Teen Wolf Killed My Grandma: A Memoir

Hard to Recommend This Play

This is clearly a very emotional play for the creator. The death of her grandmother is clearly still fresh. I think this play could've been fantastic, if she had more time to process her loss. As it stands, it feels more like an exercise for her than a play for an audience to enjoy. There were many refrences to her grandmother's overbearing nature (or the elephant in the room) that everyone on stage knew the context for, but as an audience member i was just left confused. The Teen Wolf interludes could've been moments of energy to break up the slow pacing, but they didn't do anything to keep the story or my engagement going. Some jokes at the end required prior knowledge (or the ability to read a screenshot from the show on a laptop onstage)

Lovely expression of grief

This is a lovely show to catch if you are in the area. I knew very little about Teen Wolf, but they do a great job explaining the joke while telling it so I still chuckled at the punch lines. There was a lot to pack into a fringe timeslot, but I think this is a wonderful first draft of a show they could develop further and tour in future.

10/10

Felt a lot of different emotions!! Overall had me roped in all the way through. Great work!!!!

So heartfelt and a joy to experience!

I absolutely adored this show. Hannah did such a wonderful job at conveying all the messy and loving and complicated family dynamics through their writing. The grandma puppet was SO DANG COOL and so cute, Hannah's dad gave such a good performance as that puppet, and he also built it himself??? I laughed, I cried, I felt so many emotions watching this story unfold. Truly recommend for anyone who needs to process some familial and generational trauma, whether or not you've seen Twilight, Teen Wolf, or Supernatural.

A show of fandom and vulnerability

This show is introspective and shows an inside look at how personal and unique the grieving process is, especially within complex family dynamics. I laughed, I gasped, and I gained a look inside the psyche of an old friend. Great show!

Family, Muppets, and Introspection

This was such a fun show! Lots of emotion, lots of humor, and plenty of Teen Wolf, all tied together. Moments of deep, heartfelt feeling interspersed between fandom comedy and family dynamics. It'll stick with you for a while, and you might find a need to watch a trashy MTV franchise reboot.

Funny, sweet, a little sad, very worth it!

I was glad I had a pocket full of tissues but I was laughing through my tears. This new-to-Fringe writer/actor/director has a clear knack for bringing the emotional tension and breaking it at just the right moment. I will definitely see this again, and I can't wait to see what she does next!

Heads up full of spoilers

Finest art to come from the Teen Wolf franchise

Tender, funny memoir about how a convoluted MTV series with shirtless hunks paralleled different recent experiences in the speaker’s life. Took a little bit to sink into but I was hooked, loved this show. The puppeteering is minimal but the inclusion of a puppeteer is nonetheless very important.

Not an inside joke

Every show has its target audience. I think it does this show wrong to say that it’s still not something that can be loved and enjoyed by everyone. It’s about teen wolf and twilight and Supernatural yes, but also about personal interest, finding comfort in fiction, and how those things can change and affect our relationships. A genuinely good show for all. Not just fans of the series. I loved it :)

“Inside joke”for those who liked peo T so wwilight

Some of the audience liked it, friends or true Believers of twilight cult will love it. We tuned out

Funny, moving, and well-observed

Come for the energy of your best friend who is about to get you hooked on a show it would not have otherwise occurred to you to watch, stay for the Muppet-worthy puppet work, perfect balance of earnestness and dry humor, and deft honesty about family dynamics, love at a distance, and anxiety (and how stories make it easier to deal with all of the above). There are a few moments from the show that I'm still thinking about days later -- highly recommend going (and taking anyone you talk about stories with).