Total Novice

Was most impressed by TOTAL NOVICE. Hilarious at times, touching, and engaging ... highly recommended. Well-crafted and brilliantly performed. Lighting, blocking, and transitions provide a most adequate backdrop. Kudos to the team !!!... full review

David Rodwin is an incredible talent. He weaves a mesmerizing, modern love story about a young lady that he casually encounters at a gas station. The story wends past cracks and pipes, tubs and shotguns. This is a personal story that has universal implications about our basic need for human connection.... full review

This is a fantastic show and I highly recommend it!!... full review

Total Novice delivers an intriguing and touching performance. A great storyteller with a captivating story to tell. Excellent design and direction that complement the story and gracefully move the show along. Right up there in the "must see" category!... full review

David Rodwin draws us into a hilarious and terrible world with Total Novice. It's a moving one man show with lots of laughs and many tender, moving moments. Total Novice is a wild and hilarious ride I would recommend to anyone!... full review

The show was very engaging, thought provoking, and original. I was entertained and uplifted. It really was outstanding all around. Highly recommended. And I'm a tough critic! ... full review

Total Novice is a hysterical, moving and above all engaging tale told by an expert storyteller. David does a magnificent job of drawing the audience into his wild adventure filled with drugs, sex and more than anything else humanity. Thrilled to have seen it, and I'm still thinking about the show the next day. ... full review

A strange and sordid true-life tale told with skill and humor. Rodwin tells the story of a random Craigslist hook up with a porn actress and points toward issues of class, sexism, and self-worth while taking us on a wild roller coaster ride that is fascinating throughout. Powerful, funny, and thoroughly entertaining. Not only is this a solid evening of theatre and a great story well-told, it's also remarkably touching. ... full review

Great show. What an amazing story!... full review

Great show that grabs you from the beginning and never lets go. Fully engaging for 75 minutes, David Rodwin tells a true life tale that makes you want to smack him for being so naive, and then makes you want to hug him for trying so hard to bring out the humanity in a troubled porn actress, while challenging the audience's perceptions in what creates a connection between two people. Highly recommended. ... full review