One measure of the greatness of Tennessee Williams' 1947 masterpiece is its ability to contain fresh insights, no matter how many times you've seen it. Another is the freshness an excellent production retains in the memory long afterward. So vivid are many of its scenes and performances in this critic's mind ...

Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle, 04/03/2008

A ride well worth taking ... Dena Martinez's Eunice, the Kowalski's feisty upstairs neighbor, and the remaining ensemble of Lance Gardner, Hector Osorio, Marjorie Crum-Shears, Daniel Riviera and Patrick Alparone lend solid support.

Charles Brousse, Marin Independent Journal, 04/10/2008

... as riveting as anything now onstage in the region.

Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle, 03/21/2006

...highly original, insightful and entertaining... its infectious spirit and fearless stands on difficult issues send a powerful message to today's troubled world, and for that we should be grateful.

Charles Brousse, Marin Independent Journal, 03/21/2006

Stephen Adly Guirgis' Jesus Hopped the "A" Train, coming off runs in New York, London, and Edinburgh (where it won the Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award), is all but destined for success in our city: It features a pissed-off bike messenger, a public defender, a born-again serial killer, and a few prison guards thrown into the boiling cauldron of Rikers Island, where they confront the serious matters of justice, faith, free will -- all the biggies -- in site-specific nasty language.

 

The cast is solid...[and] as seasoned stage folk, they touch a chord of what theater is all about.

Ken Bullock, Berkeley Daily Planet, 07/26/2005

The entire cast is marvelous, and under the able direction of C.J. Verburg, the production shines in this disturbing tale.

Wanda Sabir, San Francisco Bay View, 09/14/2005