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“Dog Sees God” …entertains, moves, and provokes thought, thanks to an octet of talented young actors and Royal’s perceptive script… becomes much more than just a funny and often raunchy comic gem. It is that, indeed, but in Royal’s perceptive script, it is also a touching love story, a look at the causes of homophobia, and a plea for acceptance.”
“As CB, Timothy Miller is almost too red-headed charismatic to be the Sad Sack Charlie we know so well, but his is a performance that starts strong and grows stronger as the play progresses. Heart-on-his-sleeve sincere and utterly endearing, Miller is absolutely convincing as a teen alternately confused and elated by the unexpected discovery of feelings for the last person he’d expect to fall for. By the time the play’s final ten minutes roll around, the overwhelming pain and regret CB feels about what he did and what he didn’t do are so real that they are not easily shaken at curtain calls. This is powerful, deeply moving work.”
“Carlo Maghirang is a sweetly touching (and believable) Beethoven, and he does his own piano playing! Another standout is Alyssa Carter, hilarious as CB’s outlandish sister. (When Carter performs sis’s one-girl show, Cocooning Into Platypus, about a caterpillar who longs to metamorphose into a platypus instead of a butterfly, an off-off-off Broadway star is born.) Emily Lehrer is funny and quirky as Van’s institutionalized sister.
The rest of Cortez’s cast all have their good moments. Paul Dietz reveals a Matt whose homophobia may come from his own repressed feelings for CB. Matthew J. Middleton gets laughs every time he tries to speak with his lungs full of pot. The more over-the-top they are, the more amusing Crystal Castillo and Katherine Ko are as Tricia and Marcy.
“Ultimately, in the immortal words of The Who, these kids are alright, and they and their director all deserve major props for their work, their dedication to the project, and their initiative in bringing their LAVC production to a larger audience. I can’t imagine anyone with a heart not ending up moved by this production.”
Steven Stanley- StageSceneLA.com
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