The Los Angeles Critics are Raving!!!
About the Production...
“Thomas and Fahlgren strike no false notes in Newman’s sterling production…” - The Los Angeles Times
"Brilliant writing, directing and acting make Any Night the success it is." - TotalTheatre.com
"Playwrights Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn launch a psychological thriller that is gripping to the very end" - Paul Myrvolds Theatre Notes
"A tense, careening rollercoaster from start to finish, the engaging...Any Night blends psychological mystery and chilling thriller as it examines love, trust and discretion."
- The Tolucan Times
- The Tolucan Times
"Director Elizabeth V. Newman certainly leads a gifted, disciplined team to create this fundamentally disturbing, nerve-scraping tale of love and loss, horror and despair, hope and desperation in such a visceral, intimate way." - The World Through Night-Tinted Glasses (zahirblue.blogspot.com)
"A visceral, surreal combination of mystery, thriller, and hallucination...the production blends excellent acting and production work into a white-knuckled, suspenseful evening of theatre."
- The Tolucan Times
- The Tolucan Times
About the Performances...
"riveting performances by Zac Thomas and Marie Fahlgren…”
- The Los Angeles Times
- The Los Angeles Times
"Thomas and Fahlgren work beautifully together, capturing the many sides of their strange, tortured characters with an assurance that is quite remarkable." - TotalTheatre.com
"Fahlgren and Thomas perform with skill and verve..." - StageRaw.com
"...excellent, passionate performances of the husband and wife team of Zac Thomas and Marie Fahlgren." - Paul Myrvolds Theatre Notes
[Fahlgren & Thomas] work together beautifully in this difficult and emotionally intense one act performance." - BabyBoomster.com
"Both actors exhibit fine chemistry, timing and movement, building a nice believability into the relationship. The expressive Fahlgren blends confidence with vulnerability, bringing a poised fluidity into her portrayal. Thomas’ intense, physical Patrick walks the fine line between creep and nice guy, showing a nice vocal range with other characters."
-The Tolucan Times
-The Tolucan Times
About the Direction...
“Elizabeth V. Newman’s authoritative staging incorporates the bizarre and the quotidian into a seamless dreamscape..."- The Los Angeles Times
"There is something dangerous and tense about Any Night from the moment the play commences; it is to Newman's credit that she is able to maintain the tension right up until the final, shattering moments."
- Total Theatre.com
- Total Theatre.com
"Under the keen direction of Elizabeth Newman, Any Night is utterly absorbing to the very end..." - Paul Myrvolds Theatre Notes
"Suffice it to say that the dark, subconscious vision of Any Night never falters or weakens. It is scary as hell from beginning to end."
- Total Theatre.com
- Total Theatre.com
"Elizabeth V. Newman's stage direction makes this stage work as fiery, leading up to its climatic conclusions." - Accessibility Live Off Line
"Director Elizabeth V. Newman creates an excellent pacing through the elaborate pas de deux choreography, throwing the story continually off-kilter as it filters through Anna’s shattered mind." - The Tolucan Times
"The director, Elizabeth V. Newman, accurately describes the play as a 'fever dream or a nightmare," one that unfolds on a soundscape filled with "stifled screams pierced with echoes of songs half-remembered."
-TotalTheatre.com
-TotalTheatre.com
About the Choreography...
“Choreographer Erica Gionfriddo contributes masterly dance sequences, enacted with lissome skill by the agile actors..." - The Los Angeles Times
"The choreography by Erica Gionfriddo is fluid and athletic, with writhing lifts and twining movements that convey subconscious states and dangerous passions. This is daring physical theatre."
- Paul Myrvolds Theatre Notes
- Paul Myrvolds Theatre Notes
About the Production Elements...
"Eliot Gray Fisher’s virtuosic sound design keeps the mood appropriately fraught.” - The Los Angeles Times
"Strong production work adds to the sinister goings-on, with a disordered, tangled set suggesting the fragmented world of sleep. Lighting and sound enhance the feelings of otherworldliness and foreboding, with costumes playing into the feelings of duplicity."
-The Tolucan Times
-The Tolucan Times
About Any Night's Austin Premiere:
"While Fahlgren and Thomas are before you in the dark rooms of their minds amid the powerfully symbolic disorder and randomness of Vanessa Montano's set design, you'll be holding tight to your seat as the action builds to a decisive and unequal confrontation of threat and violent surprise."
"There's a steady build in the tension here, precisely managed by director Elizabeth Newman and the two actors."
"Fahlgren with her expressive features and slim pajama-clad figure presents the epitome of fragillity, but there's a ferocity to her, especially in those trance states, that provokes our misgivings."
- Michael Meigs CTX LIVE THEATRE
"There's a steady build in the tension here, precisely managed by director Elizabeth Newman and the two actors."
"Fahlgren with her expressive features and slim pajama-clad figure presents the epitome of fragillity, but there's a ferocity to her, especially in those trance states, that provokes our misgivings."
- Michael Meigs CTX LIVE THEATRE
And about the play itself...
****
NEW YORK MAGAZINE:
"Theatrical magic ... deserves your attention... channelling the spirits of Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, and Charles Boyer. A highly entertaining evening of fleet-footed psychological shadow-play, tautly written...”
THE VILLAGE VOICE:
“A nocturnal chiller by writers...Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn...Here, bedtime is a dangerous occasion and subsequent dreams are anything but sweet.”
“Part thriller, part psychological study, part hallucination, and totally engaging. Grabs us from the start and never lets go.”
[CRITIC’S PICK, HIGHEST RATING] TORONTO NOW
“A tense, modern thriller ... raising serious questions about trust and discretion. Take in Any Night for a chilling two-person character study with action and suspense to spare.”
[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED] – TORONTO STAR
"Theatrical magic ... deserves your attention... channelling the spirits of Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, and Charles Boyer. A highly entertaining evening of fleet-footed psychological shadow-play, tautly written...”
THE VILLAGE VOICE:
“A nocturnal chiller by writers...Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn...Here, bedtime is a dangerous occasion and subsequent dreams are anything but sweet.”
“Part thriller, part psychological study, part hallucination, and totally engaging. Grabs us from the start and never lets go.”
[CRITIC’S PICK, HIGHEST RATING] TORONTO NOW
“A tense, modern thriller ... raising serious questions about trust and discretion. Take in Any Night for a chilling two-person character study with action and suspense to spare.”
[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED] – TORONTO STAR