Star Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

"...Walking Shadow Theatre Company opened its season with this quixotic piece, which waxes poetic and existential, yet never satisfies its own ambitions. It stimulates — barely — our curiosity, but never gives us reason to invest."
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Somewhat Recommended

"...Jez Butterworth's play is less than 90 minutes long, but it keeps re-configuring itself with every scene. We open in set designer Steve Kath's handsome, woodsy cabin ("The River" was originally set in England, but although Englandisms such as "prat" and "wellies" remain, the cabin seems to have crossed the pond). An unnamed man (Andrew Erskine Wheeler) is the cabin's owner, and he has brought his unnamed girlfriend (Emily Grodzik) for a visit."
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Aisle Say Twin Cities - Somewhat Recommended

"...Kudos to Walking Shadow for taking on a difficult play like The River. There is too much play-it-safe going around. It's wonderful to encounter a theater willing to take risks."
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Talkin Broadway - Somewhat Recommended

"...In spite of The River being a rather unsatisfying play, Amy Rummenie manages to direct with flair, prompting the players on stage to behave as if nothing changes from scene to scene, even when what we see has completely changed. She also draws out heat and sexuality, particularly between The Man and The Other Woman. An extended scene in which The Man fillets a fish and prepares an entire dinner is almost balletic in its grace and precision, being perhaps the only time that The Man is his true self."
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