Benjamin Nicholson

An extremely thoughtful and well-designed adaptation of Tennyson's "Maud", director Parker Huseby and performer Reed Michael Campbell pull off a compelling rendering of psychology and, possibly, psychopathy. ... full review

Joy and her cast use every second of this well-designed play to its fullest, bringing levity to an issue that is fraught with pain, irony, and, of course, familial love.... full review

An ambitious and thoughtful address to contemporary issues concerning gender and patriarchal supremacy, Libby touches on the tremendous frustration women experience in an interesting vignette format.... full review

Doug is somehow able to perform time travel in real-time; I don't really know how to describe it other than to say that his performance is brilliant, that each character he portrays somehow occupies their own distinct time and space within the same body, and that Doug is a very sweet caveman that had the audience's sympathies throughout the entirety of his tumultuous courtship with Grogina.... full review

After a thorough washing of my brain, I now have the psychological clarity to confirm: Ed Goodman is not only ol' timey, but good timey; Ed Goodman is, in fact, a good man. Also, this is the best solo play ever written because it allowed me to hold a fake gun to Ed's head for 5 minutes, after which the audience demanded I pull the trigger.... full review

Perfectly succinct, Funeral Potatoes gives you just enough to both emotionally invest in the characters of the play and to realize that the experiences depicted can and likely will occur in your life in one form or another; navigates discourses of death that, while providing no 'answers', encourage you to begin asking questions we too often avoid.... full review

A simultaneously subtle, suggestive, and persuasive plea for empathy, understanding, and solidarity within marginalized communities, Ty celebrates both the heart and creativity as well as the toxicity of gay culture.... full review

The best campaign manager I've ever seen assisted Sylus in his successful bid for the United States presidency; Shakira will be Vice President and special interest groups will get compensated for their support; I'm pleased with this outcome.... full review

Impeccable performances all around concerning a moment in US political history that predicts our contemporary troubles. Ben and Luke's respective portrayals of Atwater and W. Bush are utterly persuasive.... full review

A haunting (and hilarious) reflection on the ghosts inherited from the holocaust, Dagmar occupied her body and the body of her parents with an immersive physicality that kept the audience riveted.... full review