ALEXANDER THOMAS

 

Throw Pitchfork, Kitchen Theater, Ithaca, NY - photo by David Ferguson

 

 

WHAT'S BEING SAID ABOUT THROW PITCHFORK :

 

"A skilled provocative writer…Thomas delivers jolts" "As an actor, Thomas walks the walk, talks the talk of each of his distinctive characters."

FRANCINE RUSSO - The Village Voice 

 

"…A dead-on depiction of how a family diverges from a center …Beautifully written and acted"

BRUCE WEBER - New York Times (ID: Throwpitchfork) (PASSWORD: alexander)

 

"Achieves greatness as social document…Thomas conveys to us what it meant to be a black man in Alabama in 1933, more potently than I've ever witnessed…He tells his story with affection, humor and pride."

MARTIN DENTON - nytheatre.com  (Scroll down to: Throwpitchfork)

 

"Thomas transforms the raw elements of his life into a panoply of African-Americana, of jazz, of jivin’, with long rap-like riffs of language."

JAMES MacKillop - Syracuse New Times

 

"It is remarkable how entertaining and satisfying Thomas’s memoir is…Stuffed with big themes and memorable characters."

 DAVID COTE – Time-out Magazine

 

"Throw Pitchfork, was a remarkable combination of performance and personal revelation"

IAN HERBERT - Theatre Record (London)

 

"An urgent high-energy performance, into which the shifting of characters fits directly into the rhythm of the play…"

KIELER NACHRICHTEN - (Kiel, Germany)  (full review in German - qoute translated)

 

Thomas vividly tells the stories of these tormented men... skillfully shifting between characters and weaving their stories together with poignancy and humor

LOVELL ESTELL III- LA Weekly

 

"His multiple portraits Show how intricately our individual identities are tied to family."

BARBARA ADAMS - The Ithaca Journal

 

"There are moments of profound poignancy."

CAISSA WILLMER - The Ithaca Times

 

"A riveting night in the theatre..."

LOUIS FANTASIA - Theatre Talk for KCRW

 

 

To read more about or order a copy of THROW PITCHFORK just click on Playscripts.com

 

WHAT'S BEING SAID ABOUT  BLACK STUFF:

Click here to read full reviews and more about Black Stuff

 

 

"...there aren't many consciousness-raisers in town with as much honesty, hilarity and hellfire as Black Stuff..."

DAVID C. NICHOLS - LA Times


"...Black and white audiences alike will find themselves happily caught up in their comedic crossfire." 

BARBARA ADAMS - The Ithaca Journal

 

                                                                                                              

 

    

"With wit and humor and wry physical acting, the actors dramatize the struggle of young black men to be the complex human beings they are..."

CAISSA WILLMER - The Ithaca Times

                                                                                                                          LeVan D. Hawkins & Alexander Thomas in BLACK STUFF- photo: jondeshler.com

 

"Both artists are splendid...this is a piece to be experienced."
MADELEINE SHANER - Park Labrea News/Beverly Press     

 

 

"The audience was in stitches. BLACK STUFF should be part of the ethnic studies requirement at UCSB..."
LUNIYA MUSKU - Programmer, MultiCultural Center, University of California at Santa Barbara, Ca.

 

 

 
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