A(partment 8)

Simply incredible. A haunting, enveloping experience that stays with you long after the show has finished. ... full review

I almost don't want to tell you how fascinating this show is, because I want my friends to be able to snatch up the few remaining tickets so that I have people to discuss it with. Unlike any theatre I've ever seen. Talked about it with my Lyft driver the whole way home.... full review

What a fantastic, moving, mysterious, challenging, intensely theatrical experience. This is why I love the Fringe. Thank you, Annie, for pushing it. ... full review

Phew, now that I got through that, I said this before, (A)apartment 8 is the must-see event of HFF16. ... full review

For most shows, if you leave half way through it would be deemed a Skip it. But, if after 5-8 minutes you find yourself pondering a slew of things, not limited to: relationships and what situations can bring a person to do something unmentionable; all while being captivated by a performer - it would be deemed a #SeeItLA. For "A(partment 8)", I am going to go with the latter. When you walk up there is something Shamanistic about the woman (Annie Lesser, writer and director) who will help you with your transition into someone else’s skin. She vaguely outlines your journey as she hands you a cup of tea. It is your choice to drink it, it is your choice to do another step, and it is your choice to be there - at this point, since you have made ... full review

Overall impression is pretty clear, but on a scale of 1-10 it was like 300. ... full review

(A)PARTMENT 8 One thing I appreciated about (A)partment 8 is that it was indeed the fringiest of the Fringe. Annie Lesser takes the concept of the solo show to a fuller plane by joining a single performer with a single audience member. Here we have a performance that cannot be judged “good” or “bad”, but only if it worked or didn’t for the individual audience member who experiences (A)partment 8, and within the construct of the piece to have a participant run screaming from the site could be judged as having worked. And I can see the work being disturbing for some and perplexing for others. This type of radical effort, this pushing of the boundaries, is what the concept of a “Fringe” festival was intended to offer as an outlet, to ... full review

This is a 2016 Fringe must see.... full review

An interesting piece of performance art that plays off of intimacy very well. I loved the one-on-one time here, appreciated the dark tone and themes, and the writing and performing is great. Ten minutes is so fleeting! But it was definitely an engaging ten minutes.... full review

I am still processing the experience that I had during A(Partment 8) even though I saw it on June 12th. Talk about a mind f**k. This show IS Fringe. It is fascinating, unsettling, visceral, thought-provoking, brilliant. You will not experience anything like this anywhere else. I honestly don't know what else to say expect that Annie Lesser is an artistic genius and I cannot wait to see what she comes up with next. ... full review