in, before a brutal ending. Funny, then scary, then both at once.

Rare is a play this gut-busting, fear-inducing, and dangerously sharp. I dare you to read UNTITLED RACCOON PLAY without bursting out in laughter, only to be followed by the existential dread that comes with knowing the characters you're observing may be all too real off the stage.

This is one of SMJ's finest plays. It must find a larger audience, it must. Read. This. Play.