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By Stephen Karam
The Blank Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
January 31-March 15, 2015
“CRITIC’S CHOICE”
-LA TIMES

“STAGE RAW TOP 10, RECOMMENDED”

“GO!”
-LA WEEKLY

“…And they are realized to the hilt by director Michael Matthews, whose customary sensitivity to nuance and timing is on full display. He has assembled a fine design team — Luke Moyer’s atmospheric lighting, Allison Dillard’s character-defining costumes and Cricket S. Myers’ fluid sound — and a wonderful ensemble.”

-LA TIMES

“Gentle absurdities flow down in a pleasing drizzle, under Michael Matthews’ lovely direction…”

-LA WEEKLY

“Karam’s arrestingly on-target tale careens recklessly from high comedy to intense melodrama, heightened by director Michael Matthews’s expert, finely nuanced balancing act, as well as a supremely game and gifted cast able to maneuver the twists and turns along the way with consummate ease.”

-ARTS IN LA

“The best direction never calls attention to itself, no matter how spectacular the production. Rather, a good director makes all the elements feel inevitable: everything you see is part of an integrated whole, fits the play precisely, and makes you feel it couldn’t be done otherwise. This is what I’ve come to expect whenever I see the name Michael Matthews as director, and his work here doesn’t disappoint: this is a well-thought-out, well-cast, imaginative, beautifully paced, and seamless show. Moment-to-moment, Matthews has made Sons of the Prophet engrossing on every level.”

-LOS ANGELES POST