GRENADINE
Reading of Neil Wechsler’s 2008 Yale Drama Award Winner, Grenadine, profiled on Broadway World! September 19, 2011
WHAT THE SPARROW SAID
Under the direction of Jenna Worsham, the cast, which also includes Brenda Currin, Lila Dupree, Heather Oakley, and Ruby Ruiz, handles Mitarotondo’s lyrical script with grace and just the right amount of levity.
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New York Theatre Review
…an outstanding example of what the Fringe Festival is supposed to be all about.
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Theasy.com
Standouts are Brenda Currin as Hannah (a non-speaking role!) and as an eccentric fellow traveller, and Heather Oakley as Cynthia, who brings a welcome touch of neurotic comedy to the proceedings.
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The Happiest Medium
Jenna Worsham has elicited some fine performances, particularly Kevin Mannering’s delicately fevered Blaze; Matthew Michael Hurley’s sad-eyed, puzzled Dan; and Heather Oakley’s tightly longing Cynthia.
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Backstage
Each of the actors brings a performance that is fully committed…Matthew Michael Hurley portrays Dan with a careful hesitancy that hints at the repressed passion underneath. [Hurley and Kevin Mannering] handle the tricky language and intense monologues well. Mannering deserves extra notice for bearing much of the linguistic burden and for his honest, deliberate pacing.
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NYTheatre.com
CONNECT FIVE
Prosser’s writing is funny and perceptive, and her performance, guided by director Kathryn Walsh, is authentic.
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Backstage
Ms. Prosser…immediately charms the audience. The message here, so pure and simple, takes on an enchanted element when told through her voice. Under Kathryn Walsh’s direction Prosser was able to finely balance this piece at the nexus of loss and triumph, hope and heartbreak, determination and doubt… [The play is] complete from beginning to end and imbued with the passion of renewal.
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The Happiest Medium
[The Common Tongue’s] mission of creative unity is invigorating and inspiring… The poetic quality [of the plays] enhances the content, making the (mis)communication all the more potent.
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Theater is Easy
Commendably acted by Sarah Kauffman and Michael Pantozzi.
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Backstage
Director Shannon Fillion stages the action convincingly, and Lila Dupree and Kathleen Littlefield are excellent.
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Backstage
…The Room and a Richard is an intriguingly stylized play that concerns a young man (an engaging Blaze Mancillas)…[and]…the dead man’s sister, played with vinegar and verve by Heather Oakley.
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TheaterMania
Connect Five’s four playwrights featured on United Stages! January 13, 2010
Praise for Connect Five in Theatre is Easy! January 12, 2010
Praise for Connect Five in The Happiest Medium! January 12, 2010
Connect Five featured in AOL’s City’s Best! January 11, 2010
Connect Five featured in Play by Play! January 10, 2010
Lila Dupree and Danny Mitarotondo interviewed as Featured Artists in Theatre Is Easy! January 7, 2010
The four Connect Five playwrights are interviewed in The Happiest Medium! January 6, 2010
Read about Lila, Danny and Connect Five in their Behind the Fringe interview! January 5, 2010
Connect Five is now listed in The New York Times! December 20, 2010
TCT’s Connect Five listed in The Very Best of NYC Theatre in GO Magazine! December 18, 2010
ALL OVER PROJECT
The Common Tongue theatre company is a highly dedicated and accomplished group which is making a provocative and healthy impact on American theatre. They should be highly encouraged.
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Edward Albee
OTHER
TCT’s fundraiser, Contrasts in Common, at The Foundry, gets a nod in Broadway World! September 27, 2010
Actors Entertainment host Judith Jones interviews TCT Artistic Director, Lila Dupree on ActorsEntertainment.com!
(Interview starts at 20.27 min into the program.) October 5, 2009
