←Recommendations of A Comedy of Manners

I was lucky enough to see the Los Angeles production - hysterically funny, timely, and heartwarming. Blevins has created something very, very clever - using finely crafted iambic pentameter to disarm her audience and seduce them into a world of fantastically complex relationships interwoven between some of the funniest characters ever.

This play is a finely-crafted treasure box of language and wit. The excellence of the rhyming scheme alone is staggering and utilized for deft and frequent hilarity. A treat to read and would love to see it produced!

Oh my gosh. This really is SOMETHING. Something amazing. Take a super modern concept, use iambic pentameter and add hilarious, cutting insight into our complex modern relationships and you have a unique, engaging, and attention capturing piece of work. This is really special. Amazing.

On concept alone, Jillian Blevins had me with THE POLYCULE. This one is a conceptually super contemporary scenario but written with such a deliberate, "old timey" rhyme scheme that could stand with the best of Shakespeare and Wilde, which added such whimsy and comedy to the whole scenario. The unique formatting on the page helps the reader (and thus, directors and actors) get a sense of the pace of the dialogue which Blevins executed her structure superbly. Not to mention... this play is just so damn funny! ("bless this gig economy")

"The Polycule" has a lot to say about the complexities of relationships — not just poly, but all kinds — and Jillian Blevins lovingly skewers them all in this laugh-out-loud, clever comedy of manners The rhyming couplets get along better than any two people on stage, adding to the humor and spirit of fun in this piece. Absolutely brilliant.

I agree with the other comments. Clever as hell! A goddamned delight!
Seriously, this is a masterpiece. Rhythmic perfection for the human ear (yes, it's iambic pentameter). Delicious characters. Immaculate satire. Brava. Someone please produce this so I can travel to see it!

I was laughing out loud from the beginning; the charm, the cleverness, the je ne sais qoui. Jillian Blevins is not afraid to poke fun at all the different incarnations of romance and polyamory, which is refreshing and proves to be a gift that keeps on giving. The tone, subject matter, the satire remind me not only of the epigraphic Molière, but also of Terence and Plautus. It's truly astonishing what Blevins is able to communicate about the characters through the strictures of verse and rhyme, particularly with sarcasm. Blevins proves herself a master of all genres and forms.

A zippy mash-up of Moliere and "The Ethical Slut," Blevins' piece works beautifully not just because of its cleverness - though its plotting and rhyme schemes are clever as hell - but because the play's construction reflects and amplifies its theme. The rules of a farce in rhymed couplets are as strict and byzantine as the rules of a polyamorous unit, after all, but in both cases those rules only barely contain the roiling human passions contained therein. Delightful fun for good, giving, and game actors.

Well, this play is just a goddamn delight. The use of verse is precise and hilarious, and the character development so effectively mediated through it. As the plot descends into well-structured chaos, I was worried the play was going to come out anti-poly, but it turns out that it's shaped a beautiful and oddly moving ending. I am so excited this play is in the world.

A comedy in verse about the trials and tribulations of polyamory. What’s not to love? It’s amazing to me that this play manages to be so funny while also managing to rhyme - and in such clever ways! I can’t imagine how long this play took to write or how Jillian Blevins made the end result look so effortless. Amazing!