Absolutely Not a Cult
By Kathryn Taylor		Starr Street Productions - Brooklyn, NY
V.3 - Théâtre Cercle Molière 
John and Jill Hanks live on a farm in rural Texas. After Jill takes an impromptu trip to a commune that may or may not be a cult, John is met with a changed woman and a string of dead chickens. John grows suspicious as Jill maintains contact with the group's leader, Wade. Struggling to understand the true motivations behind the supposed commune, John's paranoia boils over when Jill makes a shocking choice with both marital and culinary consequences.

Cast:
Charlie Hume, Kathryn Taylor

 		Show Info:
60 Mins minutes
Genre:
Play-Comedy

Audience:
Parental Guidance

Coarse Language, Violent Content, Prop Dead Animal

Wed July 15 8:15 PM
Fri July 17 2:30 PM
Sat July 18 1:00 PM
Tue July 21 7:15 PM
Wed July 22 11:00 AM
Thu July 23 4:00 PM
Sat July 25 10:00 PM

Absolutely Not a Cult

Starr Street Productions—Théâtre Cercle Molière

There’s one major issue with this show, and it’s that the whole thing is a fantastic joke that I can’t really write about without spoiling the punchline.

The three members of the cast have fantastic chemistry and confidence in their roles, and the jokes land with military precision. Writing-wise the content is tailor made for the moment we find ourselves in of AI doomerism and technological overlords. Just an absolute masterclass in comedy writing and performance flying in from a New York City gripped by all the political, social and technological conflicts explored in the show.

Josh Fidelak

Starr Street Productions

Absolutely Not a Cult—Théâtre Cercle Molière

Marriage. Communes. Chickens. Autonomous weapons. Jill comes home from vacation convinced she’s found a better way to live. John believes she’s fallen under the spell of Wade, a charismatic young man who introduced her to life on a mountain commune. What follows is an increasingly absurd collision of love, ideology, and technology with increasingly outrageous consequences. Everyone means well- and that’s exactly the problem.