←Recommendations of Wilt

  • Dave Osmundsen: Wilt by Baylee Shlichtman
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    What a strange, fantastical, and shocking fantasy/horror this is! Shlichtman boldly and vividly constructs a world that reveals itself gradually, using fairy tale logic to build a landscape of whispering flowers, an obstinate kitchen, and a toy elephant. She has also written a haunting mystery that explores the limits of love, reciprocated or not, and deconstructs the persona of a "nice guy" to disturbing effect. Designers looking for a challenge will love this world, too. Haunting work!

    What a strange, fantastical, and shocking fantasy/horror this is! Shlichtman boldly and vividly constructs a world that reveals itself gradually, using fairy tale logic to build a landscape of whispering flowers, an obstinate kitchen, and a toy elephant. She has also written a haunting mystery that explores the limits of love, reciprocated or not, and deconstructs the persona of a "nice guy" to disturbing effect. Designers looking for a challenge will love this world, too. Haunting work!

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  • Ian Donley: Wilt by Baylee Shlichtman
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    To quote Martin Scorsese, horror is at its best when it's rooted in emotional truth. And "Wilt" certainly honors that sentiment. Wilt is both poetic and gruesome, keeping the audience on edge from beginning and end. There's a lot of great commentary on masculinity, femininity, and how both of these things repel and attract each other. Any director will have a field day putting this on stage. There's a freedom expressed in this play that is inspiring to read.

    To quote Martin Scorsese, horror is at its best when it's rooted in emotional truth. And "Wilt" certainly honors that sentiment. Wilt is both poetic and gruesome, keeping the audience on edge from beginning and end. There's a lot of great commentary on masculinity, femininity, and how both of these things repel and attract each other. Any director will have a field day putting this on stage. There's a freedom expressed in this play that is inspiring to read.

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  • Alaina Tennant: Wilt by Baylee Shlichtman
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    Isn't female rage just horribly wonderful? This is a beautifully paced, dark, and nuanced piece. The dialogue is engaging and creepy. I love how the characters are slowly revealed to be what they truly are - Evan even had me fooled in the very beginning. As an actress, this would be such a refreshing show to be able to work on. As a writer, it was incredibly interesting to read.

    Isn't female rage just horribly wonderful? This is a beautifully paced, dark, and nuanced piece. The dialogue is engaging and creepy. I love how the characters are slowly revealed to be what they truly are - Evan even had me fooled in the very beginning. As an actress, this would be such a refreshing show to be able to work on. As a writer, it was incredibly interesting to read.

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  • Ky Weeks: Wilt by Baylee Shlichtman
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    A horror play that uses space and environment so well to carry the force of its scares. The plot is thick with questions and mysteries, and the characters, with their own specific sort of intensity, withhold just enough of their motives to be menacing. The fantastic materializes onstage in ways that are beautiful and deeply creepy.

    A horror play that uses space and environment so well to carry the force of its scares. The plot is thick with questions and mysteries, and the characters, with their own specific sort of intensity, withhold just enough of their motives to be menacing. The fantastic materializes onstage in ways that are beautiful and deeply creepy.

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  • Nicholas Thurkettle: Wilt by Baylee Shlichtman
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    A fairytale whose darkness unfurls in waves - captivating and peppered throughout with imagery and illusions that would be a designer's delight; with constant tension as the three central personalities, each prisoners of their own cycles of behavior and want, march towards a shocking fate. Love, whether familial or romantic, is not immune from its own dark side in this excellently-paced and constructed work.

    A fairytale whose darkness unfurls in waves - captivating and peppered throughout with imagery and illusions that would be a designer's delight; with constant tension as the three central personalities, each prisoners of their own cycles of behavior and want, march towards a shocking fate. Love, whether familial or romantic, is not immune from its own dark side in this excellently-paced and constructed work.

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