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“…insanely reliable.” – Willamette Week\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

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“CoHo’s triple play about a trio of Watsons and the difficulties of communication and artificial intelligence rings some unusual bells…” – Oregon ArtsWatch<\/a><\/p>\n

“Onstage at the CoHo Theater, Madeleine George’s play has come to life in a tender and uproarious production. It’s a spirited meditation on technology’s corrosive effect on humanity in which director Philip Cuomo and the cast of three nimbly dance through the disparate time periods.” – Willamette Week<\/a><\/p>\n

Year of the Rooster<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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“Year of the Rooster<\/em>\u00a0is frightfully funny, although always lurking below the laughter is the uneasy sense that we\u2019re laughing at an end game, looking at lives that have already been checkmated except the players haven\u2019t realized it yet and keep on feverishly moving the pieces as if victory were just around the corner. The cast is impeccably wild, as is the production itself…” – Oregon ArtsWatch<\/a><\/p>\n

This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

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“Because this tale is broad and universal, just like a life (or three), and can be melded and shaped and shifted in magical ways. And what CoHo has done with Kruckemeyer\u2019s beautiful words is capture lightning in a bottle.” – Oregon ArtsWatch<\/a><\/p>\n

“CoHo\u2019s production of This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing<\/em> is complex, funny, tender, and fantastical…You\u2019re not too old for this show. Or too young.” – The Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/a><\/p>\n

Philip’s Glass Menagerie<\/em><\/h2>\n

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“The story\u2014about two siblings languishing under the thumb of a monstrous Southern matriarch\u2014may be familiar. But with minimal dialogue and maximum silliness, director Philip Cuomo’s riff on\u00a0The Glass Menagerie<\/em>\u00a0uses an unlikely and delightful blend of clowning and Philip Glass music to create a tour de force of good-natured nonsense. The entire cast is a joy to watch, but the flighty Laura, Sascha Blocker steals the show by mining comedic gold from the likes of bubble blowing and plastic-unicorn hugging.” – Willamette Week<\/a><\/p>\n

“The show combines several elements that don’t on the surface seem to go together:\u00a0Tennessee Williams, clowning, and drag. But, somehow, these strange bedfellows work in concert beautifully.” – Broadway World Portland<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Gilman\u2019s story of a brutal custody battle in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, may not be soothing, but in the hands of director Brandon Woolley and his ferociously committed cast, it is spellbinding.” – Oregon ArtsWatch<\/a><\/p>\n

“The show flows effortlessly, taking its subject matter seriously, but never so seriously it feels bleak. It\u2019s a show that has to hold contradictions. One of the ways (director Brandon Woolley) pulls this off is by bringing Gilman\u2019s humor to the forefront. It\u2019s a surprisingly funny show; there are a lot of big personalities bouncing off each other.” – OregonLive\/The Oregonian<\/a><\/p>\n

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