STC’S KING LEAR

Helen Hayes Recommended

“This King Lear might be the best our theater critic has ever seen” -The Washington Post

“Spectacular!”- Washington City Paper

“STC's King Lear is one of the best Shakespeare productions that this reviewer has seen in a long time.”- Broadway World

MAGDALENE

"The casting works beautifully with Julian Elijah Martinez’s solid rendition of Peter, worn from the struggles of staying alive while adjusting to an evolving take on the Gospel that underpins his life,”- DC Theater Arts

"The actors are superb. Morales’s Mary is fiercely intelligent, with a base of knowledge and insight well beyond her time. Martinez portrays Peter as very much a man of his time, and, in the process, demonstrates the current era’s continuing struggle for women’s equality, especially in the realm of religion. Although intense, the conversation also offers moments of humor, and the actors’ remarkable comic timing makes the laughter equally memorable”- MD Theatre Guide

“Martinez gives us a complex Apostle, one who betrayed Jesus in His hour of need, but who now must make amends by laying out the founding principles of a spirituality even he only dimly understands.  St. Germain’s version of Peter is a man who isn’t so much haunted by doubt as one made awkward by his realization that he might not fully appreciate Jesus’ message…You should definitely take time out this July to see this remarkable reflection on two of Christianity’s most pivotal figures.” - Broadway World

This Land Was Made

“With his swagger and charisma, and despite the bandolier of bullets draped sash-like over his leather coat, he is, in Julian Elijah Martinez’s electrifying performance, way more exciting than scary”- Jesse Green New York Times

"Newton (played with bluster by Julian Elijah Martinez) waltzes into Miss Trish’s Bar in his signature black leather jacket and bandolier”- Hayley Levitt Theatermania

“Julian Elijah Martinez's Huey is loaded with charisma,”David Barbour Lighting & Sound America