ImpetuousTheater Group
Artist driven independent theater
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Press
" 12th Night of the Living Dead [is] a gory marriage of the visions of those two singular showmen, William Shakespeare and George Romero."
"It is quite an ambitious undertaking to take a totally cinematic convention and transfer it to the stage. The Impetuous Theater Group is to be given high marks for meeting this challenge head on."
"What could be more natural than the fusion of Shakespeare's cross-dressing romantic comedy with George Romero's remorseless 1968 zombie classic? Practically everything, of course..."
"Worth it for the wow factor!"
"The five original works presented, all of which use the pool in some way, were pure, hot-summer-day fun. "
" Swim Shorts 3 is a mini vacation romp at the roof pool atop the Holiday Inn Midtown. With great energy, Impetuous Theater Group has brought back their site-specific festival of short plays."
The Chronological Secrets of Tim
" The Chronological Secrets of Tim is a comic roller coaster ride you will want to take. Its hairpin dips and turns, in which it effortlessly balances both cutting humor and the redemptive power of forgiveness...."
"Seriously- why do guys cheat? I don’t know, but while you’re still trying to figure out the answer to that one, go see the clever & quirky new play . . ."
3rd Annual 47:49 Play Festival
"Impetuous Theater Group's 47:59 Festival is like a monster jolt of caffeine sprinkled on top of a box of laughs."
"Fenway is intelligent, warm, and funny throughout . . . there is much to commend in this insightful and touching new play."
" . . . A Night Near The Sun is deservedly grabbing it’s share of attention and accolades for this new and soon to be widely talked about, perfectly polished theatrical gem." - retrovisionmedia.com archived
". . . Impetuous Theater Group’s talented cast . . . give it 110%, and the result is often riveting. When you leave the theater and are assaulted by the wonderful hustle and bustle that is New York, their performances go with you."
" . . . honest, complicated, touching individuals . . . the kind of thing William Inge might write were he alive today."
"Though they're only about a year old, this company—led by James David Jackson, Josh Sherman, and Joe Powell—has already proved themselves one to keep an eye on, with their impressive FringeNYC debut this summer, VENEZUELA, and their terrific absurdist satire on Corporate America, OFFICE SONATA (written by Andy Chmelko), in December. They've also been stretching the 24-hour play concept with their innovative 47:59 festivals, in which authors double up, providing second acts to their colleagues' works in a second marathon day of spontaneous playwriting."
"Office Sonata, a hilarious and inventive new comedy by Andy Chmelko, deserves to be this season's sleeper hit . . . Deliciously surreal yet rooted just enough in the world of corporate life that office workers know and love (to hate), Office Sonata is a funny, sharply-observed, shrewdly grounded satire of American nine-to-five culture."
"On set designer Joe Powell's graffiti- and snipe-covered re-creation of a subway platform (and with Bill Kirby's effectively subtle sound design providing apt aural color), James David Jackson's production simmers with the quiet intensity of overly hopeful dreams that can't help but fall to the harshness of reality."
"VENEZUELA's absurdist leanings disguise what's essentially a straightforward, heartwarming drama about confronting uncomfortable facts . . . reminding us that this is a young, emerging, impetuous theater company."
"VENEZUELA, ably directed by James David Jackson, is a thoughtful, challenging piece of theatre. It is about real people and real loss . . . "
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