PRESS
"Astounding...the supremely talented Lear deBessonet reimagines Miguel de Cervantes' legendary tale as a story of community purpose and possibilities... its community theatre in the truest sense, showing social justice as a group pursuit" -Philadelphia Weekly
"The moment when Quixote first takes up his sword to defend the defenseless, Psalters howling amid a percussive frenzy, dancers whirling around him like Turkish dervishes, the play explodes with power. It's the kind of transcendental religious experience that calls the lost back home."-Philadelphia Inquirer
"Director Lear deBessonet is not a public company, but if she were, her shares would doubtless rise on the strength of her blues-infused version of Brecht's St. Joan of the Stockyards." -The Village Voice, Alexis Soloski
"The play is funny, chilling, enlightening, and mysterious-in short, everything an evening at the theatre should be" -The New Yorker on transFigures (Click to view)
From the New York Times: Slideshow
"Every moment onstage crackles with electricity... the explanation and exploration of science gives way to a kind of theatrical magic rarely seen (especially off-off broadway)" -New Theatre Corps on Bone Portraits
Reviews Listed by Show:
Quixote:
Philadelphia Weekly: Stage Footlights
From the Philadelphia Inquirer: "30-odd players in six alcoves explode with 'Quixote' power"
Also in the Inquirer: "Tilting at windmills on Broad St.: A new play, 'Quixote,' gives voice to the city's neediest."
Philadelphia City Paper Cover Story: "The Impossible Dream"
"Brilliant and thought-provoking director Lear deBessonet blows the doors off this one with spectacular movement and staging" -Nytheatre.com on Death Might Be Your Santa Claus
"Stillpoint is a company to catch." -Backstage
Saint Joan of the Stockyards:
"Saint Joan of the Stockyards is stirring up a theatrical revolution over at PS122" -New Theatre Corps
"Director Lear deBessonet is not a public company, but if she were, her shares would doubtless rise on the strength of her blues-infused version of Brecht's St. Joan of the Stockyards." -The Village Voice, Alexis Soloski
"Intensely theatrical... when Mauler and Kristen Sieh's husky-voiced, passionate Joan face off, the tension hums at high pitch, and the result is brilliant and unforgettable." -Backstage Magazine
"Ms. deBessonet uses her space so imaginatively that you feel lighter... Where Brecht saw limits, Ms. deBessonet sees corrupted possibility." -New York Times
Click here to view video about the making of St. Joan:
"Stillpoint's work highlights another message: the virtues of theater when a production exemplifies collaborative effort this well"-OFFOFFONLINE
Transfigures:
"The play is funny, chilling, enlightening, and mysterious- in short,
everything an evening at the theatre should be" -The New Yorker
"It's easy to be swept away." -NYTheatre
"Expressive. Explosive. Powerful." -Backstage
"Theatrically Thrilling." -That Sounds Cool
"As the show unfolds, you begin to understand just how blurry the line is between belief in God and belief in Science." -Talkin' Broadway
From offoff.com
Bone Portraits:
Reviewed in Time Out New York
Reviewed by Backstage
Reviewed by New Theater Corps
Reviewed by Off-Off Online
Reviewed in Papermag
Reviewed in Flavorpill
Death Might Be Your Santa Claus:
From Time Out New York ... Theater highlight Feb 16th - 22nd
nytheatre.com review
Flavorpill pick of the week, Feb 14th - 20th
Ole Anthony & Trinity Foundation's The Door Newsletter
The Eliots:
Reviews:
From offoffoff.com
and offoffonline.com
PR
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