24:00:00 Xtreme Theatre Smackdown 2014
The resulting plays could crash and burn, turn out mind-blowingly awesome, or maybe a head-spinning combination of the two.
Jessica Armbruster City Pages
Breaks as much ground in theater as its amazing lead character did in sports.
Lydia Howell Twin Cities Daily Planet
Linder and Poirier do a wonderful job with these characters. In lesser hands, they could have easily been reduced to a "movie-of-the-week"-type cliches, but the performances held my interest throughout this very touching hour.
Florence Brammer Brilliant Traces
24:00:00 Xtreme Theatre Smackdown 2013
Artists really like the challenge.
Sheila Regan City Pages
A wonderful challenge in creativity.
Kelly McGowan Participating director
Bold...a disquieting tragedy.
Dylan Hicks City Pages
Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll & Hyde Play
...the Bernie Madoffs of Wall Street...knew what they were doing, just at Dr. Jekyll knows what he is doing.
Kim Hines Director
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women
We were truly blown away by the quality of acting, the fabulous script, etc... we had a wonderful time at the show (and laughed our a$$#s off!!!)
Claire Avitable 20% Theatre Company
This show is probably my favorite Fringe show I have seen this year. It was powerful and emotional, while also being humorous. The acting was phenomenal; each woman injected realism and charisma into the characters they played. Every woman can identify with the struggle to be comfortable with her own body while being bombarded with negative messages from the media, from their significant others, and even from their own parents. There was one character in particular with whom I strongly identified, but all four of the characters were realistic portrayals of American women. I highly recommend this show!
Heather Baldwin The Most Massive Woman Wins
Smartly written, smartly performed.
Audience review
Aphra’s Attic: Plays by Early Women Playwrights
...an intriguing proposition.
Quinton Skinner City Pages
The Most Massive Woman Wins 2009
Tough issues that, while at first glance seem to be about the female experience, are unexpectedly and powerfully universal - this is a show for both genders. Incredibly moving, well directed and beautifully performed.
Stan Peal
The Most Massive Woman Wins (2009)
A must-see!
Debra O'Connor St. Paul Pioneer Press
...gets back to the very roots of live theater, and reminds us again just how compelling and powerful it can be.
Matthew A. Everett Twin Cities Daily Planet
The thrill, the exhilaration, and the sense of pride and accomplishment more than make up for the fear, the doubts, and the worry. Not to mention the lack of sleep.
Betty Liedtke Chanhassen Villager
The Most Massive Woman Wins 2009
I encourage all American women to see this show. It is an excellent script filled with controversial subject matter, delivered sensitively and honestly by four very brave and incredibly talented actors. Very professional work and great use of space. This show gets my vote for the best of the Fringe.
Katie Starks
...messy, honest and painful - a bit like life at these points.
Ed Huyck City Pages
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women
I think so many of us could be impacted by this show's message and the characters' tactics -- the obfuscation, denial, anger, and disingenuousness around victims rights, identity, and self-preservation. This is the kind of awareness that stirs people to action -- "If you aren't outraged, you're not listening" kind of stuff -- and, (aaaauuuhgh!) self implicating! Talk about holding the mirror up to nature!
Rebecca Yoho College of St. Catherine
24-Hour Play Project 2009
"Prominent local artists walk the tightrope of on-the-spot creation."
City Pages
Emotionally compelling...terrifying...darkly comedic.
William Randall Beard Minneapolis Star Tribune
From start to finish, entertaining, intelligent, witty and funny.
Goldstar audience member Audience review
...this forceful production illuminates the misogyny and injustice that compel [Medea] to vengeance.
John Townsend Minneapolis Star Tribune
Frankenstein Incarnate: The Passions of Mary Shelley
A work overflowing with ideas and understanding.
Quinton Skinner City Pages
Dazzling...a theatrical feast.
William Randall Beard Minneapolis Star Tribune
You are telling my mother's and my grandmother's stories!
Audience Review