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SPILL THE WINE at TBG Theatre (GayFest NYC)
May 27-June 1
Directed by Margarett Perry
with Michael Huston, Chris Kipiniak, Deborah Knox, January LaVoy
& Jennifer Merrill
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THE JESUS FACTOR at Barrow Street Theatre
Has also been performed at Comix in NYC, the Whitefire Theatre in Los Angeles, The Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca.
“Dykstra Strikes Again!
The Jesus Factor is must-see theatre for every concerned citizen, regardless of their political leanings. ...engaging in every sense of the word!”
Critics Pick, NYtheatre.com
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CLEAN ALTERNATIVES, Yellow Taxi Productions (Nashua, NH)
“Every element clicks in 'Clean Alternatives'---The message transcends environmentalism to attack a bigger picture, the corporate-government amalgamation that controls the puppet strings and sets and then bends the rules by which everyone else unwittingly plays.”
Nashua Telegraph (read full review) |
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HIDING BEHIND COMETS at Birmingham Theatre Festival (Birmingham, Alabama)
“Dykstra uses the [Jim] Jones backdrop to touch on a number of serious topics, from the closeness of twins (can one really feel the other's pain?) to whether genes make some children inherently evil.”
The Birmingham News |
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STRANGERHORSE at the Kitchen Theatre Company
"Brian Dykstra already has an international reputation, well-grounded on his surpassing verbal pyrotechnics and an almost Hitchcockian sense of how an everyday encounter can be rewritten to rattle your timbers. Dykstra is not one of those playwrights who thinks that the American theater is supposed to be an aspirin for the middle class." (read the full review)
Syracuse New Times |
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CLEAN ALTERNATIVES at the Kitchen Theatre Company
"Many playwrights have been trying to reinvent the American language on stage, starting with David Mamet, whose Speed-The-Plow (1988) is kind of predecessor to this play. You hear it also in Aaron Sorkin's new TV series Stuido 60 On The Sunset Strip. Brian Dykstra exceeds them both in bringing vernacular poetry alive."
Syracuse New Times
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CLEAN ALTERNATIVES at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
“At last! A real, grown-up American play!"
 The Guardian
Winner Fringe First Award |
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HIDING
BEHIND COMETS at Zeitgeist Stage, Boston
by Brian Dykstra
"A nail-biting, edge-of-you-seat drama…You'll be hard-pressed to find a more riveting two hours of theater in Boston. It doesn't get much better than this!"
Nick Dussault, Boston Metro
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CLEAN ALTERNATIVES a Fresh Ice production at 59E59 Theatres (Off-Broadway)
"Brian Dykstra wields a monologue like a sword!
Mark Blankenship, Variety
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HIDING
BEHIND COMETS at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
by Brian Dykstra
"A riveting edge-of-the-seat affair shot
through with sex, violence and narrative thrills. Hiding
Behind Comets will show up again somewhere soon and it will
sell a lot of tickets."
Chris Jones, Variety (Cincinnati Playhouse
production)
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HIDING
BEHIND COMETS at 29th Street Rep, New York
by Brian Dykstra
“Tense barroom thriller… Sexually
charged… Fiery… Mesmerizing… Riveting”
Marilyn Stasio, Variety
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BRIAN
DYKSTRA: CORNERED & ALONE
a
comedic rant of political proportations
Written & performed by Brian Dykstra
"One Off Broadway production you can be
sure Republicans won't be flocking to is "Brian Dykstra:
Cornered & Alone," but Democrats and environmentalists
are going to find Mr. Dykstra 's EXHILARATING one-man
show INTOXICATING and enormously satisfying."
The New York Times
(read
the full review) |
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THAT DAMN DYKSTRA (the boxed set)
by Brian Dykstra
“Brian Dykstra is working hard to turn ranting
into a new genre, and if he succeeds comedy may not be safe…”
The Village Voice |
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STRANGERHORSE at Access Theater
by Brian Dykstra
“…picture perfect play…more
explosive than fireworks on the pier.”
Next Magazine |
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SILENCE at College of the Holy Cross
by Brian Dykstra |
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ANOTHER BED (short film)
by Brian Dykstra |
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FORSAKING ALL OTHERS at Pentameters Theatre (London), Access Theater (New York), Powerhouse Theatre (Los Angeles)
by Brian Dykstra
“A dizzying free-fall both fascinating and
sickening to watch.”
Los Angeles Times |
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SexReligionPoliticsIsolationLove&Rage
Straight Up/Water Back at West Bank Cafe
by Brian Dykstra |
| ONE ACTS: |
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MICK JUST SHRUGS
by Brian Dykstra
“The attention-getter on Honor's itinerary…It's
very much a play for our time.”
NYTheatre.com |
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THE ARTIST & THE
OTHER GUY
by Brian Dykstra |
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THE
MEAN QUEEN & THE THIEF OF HEARTS
by Brian Dykstra
“Dykstra displays striking comic powers.”
The Village Voice |
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THE COMMITTEE
by Brian Dykstra
“Seinfeldian”
Theatermania.com |
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SPREADING THE WORD
by Brian Dykstra |
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SERVICE ORDER
by Brian Dykstra
“Comedy with this kind of intelligence and
edge would be right at home on the sharper satiric cable shows.
Fans of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart will be pleased.”
Theatermania.com |
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MOTOR OIL
by Brian Dykstra
“Dykstra has more on his mind than garnering
laughs.”
Electronic Link Journey |
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SMITHFIELD & COX
by Brian Dykstra
“Seinfeld-esque”
OffOffOff.com |
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LOT’S
WIFE
by Brian Dykstra
“pitch-black…darkly funny…Dykstra
puts his characters through the ringer.”
Show Business |
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