"THE PRODUCTION FEELS AND MOVES LIKE AN OPERA EVEN THOUGH THE STAGE IS MOSTLY BARE."
-Times Square Chronicles
"... LUCKILY THAT TRUE PHOENIX HAS A STEADY HAND IN DIERCKSEN'S DIRECTION. IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING A SENSE OF UNITY AMONG THE MANY DESIGN AND STORYTELLING ELEMENTS, DIERCKSEN ALSO DRAWS STELLAR, ENERGETIC, AND ACROBATIC PERFORMANCES OUT OF ALL OF HIS ACTORS."
-New York Theatre Review
"DIERCKSEN CAPABLY GUIDES THE REMAINING ENSEMBLE CAST OF FOUR- SAMANTHA FAIRFIELD WALSH, KAYLA JACKMON, SIHO ELLSMORE, AND SARIN MONAE WEST. THEY ENERGETICALLY PLAY MANY DIFFERENT ROLES, FLUIDLY SHIFTING PERSONAS, COVERING SUCH LUMINARIES AS SALIERI, EMPEROR JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA, MOORE, ELIZA HAMILTON, AND CASANOVA."
-ZealNYC
"DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER DIERCKSEN WAS ABLE TO MAKE RUSH FEEL PERFECTLY LIVED IN. THERE WAS SUSPENSE YET TRUTH IN HIS STORYTELLING. WHILE THE WIDE EXPANSE OF THE YUKON WASN'T ALWAYS FELT IN THE STAGING, DIERCKSEN WAS ABLE TO CREATE THE MULTI-LOCATION WORLD SEAMLESSLY USING JENNIFER NEADS FRONTIER-INSPIRED SET."
-Theater in the Now
"A REMARKABLY SENSITIVE AND INTELLIGENT PLAY, AND DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER DIERCKSEN HAS A SOLID GRAB OF THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE PIECE."
-StageBuzz
"DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER DIERCKSEN SHOULD BE APPLAUDED FOR LEADING HIS ENSEMBLE TO SUCH RICH AND NUANCED PERFORMANCES."
-THEATERMANIA
-Times Square Chronicles
"... LUCKILY THAT TRUE PHOENIX HAS A STEADY HAND IN DIERCKSEN'S DIRECTION. IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING A SENSE OF UNITY AMONG THE MANY DESIGN AND STORYTELLING ELEMENTS, DIERCKSEN ALSO DRAWS STELLAR, ENERGETIC, AND ACROBATIC PERFORMANCES OUT OF ALL OF HIS ACTORS."
-New York Theatre Review
"DIERCKSEN CAPABLY GUIDES THE REMAINING ENSEMBLE CAST OF FOUR- SAMANTHA FAIRFIELD WALSH, KAYLA JACKMON, SIHO ELLSMORE, AND SARIN MONAE WEST. THEY ENERGETICALLY PLAY MANY DIFFERENT ROLES, FLUIDLY SHIFTING PERSONAS, COVERING SUCH LUMINARIES AS SALIERI, EMPEROR JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA, MOORE, ELIZA HAMILTON, AND CASANOVA."
-ZealNYC
"DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER DIERCKSEN WAS ABLE TO MAKE RUSH FEEL PERFECTLY LIVED IN. THERE WAS SUSPENSE YET TRUTH IN HIS STORYTELLING. WHILE THE WIDE EXPANSE OF THE YUKON WASN'T ALWAYS FELT IN THE STAGING, DIERCKSEN WAS ABLE TO CREATE THE MULTI-LOCATION WORLD SEAMLESSLY USING JENNIFER NEADS FRONTIER-INSPIRED SET."
-Theater in the Now
"A REMARKABLY SENSITIVE AND INTELLIGENT PLAY, AND DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER DIERCKSEN HAS A SOLID GRAB OF THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE PIECE."
-StageBuzz
"DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER DIERCKSEN SHOULD BE APPLAUDED FOR LEADING HIS ENSEMBLE TO SUCH RICH AND NUANCED PERFORMANCES."
-THEATERMANIA
"BY RIGHTS WE SHOULD BE GIANTS ...IS NOT TO BE MISSED"
-BORO MAGAZINE
-BORO MAGAZINE
"MUCH CREDIT SHOULD GO TO MR. DIERCKSEN FOR KEEPING THE ACTORS ON THEIR CUES. THERE WERE NO LONG DIGRESSIONS OR HALTINGLY DELIVERED LINES. THE PACE SKIPPED ALONG UNTIL THE FINAL TRAGIC MOMENT. OVER ALL BY RIGHTS WE SHOULD BE GIANTS SUCCESSFULLY WALKED THE LINE BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION."
- CULTURAL CAPITOL
- CULTURAL CAPITOL