Los Angeles Times - Recommended
"...Yet "The Nether" is an impressive new work that should be seen by theatergoers eager to make the acquaintance of a Los Angeles-based playwright who is as boldly inventive as she is ethically conscious. And for all those hipsters in Venice, Culver City, Los Feliz and Highland Park who don't believe the theater has anything to say to them: Haley knows your user name."
Variety - Recommended
"...Like the hard-core radical voyeurs in Jennifer Haley's terrific sci-fi play "The Nether," you won't want to leave the Hideaway, that site on a futuristic Internet that caters to men in search of Victorian children. Nor will you want to leave the Kirk Douglas Theater, which gave Haley's play its world premiere."
LA Weekly - Recommended
"...What's most impressive about director Neel Keller's production is how it manages to convey ideas about futuristic technology through good old-fashioned stagecraft. Not only is there Jones' arresting set but also Christopher Kuhl's lighting, which at times envelopes the audience much as a virtual world does."
Backstage - Recommended
"...Part detective story, part ethical conundrum, and-oddly-part love story, the play's future looks rosy indeed if companies give it the kind of treatment being provided by Center Theatre Group, director Neel Keller, and a superb cast in its world premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre."
Stage and Cinema - Recommended
"...I enjoyed myself immensely watching the show, even though something wasn't right. Based on Neighborhood 3 and The Nether, I can assert that Haley's thought-provoking plays are extraordinarily clever and intriguing, but they do not shatter or resonate, even with a satisfying and breathtaking reveal or two."
The Hollywood Reporter - Recommended
"...All in all, this powerfully rendered speculation on the future grapples forcefully with issues that are central to our social experience today in a tense and stimulating entertainment."
LA Splash - Recommended
"...Definitely not a play you take a girl/guy to on the first date. The play had a depressing undertone and a few uncomfortable taboo ideas to swallow. The plot and idea of the play was twisted, dark, different and gave you a scary look inside what technology could bring."
StageHappenings.com - Recommended
"...The cast is superb lead by Robert Joy, Adam Haas Hunter, Jeanne Syquia, Brighid Fleming, and a brilliant Dakin Matthews. You may feel like you need a bath after seeing this dark but well written tale. A little more character development and back-story might have helped but I found myself transported to the world of the play."
CurtainUp - Recommended
"...The Nether often seems like something developed from a stunningly sophisticated program. As such, it could use a little more of Papa's influence. He'd leave more room for the characters to unleash their personal predilections. I look forward to future productions and, more importantly, further visions from Haley. She's the real deal."
ArtsBeatLA - Recommended
"...Morality aside, the view is spectacular, created with grace and smarts by director Neel Keller and set designer Adrian W. Jones. Keller literally moves the action along, making the scenes of interrogation intense and tinting other scenes of happy Victoriana with the darkest undertones."
LA Stage Times - Recommended
"...This is a probing, mind-bending play to an extent that is rare among the predictable scripts that prevail on too many of our stages. Kudos to Center Theatre Group for producing the premiere of The Nether, especially as it's by a writer, Haley, who is based in LA."
Frontiers - Recommended
"...Director Neel Keller, along with a superb five-member ensemble and a gifted design team, create an eerie yet uncomfortably convincing dramatic universe."
TheatreMania - Recommended
"...Director Neel Keller keeps audiences compelled by the arguments even when the characters' appetites are squeamish. He's armed with a talented cast who flesh out Haley's characters."
LifeInLA - Recommended
"...Keller traverses the controversial material intelligently and artfully, suggesting the horrors within the hideaway without resorting to slasher tactics and creating an unsettling atmosphere while withholding judgment for the characters."
