Backstage - Recommended

"...As Booth, Rider has an appealing intensity that bounces nicely off of Jed Reynolds' low-key Lincoln. James Reynolds' simple staging is clear and clean, and the young actors own the play's many comic moments. They have more difficulty mining the complexity of the material—reaching the depths it demands—and at times handling the heightened language. Rider is somewhat uneven but manages to sustain an energized performance. As Lincoln—which is certainly the more difficult role—Jed Reynolds is less assured. But it's tough. After all, "people like they historical shit in a certain way.""
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ReviewPlays.com - Highly Recommended

"...Suzan-Lori Parks created a prize winning play, so you know going in that the writing, the premise and the plot will be top notch. When you leave the theatre you know one more thing. You know that the Fremont Centre Theatre has created one of the most sensitive and excellent performances of this play, and it’s one that should be rated a “must see” by any discerning patrons of the theatre."
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Examiner - Highly Recommended

"...Race and the limitations placed on African American men is one theme, but it's also about the pain of poverty and during these economic times, that might make watching the brotherly relationship implode too difficult. If you can bear it, then this production is a powerful, hard-hitting production that shows why sometimes a smaller venue is better."
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The Tolucan Times - Highly Recommended

"...Written with gut-wrenching realism by Suzan-Lori Parks, her Pulitzer Prize winning script packs an emotional wallop! This disturbing play is a volatile and complex study of two adult African-American brothers, living together in a shabby rooming house. Struggling to “survive” any way they can, while processing the emotional damage of their dysfunctional childhoods, the erratic bond they share is undeniable…though self-destructive."
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