Brian Prisco

In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Mola Ram reaches slowly into a sacrifice's chest and pulls out his still beating heart. In the remarkable production of The Fire Room, writer Meghan Brown manages to do the same to the audience. Only she hold the heart up to the light, lets it feel the sunshine, and then kisses it warmly and pushes it back into your chest stronger and better. It's poetic yet punk rock, lyric yet laugh-out-loud, and fearless, dynamic, and touching. Only a hour long, the... full review

What a delightfully fun piece. This is Will and Casey's seventh performance together and it shows. It shows in their effortless comfort with one another. Their crazy cavalcade of characters jousting with one another is terrific. It takes a moment to adjust to the non-costume change character swaps, but they embody the latest character in gesture, and it helps. It's like a professional grade improv exercise taken to the next level, and blown out to wonderful extremes. And it's a brisk show w... full review

Frank Blocker's a remarkable actor. And Stabilzed Not Controlled is practically a master-class in how to do a one-person show. Every character -- from the surly maintenance man to the slightly shady female lawyer to the salty older woman who opens the play -- is fully realized. It's not merely a collection of stereotypes loosely cobbled to a funny voice that you see in many other productions. With a stooping shoulder or a hand on a cocked hip, Blocker immediately embodies the ever-shifting ca... full review