Theatre

“Jon Dallas has the first big show-stopping solo, “Electric Dreams”, and he killed it. He’s a force, indeed, a surging current. His voice is warm and alive, even a bit raw and purposefully painful, especially in the beginning, when his character is so vulnerable and unsure.”

“As Chenziaa, Jon Dallas is everything that Star Wars fans once hoped for in young Anakin Skywalker. He builds a heroic and sympathetic character who struggles to control the dark and light power emerging from within him.”

“Catching my eye from the supporting cast was Jon Dallas, playing a rapey Duperret (his scenes with Margulies turned out to be some of my favorites). At one point, he is sort of dragged across the stage by his penis, which is an accomplishment in and of itself.”

“Lighting Designer Lana Riggins in conjunction with Composer Jon Dallas sets the tone of the show with their elaborate designs. As described by the narrator before the play even officially begins the play itself is memory; sentimental and thus dimly lit because it’s not realistic. And as everything in memory seems to happen to music it only seems appropriate that Dallas be situated in the corner, playing subdued melodies that highlight the nostalgia of the show. Riggins and Dallas do bring a brightness to appropriate moments of the production; highlighting the mother character in a golden yellow as vibrant as the jonquils she reminisces about. Every time she launches into a fond memory over her days long gone of gentleman callers, servants and Blue Mountain the bright golden light flushes the stage and Dallas begins to pluck a giddy banjo that increases in tempo until the memory comes screeching to a halt, forced there by reality.”

“I would vote this production the star of the evening, if only because really, who doesn’t want to see Jon Dallas in a skin-tight leopard-print outfit topped off with a blonde wig? Am I right? Oracle? Styx?”