Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Scott Alan Evans
Synopsis: A detention room in France during the German occupation is the setting for America's preeminent playwright to explore the themes of guilt and complicity with the forces of authority. In Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy, ten men have been picked up for 'questioning.' As the men grapple with the fears, uncertainty and self-denial about the unspeakable fate that awaits them, Miller uniquely examines an historical period whose consequences continue to reverberate today.
NEW YORK TIMES:
"Scott Alan Evans, the director here, starts with the tension high, thanks to a quietly chilling opening montage, and keeps it that way. His cast, given the difficult job of creating full characters with only the sketchiest of back stories, delivers expertly."
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NEW YORK POST:
"Unfortunately, the play's power is reduced by the too-obvious hand of the author. The 10 prospective victims have the sort of representative range seen in bad war films: there's a Gypsy, an elderly Jew, a doctor, an actor, a blue-collar worker, a little boy . . . even an Austrian prince."
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THEATERMANIA:
"Nevertheless, this production, directed by Scott Alan Evans with clarity and compassion and acted by a first-rate troupe of committed character actors, should go a considerable way towards a positive reassessment of the work, which -- running a pressure-cooker 85 minutes -- is truly Miller's most harrowing theater piece."
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BACKSTAGE:
"The Actors Company Theatre, whose worthy mission is to rescue plays that have been forgotten or have gone into a period of eclipse, here presents a first-class interpretation of Miller at his most earnest. The play, whose theatrical history is checkered, is ripe for re-examination."
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TIME OUT NY:
"This conceit might easily have turned pedantic—or at least static—in less expert hands. But with its deep intelligence and high tensions, Miller's drama is quite stunning, if not very subtle"
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NYTHEATRE.COM:
"However, Incident at Vichy is not nihilistic, not even a tragedy in and of itself, but a prelude to a morally catastrophic event: engineered by few, but accomplished by so many who could fathom no alternative. Near the end, Miller does proffer a solution in the form of a knee-jerk gesture of human decency that ultimately makes this play vital—and heartbreaking—theatre..."
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