Press
Below are links to recent news in the world of Project Y as well as full reviews from previous productions:
Fubar
“See FUBAR if you want to experience theatrical shock and awe.”
- Backstage New York
“the production pulses like an all-night Ecstasy-fueled rave”
- The New York Times
Therese Raquin Desire:
“In less than an hour, this production, at once intelligent and funny, reanimates one of the strangest murderers of French literature.”
- French Morning
American Theatre Magazine:
Michole is awarded the John Gielgud Fellowship at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
White Biting Dog:
“the season finale from the ever-surprising Project Y Theatre Company.”
-The Washington Post
In the Boom Boom Room:
“Project Y invigorates it with enough raw energy and promising talent to hold your attention from start to finish”
-The Washington Post
The Crackwalker:
“Credit director Michole Biancosino and her fine cast for finding the humor- and humanity- amid so much grit.”
-The Washington Post
“The realism of each performance is nearly overwhelming.”
-The Washington Blade
Italian American Reconciliation:
“Project Y regularly crosses up expectations in everything except its high production quality….a romp to be reckoned with- audience involving, vivid, rambunctious, and alternately hilarious and affecting.”
-The Washington CityPaper
“Doesn’t miss a punchline…there is a tenderness to all the raw hearts on display.”
-The Washington Post
Terra Nova:
“Project Y’s compelling production is almost contagious….intense, earnest, and actor-driven.”
-The Washington Post
“Project Y has struck me since its inception as the smartest of the city’s younger theatre troupes…[Project Y] has constantly aimed high and hit higher.”
-The Washington CityPaper
“They have that kind of energy that Steppenwolf became known for…..a lot of larger theatre’s would do well to go see what these people are doing and emulate their energy and willingness to take risks…..this is what theatre is about.”
-Around Town
Zastrozzi:
“The stage combat is precise and dangerous looking….director Michole Biancosino’s production…finds its own cool appeal.”
-The Washington Post
One Flea Spare:
“There’s definately something to that three-planks-and-a -passion impulse”
-The Washington CityPaper
Lion in the Streets:
“Project Y’s disciplined, kinetic performance is remarkable…with its wide, angry, mournful tone[it] feels like a reverberating shotgun blast. Project Y gets this exactly right.”
-The Washington Post
“Rough, angry, funny, crude, and bursting with youthful energy.”
-The Washington CityPaper
“brash and subtle, terrifying and endearing, sexy and smug, and best of all: fearless.”
-Generation Next
“Any theatre company this impressive in its debut is worth watching.”