"MacDermott avoids the maudlin and tearjerking elements of a Lifetime movie. Except for the final image, which elicited a few gasps from the audience and which was telegraphed long before, I was left generally cold by 'Jasper'."
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"Whereas MacDermott commits playwrighting missteps, director Katie McHugh and cast go country miles compensating for him."
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Most poignantly, when Drew starts to wonder if maybe their son's survival has been the opposite of a blessing, Andrea expresses horror for a thought that, thanks to Pimentel's touchingly subtle performance, we know she's had herself. To its strongest credit, MacDermott's play affords all three of its actors the opportunity to find meaning beyond their characters' words. Though, of course, with a less capable trio, this sort of dramatic freedom could have been a disaster.
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"The production is one to see for its acting, staging and the hard questions that MacDermott raises. Stylized, suggestive and subtle, the production works because of its thematic grist and power."
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"The playwright is successful, at breathing life into an encounter with death that is all too believable."
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Katie McHugh’s direction does little to make the play more than sporadically convincing. Mr. Fumusa and Ms. Pimentel, sometimes so quietly naturalistic they muffle their words, are solid actors who bring conviction to their scenes, but Ms. Hawk, from the moment she first appears, simply seems to have dropped in from planet Hollywood.
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