←Recommendations of A Comedy of Manners

Absolutely charming. I've known people like these, just as infuriating and specious and dear in real life. This would be fabulously fun to watch.

The Polycule is a hilarious, whip-smart comedy of manners that feels like a modern Molière. Blevins not only gives us a delicious drama-filled comedy, but she does so with devilish irony: it's written entirely in rhyming couplets, yet no one in the play is a couple. The playful rhyme perfectly skewers the groups 'enlightened' jargon and offers a rigid linguistic device to contrast the group's human messiness. A fun play for a night of theater with your partner(s).

F---ing brilliant writing. Great for ensemble theatres. The rhymes and sex comedy are perfection, from the very first lines until End of Play.

Fast-paced and furiously fun.

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!