Squeamish
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Squeamish
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Squeamish NYC Reviews and Tickets

79%
(109 Ratings)
Positive
85%
Mixed
10%
Negative
5%
Members say
Great acting, Absorbing, Intense, Edgy, Great writing

About the Show

All For One Theater presents a new solo horror show about a New York City psychoanalyst and recovering alcoholic whose bloody quest for personal balance begins when she finds herself in Texas after her nephew's suicide.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (109)

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58 Reviews | 19 Followers
90
Absorbing, Great acting, Intense, Riveting, Dizzying

See it if you enjoy being pulled in and captivated by a story completely. I forgot my own life entirely.

Don't see it if you have a weak stomach or are sensitive to talk of blood.

95 Reviews | 31 Followers
90
Absorbing, Dizzying, Great acting, Edgy, Excruciating

See it if You aren’t squeamish!

Don't see it if You are squeamish about blood. Read more

146 Reviews | 34 Followers
89
Absorbing, Clever, Great acting, Great writing, Intense

See it if You like well acted intense, engrossing plays

Don't see it if You don’t like solo shows. However this play is so well performed... if you don’t mind feeling squeamish

98 Reviews | 18 Followers
88
Clever, Quirky, Entertaining, Intelligent, Fast-paced

See it if Like storytelling and can use your imagination to see what is not shown to you

Don't see it if You can’t follow a lot of monologue with little break in content or if you need to see all of the action to follow it

106 Reviews | 75 Followers
87
Absorbing, Great acting, Intense, Solo performance

See it if You want 90 minutes of master acting. Alison Fraser is masterful and griping.

Don't see it if You dislike stories of blood, death and high anxiety. The story and the theatre is very, very dark.

60 Reviews | 10 Followers
86
Absorbing, Entertaining, Great acting, Riveting, Funny

See it if You like these two words: Alison Fraser. And crisp, edge-of-your-seat writing. This is a dark, dark comedy dressed up as a macabre thriller.

Don't see it if You like your theater conventionally peopled with people and moving sets. With easily digestible plot arcs and monotonal thematic shades.

777 Reviews | 249 Followers
85
Clever, Edgy, Intense, Deviant, Dark

See it if Manhattan therapist with problems goes on a journey to the dark side. Delicious triumphant black comedy. Plot twists. Great acting.

Don't see it if You don’t like vampire stories. You don’t want to hear graphic descriptions of blood gorged events.

563 Reviews | 194 Followers
85
Great acting, Entertaining, Absorbing, Intense, Funny

See it if You enjoy horror w/a bit of camp ala "Tales From the Crypt". You want to see a captivating acting turn from Alison Fraser.

Don't see it if You are, as the title, squeamish, & uncomfortable w/hearing a horror story. You dislike one-performer shows. You prefer more serious horror.

Critic Reviews (15)

Broadway Blog
October 16th, 2017

“Fraser gets deep under Sharon's skin, into her very veins, you might say, carving with scalpel-like precision a character who…soon sucks you into the reality of her nightmarish experiences…You have to suspend your disbelief for much of it, most especially the surprise ending…It's the creepy crawlies in Sharon's psyche that create the goosebumps; Aaron Marks's words and Alison Fraser's acting are all the special effects you need to crawl in there with them.”
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The Huffington Post
October 17th, 2017

“There Fraser is, taking on an actor’s challenge that’s also a challenge for the audience. Squeamish is right... As she goes on in a piece that has the flavor of something a leering camp counselor might import to trembling youngsters around a campfire, it’s a challenge for auditors to hang in...Fraser clings on to the telling as Dracula might after having sunk his teeth into Lucy’s neck. She’s committed to the script whether or not the audience is beginning to lose patience.”
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Times Square Chronicles
October 16th, 2017

“Aaron Marks’s ‘Squeamish’ is like an Alfred Hitchcock episode in the capable hands of Alison Fraser...She shines in this piece, as she layers Sharon’s quirks and idiosyncrasies, like the razor blade that allows her to finally free her inner turmoil. Frasier uses her voice and her subtle movements to convey every emotion and change of character. ’Squeamish’ is the perfect horror story and would make a great campfire fright night tale.”
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This Week in New York
October 17th, 2017

"Ninety-five gripping minutes…The audience can’t look away…Mark and Fraser do an exquisite job of intricately describing scenes that might lead some audience members to experience bloody nightmares, but that’s a small price to pay for witnessing this engrossing piece of theater…‘Squeamish’ lives up to its name, offering plenty of squeamish moments, highlighted by a superbly nuanced performance by Fraser, who seems to be enjoying every bloody minute of it, along with us."
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T
October 16th, 2017

"Alison Fraser interprets with vocal acrobatics. Fraser’s posture is active and forceful in its sudden shifts. She inhabits several characters to interact with in her storytelling. The frenzied jumps from one idea to the next make the first half of Aaron Mark’s full-length monologue crackle with character development, giving us new information from every angle, feeding us breadcrumbs...It’s a haunting journey of one’s own imaginings in the semidarkness. Vivid dreamers beware."
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Z
October 17th, 2017

"Her story reveals the insatiability of human need and the lengths people will go to feel better...By placidly recounting gruesome events, she makes the audience uneasy and a bit queasy. Sharon purrs and coddles us while conveying dark secrets and some startling truths with equal parts humor, sex appeal, and downright creepiness...So effective, I left the theater feeling somewhat off-balance myself, and not a little squeamish.”
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Theatre is Easy
October 16th, 2016
For a previous production

"A horror-laced monologue about the aftermath of a suicide that will likely twist your innards...That’s the play—for 100 straight minutes Sharon talks nonstop, reflecting, parsing, digressing...Fraser is masterful at presenting the character as both contemptible and sympathetic. That said, 'Squeamish' is not for the squeamish; some of the sexual predilections and social encounters will likely turn many a stomach. It’s theater at its most provocative. Consider yourself warned."
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