Season 25 News & Reviews

East Side Monthly: Gamm at 25
Silver Anniversary: Turning 25, the Gamm Theatre takes a well-deserved bow by Mary K Connor

Boston Globe: 4:48 Psychosis review (Jan. 2010)
In ‘Psychosis,’ a soul disintegrates before our eyes by Don Aucoin
"A performance of astonishing intensity. ...This is full-immersion acting at its finest. ...Because of Kane's honesty and Kim's virtuosity, we can't look away."  

Sun Chronicle: 4L48 Psychosis review (Jan. 2010)
A brilliant 'Psychosis' by Susan McDonald
"Illuminating...provocative...an absolutely breath-taking hour and 12 minutes. ...The boldest piece of theater in a very long time."

Pawtucket Times: 4:48 Psychosis review (Jan. 2010)
When insanity visits by Kathie Raleigh
Sarah Kane's '4:48 Psychosis' is a moving, emotional look into a troubled mind.

Providence Phoenix: 4:48 Psychosis review (Jan. 2010)
The torment within by Bill Rodriguez
In dramatic terms, it doesn't really matter whether the female protagonist of 4:48 Psychosis commits suicide at the end of the play. Not any more than its relevant that its author, Sarah Kane, killed herself not long after typing "END." As Kane and the riveting 72 minutes of the current Gamm production show, in such a life and death circumstance, the tick-tock of moment-to-moment, yes/no existence is the only matter that's real.

Providence Journal: 4:48 Psychosis review (Jan. 2010)
Kim shines in Gamm's 'Psychosis' by Channing Gray
Casey Seymour Kim likes to think of her current role at Pawtucket's Gamm Theatre as akin to weathering a hurricane. There is a moment of calm in the middle, a moment of hope when the blackness of despair lifts. But otherwise, audiences are in for a wild ride, as Kim sinks further and further into mental illness.

Read about The Gamm and 4:48 Psychosis in the Boston Globe>

Read about The Gamm's collaboration with the play's  co-sponsor's, Butler Hospital and Gateway Healthcare, in Providence Business News>

Much Ado About Love by Molly Lederer
This month, the Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket celebrates love at its most passionate and poetic, presenting two great Shakespeare plays in repertory. The critically acclaimed fall productions of Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet return on alternating days (November 18-29), with three same-day performances (November  22, 28, 29).

Mercury Magazine: Much Ado About Nothing review (Sept. 2009)
Something is fresh and fun in Italy by Janine Weisman
Some directors may have cut the brief exchange between Benedick and a nameless “Boy” that opens Act II, Scene III of “Much Ado about Nothing.” But with Fred Sullivan, Jr. in the director’s seat, there’s nothing trivial about it in a sensational season opening production of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy at Pawtucket’s Gamm Threatre...

The Providence Phoenix: Much Ado About Nothing review (Sept. 2009)
Best of the Bard: The Gamm’s masterful Much Ado About Nothing by Bill Rodriguez
"The funniest comedy to pour out of Shakespeare's quill...The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre is staging a definitive and uproarious version."

Providence Journal: Much Ado About Nothing review (Sept. 2009)
Gamm's Much Ado is something by Channing Gray
"A dazzling production; a show that anyone who loves theater shouldn't miss. It's the best Shakespeare I've seen in a long time. Make that some of the best theater I've seen in a long time; a classy production that shows off the greatness of the language and taps into Shakespeare's complex emotional world."

WRNI (NPR): Much Ado About Nothing review (Sept. 2009)
Bill Gale reviews "Much Ado About Nothing" at The Gamm
"This sparkling Much Ado About Nothing is the best production of a Shakespeare comedy seen around here in many years. It crackles with down-and-dirty humor, then straightens itself admirably when pain and anger are called for; witty and wise; gorgeously shaded; first-rate."

The Sun Chronicle: Much Ado About Nothing review (Sept. 2009)
Gamm opener warrants 'Much Ado' by Susan McDonald
"An amazing experience; Much Ado is a magnificent opener to the Gamm's 25th season. It is side-splittingly funny, it is well staged and acted. In addition, countless shows after its conception, Gamm tickets are still thebest deal in town."

Warwick Beacon: Much Ado About Nothing review (Sept. 2009)
There's lots going on in Gamm's 'Much Ado About Nothing by Don Fowler
"At times hilarious, at times tense, this tale of love, jealousy, and yes, fear of commitment, is one not to miss; This is where Gamm shines. Don't miss this production."

Rhode Island Monthly: Profile on Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella (Sept. 2009)
The Company He Keeps by Paul E. Kandarian
The Gamm has always been edgy, entertaining and innovative. Now with two prestigious awards in two years, the theater and its director, Tony Estrella, are finally getting the attention they deserve...