13 Dead Dreams of Eugene NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (20)
See it if you like refreshing puppetry, great spooky and fun story, seamless movement,
Don't see it if you like traditional theater
See it if You like creative productions with intense shadows and interesting direction- a scary tale with great singing
Don't see it if You don’t like dark or scary tales told with minimal lighting
See it if Intelligent and creative smaller shows are for you. Highly compelling creatives onstage. Cheers!
Don't see it if Spooky, darker themes upset you.
See it if you like hearing ghost stories and truly haunting conceptions of the afterlife. Literary—some wonderfully chilling writing.
Don't see it if you’re judging the scare factor by film standards. Jump-out-of-your-chair terror is hard to come by in live theater. Read more
See it if You enjoy other musical mystery/horror/ghost stories like Whisper House, Nevermore, Sweeney. Want to see some great inventive direction.
Don't see it if You dislike pieces that are made up of vignettes that do not all move the story forward. Read more
See it if you enjoy based-on-true-events campfire ghost stories, & are ok sitting in the dark (mostly), except for minimal lighting from the stage.
Don't see it if you expect an extremely polished performance. Here, homemade "arts & crafts" are used to create an interesting hr of creepy story-telling. Read more
See it if you like camp-fire stories. Interesting shadowplay. The ending wrapped up the show very nicely.
Don't see it if you want a polished show - remember this is part of Fringe. The actors told us the props were home-made. You don't like the dark. Read more
See it if you like ghostly, goose-bumpy tales based on true events; you enjoy sitting in the dark watching shadow-play mixed with narrative & songs
Don't see it if you need high production standards & a show created with handmade items would fail to engage you; if corpses & morbid topics are distasteful Read more
Critic Reviews (3)
"Freaky, weird, macabre, lurid, grisly, morbid, ghoulish and ghostly. What a tale they tell!...If 'puppets' is a scary word to you, it’s not a puppet show, don’t be afraid of that. Be afraid of the story they have to share with you. Be very afraid...The threads are all interwoven with lights and shadow, music, song, sound effects and superb storytelling. You will come out of the theater wide awake and worrying about your next night’s sleep."
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“A dandy little ghost story. Strickland and MacDonald, Fringe vets and ace storytellers, use song, puppetry and light — such clever use of light — to set the creepy mood...The opening sequence that lays out the story doesn’t have quite the right tone...But stick with this, and let the fear grow as the dreams go by...There was not a peep during this spellbinding performance — even when all the lights went out.”
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“The show is not really about the 13 stories...Each isn’t a full narrative but is instead either a musical interlude, an absurdist dream or nightmare...A couple of them are quite well-developed and truly chilling...But it’s the linking story that’s the best part...Not only did MacDonald and Strickland create this show...but they do just about everything themselves, from singing to narrating to executing the wizard-like shadow and flashlight effects with precision. Their artistry will haunt you.”
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