Reel to Reel @ ROGUE MACHINE

Brett Aune, Alley Mills Bean and Jim Ortlieb (Photo by Jeff Lorch)

F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw

The Los Angeles premiere of Reel to Reel at Rogue Machine may be one of the most unusual—and quietly moving— productions you are likely to see this season. Read more…

Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA

What John Kolvenbach has created could so easily slip into gimmickry but never does it stop being fascinating, even in its enveloping ordinariness. The playwright’s power to weave through time with ease, bringing insight and understanding to one couple’s complicated 55-year relationship while resisting the temptation to push his characters into even a single tragic situation makes this one of the best and most moving plays of the year. Read more…