I love that Richter has created something that feels ancient and new all at the same time. Irish folklore, inherited memories...banshees...a recipe for a super tale which doesn't disappoint.

I love this one act! It blends folklore and history as it explores the question of how much we are able to shape who we are and what we are destined to be, versus how much the people and events that came before us shape us. Plus it's so wonderfully steeped in its setting - a designer's dream!

What determines our destiny? Social, familial, and religious expectations? Our genetics, generational curses and inherited traumas? Force of will? Or is it as as the Greeks once believed, an inevitable and certain end, regardless of the path we take to get there?

BANSHEE obsesses over this question, circling around it again and again. Richter’s lyrical prose keeps this briskly-paced one act buoyant, even as it delves into darker and darker territory. His vivid characters are matched by a powerful sense of place; designers would be lucky to render this moody supernatural fable.