Junk

Press

Many scenes are phone conversations, but there’s not a phone prop in sight; Lighting Designer Jason Lyons isolates each actor in a harsh white spot and the effect is gripping.

John Stoltenberg, DC Metro

Merkin plots with his minion in a parking garage (lighting designer Jason Lyons cleverly makes the lights flicker to mimic the garage’s ambience); the minion then plots with his minion (Michael Glenn), who thereafter plots with his minion (Dylan Jackson), who is already turning State’s evidence for Walsh.

Tim Treanor, DC Theatre Scene

But this stylish and minimalistic production, directed by Jackie Maxwell, still feels fresh and vital. Jason Lyons’ expert lighting design, for example, dramatizes the back-and-forth telephone game behind the flimsy conspiracy that soon collapses with a spectacular crash.

Peter Tabakis, DCist