Stage Reviews – 'Nami

Backstage West Review, ‘Nami: "The play, which was first produced Off-Broadway last year, builds with genuine tension and reaches a gory climax, setting off a catastrophic chain of events.  This production serves the material with admirable commitment. Danny Cistone's detailed set, which is cleverly designed to represent both flats, creates an atmosphere of seediness and hopelessness.  Director Scott Werve maneuvers his actors skillfully through the overlapping living room and makes effective use of the claustrophobic space."

LA Weekly Review, ‘Nami: "Production designer Danny Cistone has created an exquisitely squalid apartment... In additon to Diallo's powerhouse performance as Keesha, Eshenbaugh, as the gangster landlord, gives a vivid portrayal that is particularly menacing as his calm veneer barely masks a murderous rage, while Hank is very much in the moment as his childish, inept errand boy.   Playwright Chad Beckim seems to share the same bleak urban view of humanity as Stephen Adly Guirgis..."