A sampling of reviews for Gremlin Theatre’s past productions:
Twin Cities Arts Readers: Lovely Tangles In Don’t Dress For Dinner
French bedroom farce is in fine form in Gremlin Theatre’s production of Don’t Dress for Dinner. French playwright Marc Camoletti wrote the original play, which was presented using Robin Hawdon’s English adaptation. Don’t Dress for Dinner was Gremlin’s very first production all the way back in 1998, and was selected as the first for the company’s new permanent home in Vandalia Tower. Brian Balcom’s direction this comedy about infidelity and mistaken identity is flush with impeccable timing. Read full review »
Star Tribune: Odets’ Rocket to the Moon soars at Gremlin Theatre
Gremlin Theatre revives brilliantly a timeless piece from a great American playwright. (Rocket To The Moon pictured) Read full review »
How was the show: Jane Martin’s H20
The Gremlin’s production frequently rings true and doesn’t simplify its characters’ complex emotional journeys. While the show may dip its toes a little too far into shock tactics at times, it nevertheless resonates. It is far more concerned with its characters than its themes, and this serves to ultimately underline its multifaceted subject matter and leave a lasting impact. Read full review »
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MPR’s State of the Arts: The reviews are in for Uncle Vanya
Insightfully perceptive and emotionally involving, Gremlin Theatre’s production of Uncle Vanya should be required viewing for anyone inclined to shrug off Chekhov as a dramatic chore. Though the work eschews romantic notions, the sincerity of unvarnished emotion only proves the more poignant. – Examiner.com
In “Uncle Vanya,” we watch Chekhov at his best — walking the tight wire between comedy and tragedy. Johnson rages like a harlequin; his Vanya packs a pistol during a tantrum against his pompous former brother-in-law, professor Alexander Serebryakov. Yet, in his verbal typhoons we realize that Vanya’s hatred is aimed not only at this insufferable visitor to the country estate, but at himself — for allowing his own bad choices and inertia to bully him into a wasted life. – Star Tribune
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TC Daily Planet: After Miss Julie
Sundberg has a gift for portraying both lust and vulnerability, and she’s at her best embodying the mercurial Miss Julie. The roguish Hansen, for his part, nails the alternating pride and shame of his character: always the groomer, never the groom. And Whisner, an accomplished and busy actress whose previous shows I’ve somehow managed to completely miss, feels absolutely authentic as a woman whose patience is rapidly approaching the fine line between infinite and merely near-infinite. Perhaps most impressively, with the help of dialect coach Patrick Bailey, all three manage convincing and consistent class- and region-specific British accents. Read full review »
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Pioneer Press: Sea Marks is a love story told at a refreshingly slow pace
Director Ellen Fenster wisely allows the tale to unspool at its pace, trusting in her performers and the script to carry the tale.
That trust is well-placed. In its tone and in its telling, “Sea Marks” asks us to downshift from our own frenetic place, to look at relationships from a different perspective. Its rewards are simple but satisfying. Read full review »
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