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| Shawnee Fierros Casas Richberger, Jazmyne Plantillas, Jasmyn Gade, and Angel Sicairos photo by Kristy Velesko |
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"...centers on a group of determined high school girls...in a school club dealing with personal loss and tragedy. While there are a few issues I have with the script, with an incredible cast of actresses, and direction that expertly navigates the quick shifts from comedy to horror in Alexis Scheer's text, Stray Cat's production is as strong and memorable as the characters it depicts....Director Virginia Olivieri has assembled a crackerjack cast of young women who beautifully and passionately play this group of four high school teens. ...I don't think I've seen a tighter knit and more realistic ensemble in a play in town in years...." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
"...winningly explores teenage alienation, sexual identity, handling racial injustice, religious struggles, the importance of rituals, and young people’s angst...The production is staged with clever bluntness by Virginia Olivieri that make these girls, enacted by a superb acting ensemble, appropriately juvenile in action and execution. These young performers, some with little or no previous stage experience, all demonstrate strong acting chops...." -Chris Curcio, Curtain Up Phoenix (click here to read the complete review)
"...With respect to its overall mission of wanting to provoke, challenge, and even jolt its audience out of a conventional response, from time to time, Ron May’s Stray Cat Theatre hits the bullseye...Ticket-buyers may be divided by an admiration for the playwright’s skewed take on the misguided and damaging intentions of four not particularly likable girls and how well it’s executed, while questioning the ambiguity and potential annoyance of its conclusion....here’s where the real strength of the production lies. Sometimes it may take only one experienced artist to help elevate a production and force a cast and crew to rise way above what they thought they were capable of delivering. Director Virginia Olivieri, with assistant directors Samantha Hanna and Dolores E. Mendoza, and further assistance from fight and intimacy choreographer Monica Sampson, has reached in and helped her young cast of four newcomers flesh out something real from their individual characters...." -David Appleford, Valley Screen and Stage (click here to read the complete review)
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