I recently had the opportunity to watch a performance of this short play during Bump in the Night Theatre’s “Jump Scares: Vol. 1.” Floyd-Priskorn’s dialogue flies off the page, but it sings in the space. A good-natured game slowly becomes something much, well...less good-natured. The tension ratchets up and up until a terrifying ending, one you'll most certainly take home with you. Brilliant.

11/29/2024. Holy cow! OLLY OLLY OXEN FREE is how you do horror on stage. Playwright Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn really has a knack for how to build tension. What begins as a fairly innocent game of tag turns sinister at epic proportions. I caught this with Bump In The Night Theatre's Jump Scares festival, where I was sitting in the back row, biting away my nails in fear and anticipation!

This play would be so much fun and so thrilling for actors to do! I loved the creepiness and the build up of tension and fear within this play! Soo Good!!