←Recommendations of Stinky Girls

Sullivan goes where Cronenberg would never dare, a sleepover. Saying anything more would spoil the descent, but rest assured it is a bloody, stinky, anguished, manic descent. Good god. A delightful, uncomfortable snapshot of what life brings to the day to day of young women in their mid-20s. It ain't pretty. It's stinky. Stinky stinky stinky.

Truly anxiety provoking. There is a thick dread to this piece. Mesmerizing and catastrophic at the same time. It reeks of body horror and is so well crafted. Brava, Kelsey Sullivan!

Kelsey Sullivan has a brilliant, terrifying mind. "Stinky Girls" showcases a sensibility unafraid to dig into the unpleasant, unsettling sides of humanity in general, and womanhood in specific. It is a play whose laughter and connective moments give way to horror and despair in exquisite and theatrical ways. I am in awe of this play, and I may need a shower. Highly recommended!

Female body horror hits different. Our whole lives are body horror. Our bodies feel both alien and somehow all that matters about us. Our bodies don’t exist for *us*. We’re taught to hide our biology, our base humanity, our stinkiness… so of course, in private, we wallow in it.

Kelsey Sullivan’s gross-out horror short makes excellent use of the sacred liminal space that all women know: the sleepover. (Her stage directions note that “there is no time”—she’s right.) Imaginative directors and designers will revel in the mayhem.