“The audience was dazzled and invigorated. This production is stunning. The virtuoso actors flit from character to character, probing deeply, at the flick of a light cue. Monette Magrath shines as a buddy of Shepard who invents a public expression for her loyalty.”
“This powerful, involving theatre piece is now being performed at the Laguna Playhouse, where an opening night audience rose in unison at its conclusion for an extended ovation. The company members each play as many as 14 different characters as they re-create the reaction of Laramie townspeople…regarding the crime. The fluid ease with which the actors slip out of one character and into another is highly impressive. …Magrath as the nervous lead writer on the project, as well as the one who found Shepard’s near lifeless form, completes the company.”
“Clearly a group of artists at the top of their respective games, telling a story they clearly need to tell. By any definition, this is very, very good theatre.”
“A poignant and intelligently conceived production, filled with intimacy and raw passion…These actors bring their own ideas and strengths to the work, and the results are sometimes spectacular. Monette Magrath, the only newcomer to the production…seems the equal of her peers.”