Misha Berson's review in the Seattle Times:
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=vesta25&date=20080125&query=vesta
With a nice mention for my having such a small role:
"A cast of polished stage pros, including Terry Edward Moore and Bob DeDea, aptly handle a cluster of smaller roles (social worker, hospital bureaucrat, etc.)."
TWO
And from the Seattle Weekly:
"Although Vesta functions as a profile of its title character, an ailing grandmother who wants to rest in peace, the story belongs equally to her daughter Carol, who refuses to let Vesta go. As the 80-year-old woman suffers a stroke, cancer, and heart failure, playwright Bryan Harnetiaux doesn’t miss out on the opportunity to comment on our country’s dismal treatment of the elderly or on the inhumanity of our health care system. Yet the play’s strength is his choice not to over-politicize the story, to focus instead on the complexity of the mother-daughter relationship. Carol’s frustrations with her mother are exceeded only by her desire to hold onto her a little longer—a paradoxical feeling that rings true for anyone who’s seen a parent or grandparent through the downward spiral towards death.
"Vesta’s occasionally awkward language is largely made up for by the stellar cast; in particular, this production is fortunate to have Megan Cole (Vesta) and Cynthia Whalen (Carol), whose portrayals are dead-on, as well as director Allen Fitzpatrick, who created a performance without dead time."
BRENT ARONOWITZ
Last but not least, the Seattle Gay News:
http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews36_04/page27.cfm
