Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA
This is one of the supernaturally-inclined Steve Yockey’s creepiest plays and certainly one of the most unsettling in another near-perfect partnership with director Ann Hearn Toblowsky, who so obviously “gets” him bigtime, and the unstoppably brave folks at the Road Theatre who never flinch attempting something risky. Read me...
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move
In SLEEPING GIANT, it was clear I was witnessing more than a metaphor about the continuing evolution of MAGA. And it was all too frightening. Read more…
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA
I have said before in these pages that I think Steve Yockey is one of the most original playwrights currently working. His combination of dark humor, oddball subject matter (ghosts, demons, giant cephalopods) and incisive character work is sui generis. His play Mercury—also staged at the Road Theatre last year—was a terrific display of his varied talents and was also a critical and commercial success. This latest play of his at The Road, the west coast premiere Sleeping Giant, is also weird and entertaining, but ultimately doesn’t pull together quite as strongly. Read more…