Critics agree, Exit Pursued by a Bear is “HILARIOUS”!
23 August 2012
“HYSTERICAL in every sense of the word”
– Austin Chronicle
“HILARIOUS” “HILARIOUS”
– Culturemap Austin -Austin American-Statesman
“Exit, Pursued by a Bear” provides its audiences with a lot of laughs and a little food for thought.”
– Austin American-Statesman
“An abusive husband gets a shot of Southern discomfort in this hysterical revenge comedy”
– Austin Chronicle
Never bogged down by melodrama, the dramatic approach, the hilarious one-liners and the appropriately modern setting give the age-old story of a houswife’s awakening a fresh new Southern spin.
-Culturemap Austin
Hood’s performance is a triumph. He has the magnetic, sickening attraction of an abuser; though he is constrained by duct tape for nearly the entire play, he nearly hoodwinks both the audience and Nan.
-Austin Chronicle
As Sweetheart, Indigo Rael steals maybe too much of the spotlight with her perfect set of abs and daisy dukes, distracting us from her impressively open-mouthed performance as a clueless aspiring actress. Meanwhile, Stephen Mercantel has the best lines of the play, even if he chews on them a bit too much at times.
– Culturemap Austin
“Stephen Mercantel’s Simon and Indigo Rael’s Sweetheart offer gusts of caricatured lightness, spouting irresistible, well-timed one-liners with contagious energy. Indeed, Capital T Theatre’s production maintains buoyancy throughout as the actors move fluidly through Gunderson’s witty, metatheatrical dialogue”
– Austin Chronicle
Indigo Rael’s comedic timing is impeccable…and Joey Hood brings surprising pathos to his final monologue. And though he could certainly stand to take it down a snap or two on the sassy scale, Stephen Mercantel is undeniably hilarious in his role as the hyper-protective best friend.
– Austin-American-Statesman
