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The LA Weekly RAVES: "Jonathan Wade Drahos achieves moments of absolute perfection ... as does Dinah Lenney ..."
David C. Nichols of The LA TIMES says: "Jonathan Wade Drahos displays ample charisma", "his specificity halting profundity " and"moody ... vital in the soliloquies, explosive at the climaxes."
"an avid and intelligent cast", "Joseph Sanfelippo's superb Laertes and Ian Putnam's eloquent Horatio are incipient Hamlets waiting to happen". "Raymond O'Connor [plays a] scene swallowing Gravedigger" and of special note is "Ethan Phillips' [Polonius]", "Dinah Lenney's subtle Gertrude" and "Rosemary Morgan's feckless, fragile-voiced Ophelia ..."
"Carl Reggiardo's spare staging and textual realignment favor narrative thrust ... The conversational tactics yield an almost confessional intimacy", "David Palmer's lighting and Mauricio Balvanera's sounds are keen"
"in 'Hamlet' the play's the thing; its easy accessibility recommends this intriguing revival".
Julio Martinez of The DAILY NEWS says: "the Uprising Theatre Company is off to a solid start as a theatrical force in the community. "
"Director Carl Reggiardo has streamlined the text and impressively guided the ensemble through one of Shakespeare's most intellectually complex works ... but highly literate rendering of 'Hamlet'", "He has found a more-than-capable asset in the performance of Jonathan Wade Drahos in the title role."
"Drahos' Hamlet hits all the levels of his evolution from a grief- stricken but essentially good-hearted and idealistic young student prince to the ragingly destructive avenger that wreaks such havoc on the royal court of Denmark." "Giving solid support is Tony Amendola as the villainous but thoroughly suave villain King Claudius. Offering impressive comical counterpoint as Polonius is Ethan Phillips ..."
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