PRESS
"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:
"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
"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
"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
Reviews Listed by Show:
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
- nytheatre.com
- 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
- Playbill
- Daily News
- 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
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