←Recommendations of Family Dinner

This is one delightfully deranged story. The three siblings receive quite the unique inheritance much to the horror of two homophonically named spouses. The characters are especially well-drawn for so short a piece and each is wildly amusing. The concept of the sins of the father is given quite the shake up in this hysterical horror show.

Terrific array of characters, terrific premise. The humor is silly fun, the horror is grim and dire.

This short is a delight. I love the way the situation keeps escalating, I love the homophone jokes, and I cackled at all the mansplaining. This play is a wholly original, thoroughly entertaining piece of theater.

This is a playwright who knows how to commit to a bit, with delightful joke payoffs, cheeky laughs, and callbacks that will keep audiences howling... and actors LITERALLY howling! While silly and spooky, I think what's brilliant is that there is actually more depth to uncover here - something about generational trauma, and what it does to our unfortunate offspring when we refuse to break negative patterns. But you won't have time to dwell on that until the ride home! You'll be too busy CACKLING!

[2025-10-28]
I have not laughed so hard at a werewolf story since Griffin Dunne in "An American Werewolf in London." Paul Braverman puts a hilarious twist on both the lycanthrope lore and meet-the-in-laws in this comic horror gem. So well done, with a plot twist that is supremely satisfying. Bravo!

A hysterical dinner with the in-laws. Paul Braverman takes a new view of generational trauma in this play that illuminates family curses, both in the poor mate choices and the supernatural variety.

10/27/2025 - What begins as a family gathering filled with humor, name mix-ups, and playful insults quickly takes a turn into supernatural horror. The premise feels so real which makes the horror and all its associated twists all the more fun. A great and original take on the werewolf story!

No...not a timeshare in Haiti, but an import from there, old family lore far worse than any other inheritance the Hunters are hoping for. Braverman manages to keep this frightfully funny piece light and hysterically funny and yet absolutely thrilling. Bravo!

A dinner gathering that begins on an acerbic, even toxic note. So, yes, it's to be expected that things would go downhill. Only . . . we didn't expect things to devolve so horribly - deliciously horribly. Paul Braverman's "Family Dinner" literally begs to be produced. Incisive wit, engaging from beginning to end. Well done, my friend!

Priceless. PAUL BRAVERMAN takes an old story and turns it on its ears... paws....fangs... well... you get it. The humor is sharp and clever. The pacing is delightful. Short play festivals will DEVORE this fabulous piece.