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Kinderspiel

"[T]hink No Exit decked out in fishnets and Art Deco decay...The overall effect is haunting..."
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-Raven Snook
Time Out NY (4 Stars)

"[W]hile I'm all for there being many new American plays as challenging and original as this one, I doubt that we'll be that lucky. Which is why Kinderspiel should be required viewing..."
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-Martin Denton
NYtheatre.com "Pick of the Week"

"[A] delectable frolic...brilliantly developed and performed...leaving Under St. Marks' crowd wanting more."
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-Stephan Paschalides
Flavorpill

"[A]wfully clever...The play not only stands as a testament to the insane depression of the Weimar era, but illustrates the similarity between genius and insanity, and the odd power of art to transform one's perception of reality..."
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-Aaron Riccio
PBS' New Theater Corps

"Once again, [Stolen Chair] showed me what a company can achieve when it commits to the disicipline and sacrifice of the laboratory process. Kinderspiel has all of this company's burgeoning trademarks: exquisite, surprising language, fluid, meticulous direction and mesmerizing and courageous performances from an outstanding ensemble."
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-John Clancy
Obie Award-Winning Director and Co-Founder of FringeNYC

Commedia dell'Artemisia

"...the result of putting genres into an aesthetic supercollider and pressing the trigger...supple, smart...daring."
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-Leonard Jacobs
The Clyde Fitch Report

"[I]t's important that this newly written old-school hit be recognized. That rape could be funny, not tragic, who knew? The producers and writers of Stolen Chair, that's who. With swagger and grace and a man who's ribald, the show woos us and flatters us, we're never appalled...[T]his show's a must see...The only sad part about Commedia Dell' Artemisia is that it's condensed to stay under an hour."
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-Aaron Riccio
PBS' New Theater Corps

"Kiran Rikhye's script is clever...witty...and gives the audience rich food for thought. Cameron J. Oro...has an amazingly commanding voice and precisely the light quality of movement needed for such demanding work.  David Bengali...is a true virtuoso...The company is clearly on the right path."
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-Ishah Janssen-Faith
NYtheatre.com

Kill Me Like You Mean It

"...[A]stonishing authenticity...a stroke of genius...Playwright Kiran Rikhye, director Jon Stancato, and their collaborators dazzle with their range and versatility...sharp, smart parody...brilliantly plotted and generally hilarious."
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Martin Denton
NYtheatre.com

"...intriguing...clever...we become fascinated by this whodunnit...under Stancato's shrewd direction, the actors ably perform in noir and absurdist styles, showing much promise in a play that...amuses even as it challenges perceptions..."
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-Andy Propst
Backstage

"...[A] clever, high-styling treat. ...[A] fast-paced rollercoaster ride filled with just the right fantastical ingredients to make this absurd play hilarious...The Stolen Chair Theatre is earning a well deserved following."
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-Stanley Hall
United Stages

Stage Kiss

"[A] delight from start to finish: it truly puts the 'play' back in play."
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-Martin Denton
NYtheatre.com

"[S]mart yet lighthearted...delightfully tongue-in-cheek...Audiences should walk away charmed by the play's escapades, gleeful with a guiltless spring fever."
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-William Cordeiro
Off Off Online (Featured Review and Best of Season Memory)

"Curious and creative...an aesthetic smorgasboard, with nods to the Renaissance tradition of boy actors, Elizabethan-style blank verse, and the Theatre of the Ridiculous..."
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-Leonard Jacobs
Backstage

The Man Who Laughs

"Utterly tremendous!"

-Trav S.D.
Actor, Playwright, Author, and Critic

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"By any measure...a triumph. [T]his bona fide tour de force of theatre...has the real capacity to tug at something inside of us and make us feel in a raw, spontaneous, and very essential way. Bravo."
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-Martin Denton
NYtheatre.com

Commedia dell'Artemisia (2005)

"[D]izzying and fun...some of the intricate polysyllabic rhymes are especially impressive...Making an audience think about gender politics in the middle of a raucous seduction scene is undeniably an achievement."
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-Martin Denton
NYtheatre.com

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"...one of the most elegantly scripted 'rapes' in the history of theatre...[E]xquisite craftsmanship...never ceases to hold the audience's attention."
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-David Tenenbaum
Fifth Street Review

Sister Carrie

Philadelphia's City Paper named the piece one of its top picks of the 2004 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

Virtuosa

"The Renaissance in skirts...lovingly and honestly realized..."

-Laura Caparrotti
America Oggi

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"[B]rims with animated dramaturgy and energetic physicality...The show itself offers an inspired depiction of the world of the Renaissance..."
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-David Tenenbaum
Fifth Street Review

Stage Kiss (2003)

"A sweet, earnest mash-up of Greek god-fooling, gender-swapping and Boogie Nights."
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-Alex Richmond
City Paper, Philadelphia

Portrait of Dora as a Young Man

"[A] deliberately presentational, absurdist, tongue-in-cheek work of art...Beautiful stage-pictures are created..."
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-Gabriel Nathan
City Paper,
Philadelphia