| Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Somewhat Recommended
"...But there's a place for fact-based history lessons, and "Tesla" fulfills that role well, especially when it comes to reminding audiences about how business and creativity clash, with big ambitions often cast aside in favor of short-range returns. Yet I found myself wishing for more moments like the one in which Tesla describes petting a cat at age 3, creating static and thinking, "Is nature a gigantic cat? And, if so, who is stroking its back?" It's one of the few instances in which we get a sense of what makes Tesla tick."
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Aisle Say Twin Cities - Recommended
"...The scenes change rapidly, head over heel snapshots of Tesla's life. The pace is aggressive and challenges the actors to move quickly between characters and develop differentiated affectations and voices. Tesla's life is an embarrassment of riches for a writer; the incidents of inspiration and invention, and interactions with luminaries including Edison, Mark Twain, Sarah Bernhardt, J.P. Morgan, Grover Cleveland beg to be included in a depiction of the 'mad scientist's' story. The result sometimes feels frenetic, breakneck. Since there are no costume changes and only minor adjustments to Ursula K. Bowden's versatile set, there are moments of confusion determining if a character is new or recurring. The talent and discipline of the ensemble cast is impressive in bringing it all to life."
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