←Recommendations of A Rage Play

This play of sacrifices and scapegoats is part Greek tragedy, part “The Craft,” part “The Crucible” and 100% the whispered rage of women that transcends generations. In the writing, Kearnan has managed to capture the tone and themes of the piece perfectly: it moves like a secret, like a rumor, like anger, like the great and terrible plans of any group of women that has ever caused heaven and hell at the same time.

This is a stunning play that asks questions about the legitimate use of violence in society. The stage directions and transitions give the ensemble so much freedom to create beautiful and indelible images and soundscapes. It’s a great read and I would love to see a full production!

This script explores sound and voice in an incredibly moving and impactful way. The chorus becomes the landscape of the world itself, giving the audience a sense of the reverberations and echoes of the core action. The second act asks important questions about justice and revenge of both its characters and the audience.

Maggie Kearnan’s bitingly funny and ferociously smart cry of feminine rage demands that we hold men accountable—by whatever means necessary. A propulsive Greek chorus imbues the play with timeless urgency. Echoes of both The Bacchae and The Crucible ring throughout, yet LIKE FLIES feels totally new. The play’s nuanced second act explores the moral complexities of revenge and revolution—the toll taken on the soul, and the ethical blind spots revealed when the oppressed become the powerful.

A play that whispers its secrets and lets them reverberate around the audience. An evocative, eerie story about the agony and ecstasy of acting on your fiercest impulses, and the dangers of declaring yourself to be the arbiter of who is beyond salvation. A play whose scope is both domestic and panoramic at once, with enormous opportunities for designers and dancers.

This is a play of incantations, whispers, and community secrets, as women find a way to empower themselves in this reimagining of the dawn of America. What I appreciate in this story about an alliance of women against patriarchal violence is that the women never accuse each other, although one woman takes the symbolic fall. This play also has a lot of potential for a director to create stylized theatrical gestures with a chorus of women as fresh graves appear. A play inspired by true events with contemporary relevance.