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Below you'll find reviews from critics and audience members who
have attended RMTG performances. If you would like to share your thoughts on an RMTG show you've seen, please feel free to
email us at redmonkeytheater@hotmail.com.
“With witches and spells, The Red Monkey Theater
Group mounted Shakespeare’s dark tragedy at the most appropriate time of the year, Halloween. This impressive, action-packed production, with clever costuming and set, directed and produced by Tal
Aviezer, was riveting…
…Brian Greer gave an extraordinary portrayal of Macbeth
that was as sensitive as it was intense, with side-kick Banquo earnestly and powerfully played by David Berman…
…Scenic artist Carolyn J. Fuchs, with Mr. Aviezer,
gave us a superbly simple and apt set. The witches, in their Celtic hooded capes, opened the play with their well-known “When
shall we three meet again?” while looting the bodies of dead soldiers on the field, then hid beneath the ingenious main
set piece that operated at different times as a table, platform and cave…
…Mr. Aviezer has made
a remarkable piece of work on the stage at the Lecture Hall Theatre at Mercy College
in Dobbs Ferry. At once imaginative and thrilling, this MACBETH with wonderful
sword fights (with very big and real-looking swords, wielded expertly by the ensemble cast) was an absolute scary pleasure.”
REVIEW: THE RED MONKEY THEATER GROUP’S MACBETH
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By Michael J. Muldoon & Melinda O’Brien
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“Red Monkey’s
many productions have been extremely beneficial to Mercy’s students, especially to those majoring in English and Media
Studies along with students enrolled in written English and Literary Studies classes, in acting, directing, oral performance
of literature, media in America, television and studio production, etc., as well as to Mercy College faculty and staff who
have been involved in productions both onstage and behind the scenes. Aviezer
has regularly staged plays by Shakespeare as well by prominent contemporary playwrights.
These provide our students, many of whom are studying those works in the classroom, the opportunity to see and hear
plays come to life in a staged performance. Many instructors have linked classroom
writing and speaking assignments directly to these productions. Most importantly,
these productions are an invaluable learning experience for so many of our students who have never attended a live theatrical
presentation. All of Red Monkey’s productions are always well attended,
and receive high praise from both the Mercy College
and the local communities.
We have been proud and fortunate to have Red Monkey as
Mercy’s resident professional theater company. Indeed, we are all beneficiaries of Red Monkey’s presence on the
Dobbs Ferry Campus. The company has been a vital academic and cultural resource
for the college.”
Professor Paul Trent, Chairman of Speech Dept. at Mercy College.
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Reviews of other productions directed by RMTG Artistic Director
Tal Aviezer;
AGNES OF GOD (February 2008);
"Center Stage Community Playhouse's new revival, staged in a
spacious converted chapel, does well by John Pielmeier's claustrophobic, but intermittently funny, three-character play.
The role of the "holy innocent" Sister Agnes is full of gristle
too, and Keri Seymour bites bravely into it...Covered in a flowing white habit, with (like Mother Miriam) only the center
of her face showing, she shocks and smolders, as does this production, thoughtfully directed by Tal Aviezer. Definitely worth
the subway ride to the Bronx."
Jon Sobel, Blogcritics.org
Full Review: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/01/141106.php
"Aviezer's direction is quite strong, keeping the action moving
nicely and staging the various interplays between the characters like a combination chess/boxing match with both Mother Miriam
and Martha each trying for the upper hand while Sister Agnes, the ultimate prize, hangs in the balance."
Judd Hollander, OOBR.com
Full Review: http://www.oobr.com/top/volFourteen/one/agnesofgod.htm
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