←Recommendations of PARALYSIS

  • Bailey Jordan Garcia: PARALYSIS by Kyle Smith
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    Beautifully haunting. A deep dive into debilitating depression, that's also filled with horror and humor. Kyle A. Smith creates this incredibly intriguing bond between our two leads that weighs the "want" to help vs the feeling of "needing" to. And the creepiest description of a monster under the bed that I'd love nothing more but to see staged. Gorgeous. Gorgeous. Gorgeous.

    Beautifully haunting. A deep dive into debilitating depression, that's also filled with horror and humor. Kyle A. Smith creates this incredibly intriguing bond between our two leads that weighs the "want" to help vs the feeling of "needing" to. And the creepiest description of a monster under the bed that I'd love nothing more but to see staged. Gorgeous. Gorgeous. Gorgeous.

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  • Carl Randolph: PARALYSIS by Kyle Smith
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    We had the pleasure and honor to produce Paralysis as an online reading. Kyle Smith has written a funny and intense play that truly dives into the psychology of sleep paralysis. One character is asexual, which is not central to the theme, simply who the character is. We highly recommend this play for production.

    We had the pleasure and honor to produce Paralysis as an online reading. Kyle Smith has written a funny and intense play that truly dives into the psychology of sleep paralysis. One character is asexual, which is not central to the theme, simply who the character is. We highly recommend this play for production.

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  • Alexander Perez: PARALYSIS by Kyle Smith
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    A play that drowns its characters in the infinite depths of chronic depression. Smith's depiction of the loss of time, space, and self when one is in the throes of despair is truly frightening. Especially when it renders those who care for you most completely powerless to help. Finding light in the abyss is a big ask for someone adrift in the darkness.

    A play that drowns its characters in the infinite depths of chronic depression. Smith's depiction of the loss of time, space, and self when one is in the throes of despair is truly frightening. Especially when it renders those who care for you most completely powerless to help. Finding light in the abyss is a big ask for someone adrift in the darkness.

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  • Dave Osmundsen: PARALYSIS by Kyle Smith
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    A brilliantly unsettling yet deeply compassionate play about friendship, grief, and the horrors that await us in both dreams and reality. Smith has created a beautiful friendship between Lily and Joy, and despite the play’s brevity, you get a full sense of their relationship dynamic. The horror elements are beautifully executed, and the play succeeds in suspending the audience somewhere between reality and fantasy, to the point that you don’t always know where you are, creating a feeling of delightful unease. Fantastic work!

    A brilliantly unsettling yet deeply compassionate play about friendship, grief, and the horrors that await us in both dreams and reality. Smith has created a beautiful friendship between Lily and Joy, and despite the play’s brevity, you get a full sense of their relationship dynamic. The horror elements are beautifully executed, and the play succeeds in suspending the audience somewhere between reality and fantasy, to the point that you don’t always know where you are, creating a feeling of delightful unease. Fantastic work!

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