GWEN SAYS GO!
"…I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard is actually an intense character study that is, by turns, heart wrenching, gut punching and horrifying."
"This devastating performance will awe even Pickering’s most ardent fans..."
"[Rebekah] Farr is fascinating to watch..."
"Under [Jaimelyn Gray's] direction the anxiety and the stakes in the room start high and just keep getting higher."
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Praise From Russ Bickerstaff at the Shepherd Express!
Director Jaimelyn Gray has fostered the right conditions for a drama of impressive subtlety.
A tremendous amount of insight into both characters quickly shoots by in a constellation of quick glances and subtle turns of phrase.
Pickering and Farr maintain a brilliantly textured performance from beginning to end.
Urban Milwaukee Praise!
The praise just keeps coming!
“…this is a duo performance well worth catching.”
“[James Pickering] remains an acting marvel of subtlety and power. He is adept at being cruel and pathetic in the earlier going, then shifting into a physical finale that few other actors could carry off.”
“[Rebekah Farr]…deserves professional status…”
ANNE SIEGEL SAYS GO SEE TOTALITARIANS!
“The play is simultaneously horrific and hilarious…four characters perform a beautifully timed dance under the able direction of company founder and artistic director Jaimelyn Gray.
The actors are adept at keeping the play’s over-the-top antics as “real” as possible. Their ability to deliver punch lines with a straight face is impressive.
The Totalitarians offers people a chance to laugh at a time when the relentless wave of political attack TV ads becomes overwhelming (and disgusting?). From start to finish, it’s a politically-themed joy ride that intrepid theatergoers will want to make.” (**SPOILER ALERT** Full Review)
RUSS BICKERSTAFF SAYS GO SEE TOTALITARIANS
“Director Jaimelyn Gray conjures a cleverly unbalanced comic energy to the stage for a very contemporary story of the frazzled political dynamics lurking deep in the ragged heart of the U.S.
Matthew Scales deftly wields a cleverly understated comic precision in the role of Francine’s husband.
Ekene Ikegwuani is a powerful presence onstage as a man of grand delusions . . .
Husband, wife and their accompanying psychotics are brought to a satisfying, darkly comic collision in a thoroughly satisfying comedy.” (Full Review)
GWENDOLYN RICE SAYS GO SEE TOTALITARIANS
“Check out the dystopian political world of "The Totalitarians" in Milwaukee! (The Constructivists have done it again. . .) Amazing work.
. . . it is a visceral, compelling reminder of the danger – and power – inherent in manipulating the masses by simply validating their rage.” (Full Review)