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| Sabrina Harding, Megan Holcomb, and Johnny Kalita photo by John Groseclose |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
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"Disturbing, provocative, and darkly funny. Those are three adjectives that continually represent the plays and musicals that Stray Cat Theatre presents; their latest offering, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Pulitzer Prize-finalist play Gloria, delivers on all three. It's deeply unsettling at times, thought provoking, and often hilarious. While there are some moments that are shocking, it's also a biting satire of office politics that will make you think about the way we treat others and how kindness and compassion seem to have been forgotten in our current internet and app-focused world where everyone has their nose in their screen of choice and isn't always "present." Dolores E. Mendoza... is making her full-length directorial debut with this production and her work here is impeccable. The attention she has given to ensuring that each character is unique (not always easy to do when all but one of your cast play multiple roles), with focused portrayals, and that the situations, both humorous and horrific, ring true is commendable. Her staging is varied and effectively uses the space well. The cast is also top-notch." - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)
"Stray Cat Theatre presents a stellar production of the Arizona premiere of “Gloria,” an interesting, unique, and timely play. Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins creates a terrifying scenario. He ends the first act with a horrific and unexpected occurrence that the playwright then dissects the ramifications of what transpired and its character impacts....opening night had an impressively age-diverse near sell-out audience who laughed raucously at the play’s comic moments but grew quiet and reflective as the play painted its bleak generational picture. A well-deserved standing ovation during the curtain call seemed justifiably appropriate" -Chris Curcio, Curtain Up Phoenix (click here to read the complete review)
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