←Recommendations of The Sporting Life

The Sporting Life examines a world where women have been pushed to the limit and become monsters themselves. There is no fear of bloodshed when you bleed every month. What happens when the people who are supposed to protect you are the ones who betray you? A best friend? A teacher? A parent? Who is there to protect you from yourself and the decisions you will make? This is a relentless, action packed, gasp inducing, hilarious, and vulnerable show and I can't wait to see more theatres produce it!

This play is fierce in all the ways - fiercely funny, fiercely feminist, and fiercely gory. I got to see the world premiere in Chicago and was really impressed. An examination of turning anger into power, and when it goes to far. Also of how many ways to kill awful men. I was the person giggling at every death. >D

I first encountered this play at a reading a year and some change ago. I could not get it out of my head since then. This play is a triumph. Funny, and heartbreaking, and so bloody.

This play is gutsy (no pun intended), gory, and fabulous! I loved the world-building of this play and the protagonist's journey from innocent to Witch. I also loved Sherry, whose journey served as a beautiful counterpoint to Dot's arc. Smartly crafted dialogue keeps the tone horrifying and hilarious, which is challenging to pull off, but there are also real moments of heart here. Ambitious designers will love the challenge of multiple locations and the gory special effects.

Haunting and hilarious...The Sporting Life is ready for an ambitious theatre to share this story with audiences. If you feel like theatre can do better or isn't doing enough, then this play is for you. Read it now!

Your jaw will drop after the second page and it will remain on the floor until you’re done. Few plays accomplish gnarly violence and deep examinations of modern feminism, but “The Sporting Life” by Marjorie Muller does both while keeping you laughing. A truly electric work for an ambitious creative team!

For those looking for their feminist theater to have a little bit more bite, more menace, more complexity, more vicious humor, and a whole lot more blood. Muller's arch look at the societal expectations of womanhood gets twisted and tangled up in a larger-than-life way, creating a hyper-real world still steeped in the truth and tragedy of what it means for a girl to grow up. God bless whoever figures out how to stage this thing, but it'll be so worth it. It's what the theatre needs right now.

A true horror comedy, with laughter and fear in equal measure. Muller’s play is wildly imaginative, without ever dulling the lacerating edge of its intent and message. Impossible to stage, perhaps, but I implore any theatre company to try.

Tarantino wishes he could write powerful women this well. Can't wait to see this produced with all the blood and guts required.