“The latest foray into the unstageable-turned-credible for the award-winning Godlight Theatre Company, proves to further this Off Broadway troupe’s knack for challenging the boundaries of adaptation...”

“Tantalo and his team are creating a recognizable signature style, which is more than can be said of many bigger, wealthier companies.”

“This is the rare theatre company that contributes something indisputably unique to the New York theatre scene.”

“Engaging the audience’s imagination, Director Joe Tantalo is able to create the theatrical equivalent of a novelist’s easy reach through time and space.”

“Starting with a premise that sounds almost impossible to capture convincingly onstage—this production, directed by Joe Tantalo, compounds the challenge by allowing virtually no set or props. It succeeds with astonishing virtuosity, evoking every twist in the river and the plot as surely as if it were being performed on location…”

“...director Joe Tantalo crafts an exceptionally taut and thrilling production that maximizes Maruti Evans’s sleek design. Using top-notch lighting and sound effects, and a solid ensemble, Tantalo evokes a science-fiction world not by resorting to high-tech toys, but by tickling the audience’s imagination. ”

“Visceral shock and awe are to be expected with Godlight Theatre Company...Joe Tantalo can shoehorn more narrative—often combined with impressive visual and aural effects—onto a postage-stamp-size stage than do many other directors working in larger houses. His production of Alan Lyddiard’s fleet adaptation of 1984 is no exception...”