←Recommendations of Erstwhile

Oh, this is good, horrific fun! This play brilliantly stays in the moment, feeling tense and urgent throughout, even as it rehashes traumatic events from the past. It's maybe because the play feels so very grounded and specific that the phenomenal twist provided that fantastic surprising-but-inevitable punch that I absolutely adore in a short play! I love how a few tiny, strange details became the key to the whole reveal - it's such smart writing! I am taking notes! Thanks for the masterclass!

Nope! ERSTWHILE by Christopher Soucy is creeeeeepy AF. Highly recommend for any horror play fest.

Bone chilling horror with a rich backstory. Robust dramatic irony as the audience will see what's going on before either of the characters.

Chris Soucy, you evil genius. Emphasis on evil. And also genius. This was terrifying, and so good. I love this twist on Erstwhile.

Dreams, death, and past lives converge in this haunting short from Christopher Soucy. “Erstwhile” proves to be a title with multiple resonances - do our dreams give us entry to lives formerly lived? Or do they unlock something darker within us, lying dormant? Excellent and chilling.

Nursery rhymes are always unnerving, but Soucy knows how to make an obscure nursery rhyme haunt his characters as well as his audiences. Very frightening and eerily familiar to my brain somehow...

Beautifully unnerving, and constructed to build maximum discomfort. Great work I'd love to see staged!

Soucy unsettles mightily with a dreamscape that becomes more and more unhinged the further into the darkness the audience goes. Nightmare material, to be sure.

Here is another terrific, suspenseful ten minute play from Chris Soucy. The tension is masterfully built, and doesn't boil over until the last line of the play. This play would be a wonderful addition to any evening of horror and/or suspense.

Soucy knows fright. Erstwhile is a chilling ten-minute thrilling roller coaster and just when you think the train is coming back into the station, it turns left for final dip. This will kill at festivals. Creepy fun.