"... you’ll find substantial beauty in woolly mammoth’s production, beginning with the mysterious, magnetic ordinariness russotto manages to project, and extending to the exceptionally fine-tuned performances director john vreeke elicits from the rest of the cast: kimberly gilbert, joshua morgan, emily townley and felipe cabezas." - the washington post (top 10 production of 2011)

"the acting in 'boise' is first-rate ... leroy, who advertises his contempt for the world by emblazoning swear words on his t-shirts, is portrayed with energy and appeal by felipe cabezas." - washington examiner

"the company is as rich as the material." - washington city paper

helen hayes awards | outstanding resident play: a bright new boise - nominee
helen hayes awards | outstanding director, resident play: john vreeke - nominee
helen hayes awards | outstanding lead actor, resident play: michael russotto - nominee
helen hayes awards | outstanding lighting design, resident production: colin k. bills - nominee
helen hayes awards | outstanding set design, resident production: misha kachman - nominee
helen hayes awards | outstanding sound design, resident production: chris baine - winner

"the impressive ensemble skidmore builds around hissom ensures that the play's hallucinogenic twists, its mixing of real and imagined people, remain credibly anchored. the achievement of danny gavigan and felipe cabezas ... and pomme koch and maboud ebrahimzadeh ... [and salma shaw and nadia mahdi] ... is to populate this 'zoo' with figures who compellingly embody the contradictions of a onetime cradle of civilization where the laws of the jungle now hold sway." - the washington post

"jeremy skidmore's direction ... [gets] blisteringly strong work from his cast." - washingtonian