HotCity Theatre Company
Director Doug Finlayson and his clever HotCity cast offer a smart and sobering assessment of Thomas Wolfe’s admonition that you can’t go home again, especially when you were never there to start. LADUE NEWS
Doug Finlayson has directed with care, and Jordan Harrison’s play is fun to watch. VITAL VOICE
Directed by Doug Finlayson, Maple and Vine harkens back to the beginnings of HotHouse Theatre, when the scripts were provocative and surprising. You want answers whether 1955 or 2013 is the better time to live? You won’t find them here. What you will find is plenty of discussion fodder for the ride home, and that’s my favorite night at the theater. NPR
Director Doug Finlayson has given the script the irony it deserves. He creates two separate worlds that soon meld into one. With a relatively short run- through May 18th- you’ll want to get to the Kranzberg Arts Center soon to catch this trip to the past. STAGE DOOR ST. LOUIS
Director Doug Finlayson approaches this complicated story like a conductor of modern music, full of different beats that conflict with each other. But he keeps each “instrument” (or character) in tune. ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
Doug Finlayson's direction pulls vibrant and colorful performances from the small ensemble. The action is paced well, and the scenes transition smoothly. Maple and Vine is a fascinating work, and HotCity Theatre's wonderful production continues through May 18, 2013 at the Kranzberg Arts Center. BROADWAYWORLD.COM
Under Doug Finlayson's attentive direction, this play entertains and leaves you with things
to think and talk about on the way home.
ST. LOUIS THEATRE SNOB