Star Tribune - Highly Recommended

"...This is as perfectly realized a production as one could hope for, from Sass’s precise direction and his beautifully detailed set to John Novak’s inventive prop design and Sean Healey’s lush sound design. The multiple costume quick changes, managed by a five-person running crew, are simply dazzling in their speed and inventiveness."
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Highly Recommended

"...Making theater is always a collaborative process, but in a show like "Irma Vep," it's teamwork on speed. In addition to Sass' deft direction, kudos should also go to the production crew, especially costume designer Mathew J. Lefebvre, sound designer Sean Healey and dialect coach Lucinda Holshue. Together, they concoct a smooth, sassy and savory theatrical collation."
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Aisle Say Twin Cities - Highly Recommended

"...Looking for a light, campy Victorian supernatural-mystery-farce with hysterical scene-chewing acting, cross-dressing and clever staging? Then, The Mystery of Irma Vep at The Jungle Theater is just the play for you! I love physical humor and this play delivers. With two actors playing all eight characters, they move quickly through the scenes, building in clever staging and movements to allow for unbelievably quick character and costume changes. Director Joel Sass uses his creative team and stage crew very effectively with the set evoking a lush, yet fading English hunting manor, replete with spooky portraits, stuffed animals and secret passages."
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