"The military background of some cast members enriches the entire production with heartfelt, realistic nuances. Unfortunately we don’t get to know all seven members of the unit closely…A lot of the relationships, inside and outside the base, are left as loose ends…The reinvented goddess from Greek mythology seems to be from another play; ‘Bullet Catchers’ is best when it is talking about real women in combat…Unfortunately the current production suffers from a lack of cohesiveness."
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"Yoking together—not always tidily—elements of workplace drama, movement theater, and mystic allegory, the ensemble-devised piece gets a decent amount of mileage from its appealing, hardworking cast...On the downside, the sketchy script doesn’t give our heroes in fatigues much texture or nuance, just glimpses of private life between movement sequences...Still, director Julia Sears fuses her troops into a cohesive force, executing dance interludes with muscular grace and grit."
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"Three of the cast are veterans and many more service members were interviewed in the devising process. The result is stunning. It’s a story told in dialogue, in sound and movement, in dance and in silence...With no set, the actors give athletic performances to fill the space with physicality. Nothing looks accidental in a show this meticulous. Julia Sears has demanded discipline from her troops and every one of them carries their rifle with expert precision."
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“Military units train, live, and fight together, and 'Bullet Catchers' realistically depicts the resulting interpersonal dynamics…This powerful and engaging play raises awareness not just about women’s contributions to defending the United States, but for their tight-knit integration with male troops in well-trained units. It also highlights women’s deep desire to serve…Given the current political climate, ‘Bullet Catchers’ is a necessary performance.”
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"'Bullet Catchers,' an evocative, elemental play-meets-movement piece-meets-a cappella performance, succeeds in a way that no other play I’ve seen in the past two years has, and for so many reasons...One of the most engaging, genuine, provocative, and humbling pieces of theater I’ve seen in years...'Bullet Catchers' understands to its core that women’s voices in the armed forces...have been kept quiet for too long, or are altogether ignored in favor of their male colleagues."
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