WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING

A Torrent of Talent!
Excerpts from the review by Pam Harbaugh, Florida Today

"The Festival unleashes a torrent of talent in its superb production... this nimbleTartuffe is arguably one of the company's best productions. And don't think it's easy. It only looks that way in the capable hands of this company... The stage is awash with haughty, overblown caricatures, rococo visuals, expansive movement and so much humor and slapstick silliness that you will laugh throughout... hysterical... The Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival has mounted a wonderful production, well worth a journey to Orlando. You won't see anything funnier than 'Tartuffe.'" That is, if you can get a ticket. (Pictured: Mindy Anders, Sarah Hankins)

Stunning ... Excellent... Wonderful....
Excerpts from the review by Al Krulick, The Orlando Weekly

"Excellent choices... a brilliant and intelligent ferocity throughout three hours of intense theatricality... stunning ...eerie and frightening... a superlative cast... excellent... wonderful... overwhelming in its raw emotion and furious display... It all adds up to tragic acting at its finest -- compelling to watch even as it is difficult to sit through." (Pictured: Christopher Patrick Mullen, Richard Width,and David Hardie)

 

Such a feast... Opulent...Elegant... Splendid... Sensual... Gorgeous
Excerpts from the review by Elizabeth Maupin, The Orlando Sentinel

"...The summer night must be smiling a fourth time this season, at the people at the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival, who have known enough to make their production of A Little Night Music the glorious event it is....There's a lesson to be learned - from Bergman's characters, from Wheeler and Sondheim's sumptuous musical, and from the Shakespeare Festival itself, which has seized on this opportunity and played it for all it's worth." (Pictured: Kate Ingram and Warren Kelly)

This is what great theater is all about!
Excerpts from the review by Kelly Monaghan, TheOtherOrlando.Com

"This is what great theater is all about! To entertain, yes (and this show certainly delivers on that score), but truly great theater transforms us. We leave the theater a little different, a little wiser, a little more human... an experience that will assure you that the arts are alive and well in O-Town and doing what the arts do best...God bless the Orlando Shakespeare Festival for this magnificent present to the community."

Brilliant and Piercing Production
Excerpts from the review by Carl F. Gauze, INK 19 Magazine

"Experiencing the brilliant and piercing production we saw this evening, you'll agree Winter's Tale should cross the stage more often. There's a lot going for this production... convincing... strong performances... technically perfect... intimate... brings the action nearly into the laps of the audience. You may not see this play again for years... Squeeze it in to your holiday schedule before spring reappears to melt the snows of icy Bohemia." (Pictured: Suzanne O'Donnell)