Star Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

"... At the outset, the careful cast members appear as comfortable as tourists lost in a foreign country. But the actors all loosen up, with Skelley's Simon mixing dourness with an acid tongue. Also delightful is Walleck, whose Sorel is saucily sweet. Jones' David is the understated straight man of the Blisses and he plays it well."
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How Was The Show - Recommended

"...Hay Fever requires exquisite performances, and the Guthrie cast does reasonably well. Harriet Harris doesn’t do the usual arch Coward posing; she plays Judith with surprising and refreshingly nasty zest. This took some getting-used-to, but it makes her unpredictable and great fun to watch. Simon Jones captures David Bliss perfectly, dotty and self-absorbed. The younger Blisses, played by Cat Walleck and John Skelley, haven’t achieved the full-blown weirdness of their parents, but they’re well on their way and we cheer them on."
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Aisle Say Twin Cities - Recommended

"...All of these elements, as well-executed as they are, make Hay Fever a thoroughly entertaining and relaxing way to spend an evening. But when the playwright himself once commented that the original production was received with “amiable… although far from effusive” notices and that “it was noted, as indeed it has been today, that the play had no plot and that there were few if any ‘witty’ lines,” one wonders why the Guthrie would have chosen to produce this particular play over one of Coward’s many others — or indeed why a sitcom of the ’20s would be revived nearly 90 years later. And more to the point, is Hay Fever a compelling and challenging enough choice for a fancy night out when (unlike theatergoers of 1925) we have the technology to stay at home and watch re-runs of our favorite TV shows for free?"
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