The Believers Market

10-MINUTE: At a charming small-town holiday market, a couple’s festive afternoon slowly spirals, when her fiancé discovers that the town's traditions are stranger than they appear.

Title gifted for the Playwrights Thriving Secret Santa Title Exchange 2025.

10-MINUTE: At a charming small-town holiday market, a couple’s festive afternoon slowly spirals, when her fiancé discovers that the town's traditions are stranger than they appear.

Title gifted for the Playwrights Thriving Secret Santa Title Exchange 2025.

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The Believers Market

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  • Matthew Weaver: The Believers Market

    Chilling and chillingly timely, with Bluestein-Lyons doing an effective job of showing how bloodcurdlingly banal true evil can be. Audiences will go home talking about how well this play drops the floor out from beneath them. And then they'll fall into an unsettled silence ...

    Chilling and chillingly timely, with Bluestein-Lyons doing an effective job of showing how bloodcurdlingly banal true evil can be. Audiences will go home talking about how well this play drops the floor out from beneath them. And then they'll fall into an unsettled silence ...

  • Aly Kantor: The Believers Market

    Don't be fooled - the titular "Believers Market" is not what you think... and it's SO much darker than your standard holiday craft fair! Bluestein-Lyons does an excellent job building up a sense of mundane familiarity before springing a fantastic trap on us. You'll go from lighthearted giggling to anxiously giggling in a trice! If you are looking for a very unconventional holiday story with a wicked reversal, this is the short for you!

    Don't be fooled - the titular "Believers Market" is not what you think... and it's SO much darker than your standard holiday craft fair! Bluestein-Lyons does an excellent job building up a sense of mundane familiarity before springing a fantastic trap on us. You'll go from lighthearted giggling to anxiously giggling in a trice! If you are looking for a very unconventional holiday story with a wicked reversal, this is the short for you!

  • Daniel Prillaman: The Believers Market

    THIS IS THE FUTURE LIBERALS WANT! An elegant and unsettling satire, this. The comparisons to Twilight Zone and Shirley Jackson classics are well-earned, as Bluestein-Lyons’ short play stands tall with them. This one will sneak up on you and stick with you long after you’ve finished. I imagine seeing it live would be the talk of the night.

    THIS IS THE FUTURE LIBERALS WANT! An elegant and unsettling satire, this. The comparisons to Twilight Zone and Shirley Jackson classics are well-earned, as Bluestein-Lyons’ short play stands tall with them. This one will sneak up on you and stick with you long after you’ve finished. I imagine seeing it live would be the talk of the night.

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Character Information

  • Elaine
    Character Age
    20s-30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Doug
    Character Age
    20s-30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Jewish
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Jill
    Character Age
    20s-30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Gil
    Character Age
    20s-30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male