Benjamin Nicholson

After a thorough washing of my brain, I now have the psychological clarity to confirm: Ed Goodman is not only ol' timey, but good timey; Ed Goodman is, in fact, a good man. Also, this is the best solo play ever written because it allowed me to hold a fake gun to Ed's head for 5 minutes, after which the audience demanded I pull the trigger.... full review

Perfectly succinct, Funeral Potatoes gives you just enough to both emotionally invest in the characters of the play and to realize that the experiences depicted can and likely will occur in your life in one form or another; navigates discourses of death that, while providing no 'answers', encourage you to begin asking questions we too often avoid.... full review

A simultaneously subtle, suggestive, and persuasive plea for empathy, understanding, and solidarity within marginalized communities, Ty celebrates both the heart and creativity as well as the toxicity of gay culture.... full review

The best campaign manager I've ever seen assisted Sylus in his successful bid for the United States presidency; Shakira will be Vice President and special interest groups will get compensated for their support; I'm pleased with this outcome.... full review

Impeccable performances all around concerning a moment in US political history that predicts our contemporary troubles. Ben and Luke's respective portrayals of Atwater and W. Bush are utterly persuasive.... full review

A haunting (and hilarious) reflection on the ghosts inherited from the holocaust, Dagmar occupied her body and the body of her parents with an immersive physicality that kept the audience riveted.... full review

Johnathan's life story gives him every excuse to be miserable, but he chooses to find humor and joy in his difficult circumstances; drug abuse, neglect, psychological disorders, and disability are rarely handled with such thoughtfulness, let alone humor... full review

It was a party!... full review

A fully-realized, deeply-felt, passionately-conveyed rumination on working, aging, death, and the anxieties of choice, Peter Massey's autobiographical account of his relationship with his astrological therapist has a timeless quality that deserves to be enjoyed by everyone.... full review

John's solo portrayal of four distinct characters was a joy to experience; each was complicated in their own way. Monica's script addressed the gamut of human emotions and, while it offered no definitive answers to questions of mortality and love, it suggested that it's okay to do the best we can.... full review