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G L O R I A

by Branden Jacobs - Jenkins
directed by Chris Fields

at the Echo Theater Company

Los Angeles Times 
"CRITIC'S CHOICE: STUNNING… sharp-eyed dramatic intelligence… bitingly funny… a potent Echo Theater Company production”
— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times

KCRW 89.9 FM 
“FUNNY AND CLEVER… BUT THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE… Mr. Jacob-Jenkins is trying to make us examine something deeper than the sensational. He’s asking us, like any great playwright, to consider how we treat one another and what we value as a culture.” — Anthony Byrnes, KCRW 89.9 FM

Stage Raw 
“RECOMMENDED… STAGE RAW TOP TEN… smartly-etched characters, caustic dialogue and a single startling surprise.” — Deborah Klugman,Stage Raw

On Stage and Screen 
“DEEP, NUANCED, EMOTIONAL… jacobs-Jenkins’s writing is quite subtle and smart” — Erin Conley, On Stage and Screen

People’s World 
"RAZOR SHARP, DARKLY COMIC… [a] biting, courageous contemplation of the ways we have conditioned ourselves to be fame-seekers… [To miss it] would be a regrettable loss ”” — Eric Gordon, People’s World

Broadway World 
“UNFORGETTABLE… the energy's crackling electric… razor-sharp disses and truthful observations” — Gil Kaan, Broadway World

Stage Scene LA 
“WOW!... Chris Field directs Gloria’s West Coast Premiere with precision, power, and lickety-split pacing, and the performances he elicits are some of the very best in town… Echo Theater Company at its most excitingly cutting-edge.” — Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA

LA Observed 
“RIVETING… As Echo's work creates more and more echoes in the LA theater, its artistic director Chris Fields stages "Gloria" flawlessly.” — Don Shirley, LA Observed

Stage and Cinema 
“[A] KNOCKOUT… unsettling, shocking and funny… thought-provoking, gut-churning, blood-pounding theater” — Tony Frankel. Stage and Cinema

Showmag 
“EVERY BIT AS VICIOUS AS IT IS HILARIOUS… a remarkable ensemble… yet another pitch-perfect production from the Echo Theater Company.” — Michael Van Duzer, Showmag 

USC Annenberg Media 
“NEVER-ENDING WIT AND BITING CULTURAL COMMENTARY… gifts the cast with such cleverly crafted, multifaceted monologues, arias if you will, effectively orchestrated by Fields” — Aja Houston, USC Annenberg Media

On Stage Los Angeles 
“DIALOGUE AND CHARACTERS THAT SIZZLE” — Michael Sheehan, On Stage Los Angeles