Creditors (Silverman)
by Jen Silverman

"Witty, withering and heartbreaking."

— The New York Sun

"A psychological chess match of seduction and revenge."

— AM New York

"In updating the show for 2025, Silverman smartly makes this newfound conflict within Adi less about the innate roles of the sexes in relationships – ‘To love like a man is to give; to love like a woman is to take’ is a translated line from the original that’s excised here – and instead leaves those ideas implied. They talk more overtly about power in general, which each character has not a male or female, but simply human desire to cling to."

— New York Theatre Guide

"Sharp and stimulating... Despite the free hand [they have] taken with the text, [Mx]. Silverman hardly violates any meanings in the original. This Creditors remains a bruising exploration of how love can turn destructive, and how difficult it can be to exorcise the stalking ghosts of the past from any relationship, however healthy, however loving."

— Charles Isherwood, The Wall Street Journal

"Silverman’s version moves beyond Strindberg’s toxic blame game to explore the erotic vulnerability of each member of the ménage, as well as the animal forces that draw them together in new configurations. Strindberg might have responded to the ecstatic surrender of it."

— Helen Shaw, The New Yorker