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“Host-director-producer...Jonathan Pereira...has an easy charm that I imagine audiences will enjoy as much as I did...Let me tell you what I learned from this experience: actors are amazing. Actors are awesome.
A couple of weeks ago, I made my New York City acting debut, at the WorkShop Theater, in their monthly comedy show Verbatim Verboten...While it would be unethical, strictly speaking, for me to review the May edition...I heartily recommend that you catch one of the upcoming performances...The emphasis is on politics, but lots of aspects of human nature get skewered in this show...”
-- Martin Denton, nytheatre.com on Verbatim Verboten
ON HIS SOLO WORK:
“...writer-performer Jonathan Pereira has charm in spades - not to mention insight, a willingness to go deeper and an ability not to take it all too seriously... [he] doesn't use the cliche, or the reactionary, or the anti-reactionary, but he makes a very personal journey finding the universal in the specific while pitching to his audience as intellectual equals. His manic-but-unforced style, at it's zenith during a President-by-President ride through character assassination, creates a momentum that may just make you want to stick around for dessert." -- Time Out Magazine
"[Pereira] is a mesmerizing performer with a gift for physical comedy and the courage to structure a monologue in a highly unconventional manner..."
-- Chicago Reader
"[Pereira is] smart... he has a gift for interweaving personal and political comedy with unforced skill."
-- Orlando City Beat
"With all of his charming irony, the performance never comes across as too heavy and yet still communicates a thoughtful and critical point of view."
-- Edmonton Sun
"American Cake is a clever satire..."
-- Orlando City Beat
"...there's charm and wit here, and a fine physical comedian exploding on to the stage..."
-- Edmonton Journal
ON HIS PLAYS...
“…dark and humorous, [it] honors the poetry of Chekhovian writing… true beauty lies in its stylized moments.” -- OffOff Online on Death of a Government Worker
