“Some of the jokes we’ve heard before, but not with this delivery, and certainly not in this kind of framework. They work because of the high-energy and charismatic performance of Wilson-Brown, who navigates the playwright’s tone shifts with ease. He crosses performance borders, and the audience is willing to follow him wherever he travels.”
— Theatre Jones
“David Wilson-Brown turns in an excellent performance in the one-man play Fronteras Americanas.”
— Dallas Morning News
“David Wilson-Brown re-creates Verdecchia’s semi-autobiographic work as if it were his own, raging and whispering, storming and elucidating a philosophical intellectual point with committed passion and easy, artistic fluency.”
— CriticalRant.com
“Wilson-Brown successfully captures second son Happy’s slick and disingenuous side.”
— Isthmus
“David Wilson-Brown delivers a strong, breathtaking performance portraying Stanley’s roller coaster of emotions.”
— The Daily Cardinal
“David Wilson-Brown stays true to the stage version, and [his] sound design… matched the scene so well that audiences reacted emotionally.”
— The Column
“This script has plenty of the one-liners and comically exploding characters that populate the better-known realms of Simon’s output. But this one has a different feel and a different engine driving it at a reckless pace. Director David Wilson-Brown taps into that artfully and manages to keep both hands on the wheel while keeping his foot to the floorboard.”
— DFW.com
“The Mystery of Irma Vep… If you miss this production, the horror! The horror!”
— Fort-Worth Star Telegram
“At Theatre Arlington, Charles Ludlam’s The Mystery of Irma Vep is in good, vampy hands…This was a highly popular literary form during the 19th century, which was appropriated into 20th-century television programming through shows such as Dark Shadows and Tales from the Darkside. Theatre Arlington’s production, directed by David Wilson-Brown, is synchronized and wickedly funny.”
