“This is a play about the deeper reasons for getting up: the need to reckon with what’s past, to recognize what’s buried, and to face one’s life, lineage, and imminent ending.” ~ Scott Sneddon
Review of Polly Stenham’s “Julie,” presented by Icacus Theatre at Tarragon Theatre’s Extraspace
“The show’s “cold open” punches hard, and the staging makes maximal use of minimal confines, with Kyle’s wall‑work especially evocative.” ~ Scott Sneddon
“As performance, The Herald is dense, poetic immersion, rather than linear narrative. ” ~ Scott Sneddon
“What remains after all of the laughter is not a lampoon of Romeo and Juliet, but a provocation about why we gather..,” ~ Scott Sneddon
“Because the company, like the script, goes for broke, it consistently rewards the audience with something recognizably classic, yet appreciably new.” ~ Scott Sneddon
“…let me say that you should be there if you want to watch civic imagination and community coming to riotous life” ~Scott Sneddon
“Munsch’s recognizable, diverse characters—anchored in emotional truths about enduring family love and the power of imagination and aspiration; and embodied in this kinetic, visually rich production—still resonate.” ~ Scott Sneddon
“Is it a less‑fatal Romeo and Juliet: an exquisite and elegiac lament for two meant‑to‑be’s doomed to be cosmically out of sync? Or … is this the more human tale of two average young people pursuing what they think they want…?” ~ Scott Sneddon
“Throughout, Aquino’s direction is lucid and unsentimental, giving the actors motive‑driven velocity that marries well to that striking, movement-driven visual subtext.” ~ Scott Sneddon
“No matter what you expect from a synopsis or its Jacobean origins, you are certain to be surprised, engrossed and provoked by this incendiary brew.” ~ Scott Sneddon
“This is Nassim Soleimanpour’s White Rabbit, Red Rabbit: a fascinating, ingenious and discomfiting thought experiment, which operates on multiple levels and is almost impossible to talk about without spoiling.” ~ Scott Sneddon
