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Mary Myers as Karl Marx. Photo by Tori B Photography.
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MARX IN SOHO
​Nu Sass Productions, 2017

**HELEN HAYES AWARD RECOMMENDED**

From the Washington Post, "Feisty ‘Marx in Soho’ opens a block from new Irish working-class drama ‘Coolatully’"
"The show is “Marx in Soho,” but the vibe is pure Washington throughout the fierce political diatribe unfolding in a small art gallery near the White House."
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"...the most effective show I’ve seen from the emerging Nu Sass Productions..."

From DC Theatre Scene, "Nu Sass takes on Karl Marx and wins. Marx in Soho"
"...this honest critic thinks the timely and timeless production is outrageously well done."

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Marx in Soho may technically be a one-person show, but Myers, under Angela Kay Pirko’s measured and naturalistic direction, does great work to include the audience in the piece."

​From DC Metro Theater Arts, "Review: Marx in Soho at Nu Sass Productions"
"...
another highly successfully, nervy production by Nu Sass with it mantra, “strong women, great theatre.” 

"Under the shrewd direction of Angela Kay Pirko, Marx in Soho is, thankfully, not simple nostalgia..."

​"Nu Sass’s production of 
Marx in Soho is weighty and illuminating."

TAME.
​WSC Avant Bard, 2016

From the Washington Post, "You wouldn't dare mess with these two women"
"Vivid, artfully unnerving, ingeniously crafted right up to its shocking ending."

From DC Theatre Scene, "Tame: powerful Shrew re-do from WSC Avant Bard"
"Painful. Not the acting, but the content. Tame. flips a beloved Shakespeare comedy - The Taming of the Shrew - into a psychological mind-game that has had my thoughts drifting in and out of Flannery O’Connor stories since seeing it."

"Trust me that it might make you uncomfortable. That you may hate it. Because it will challenge you, not because of its execution, which is simple, effective, and precise—thanks to director Angela Kay Pirko—but because it holds a mirror up to America’s past and, yet, reflects its present."

From DC Metro Theater Arts, "Dangereuse: She Will Rock You"
"Director Angela Kay Pirko has given the play vibrant and subtle production which brings out the strengths of Walker’s writing beautifully."

"Directed with a searing outlook by
 Angela Kay Pirko...this is a dark, menacing production."
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Cat (Jill Tighe) and Patrick (Brendan Kennedy) share a tense moment. Photo by DJ Corey Photography.

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Evadne (Charlene Smith) and Amintor (James Thomas Majewski). Photo by DJ Corey Photography.

THE MAID'S TRAGEDY 
Brave Spirits Theatre, 2016

From the Washington Post, "Theatre reviews: 'The Maid's Tragedy'"
"The eponymous heroine of the early-17th-century play “The Maid’s Tragedy” could teach Ophelia a thing or two about rejection..."

From DC Metro Theater Arts, "Review: 'The Maid's Tragedy' at Brave Spirits Theatre"
"Under the robust, effective direction of Angela Kay Pirko, The Maid’s Tragedy is forceful, determined and at times comically bawdy as it explores what Pirko’s calls the tragedy of 'Maidenhood itself – in the prizing of feminine chastity, in the owning of female bodies in the control of men’s desires over women’s will' in her director’s note."

​"Under Pirko’s assured touch, the hallmark of Brave Spirits work over the past five years is clearly evident..."


STONE TAPE PARTY : THE RE-MIX

Nu Sass Productions, 2016

From DC Theatre Scene, "Nu Sass's Very Fun Haunted Lesbian Stone Tape Party: Remix"
"Can you think of anything as emotionally dramatic or hilariously rambunctious as a party at a haunted drunken lesbian coke house? Me neither. Fortunately, you’ve got an invitation to the Stone Tape Party: Remix, produced by Nu Sass at Atlas Performing Arts Center."

​From DC Metro Theater Arts, "Stone Tape Party at Nu Sass Productions"
"It was clear when I walked into the intimate theatre that the party had already started at this 2014 Capital Fringe Festival ‘Best Comedy and Best Overall Show.’ Music was blasting, drinks were flowing, and women were bopping around on stage..."

"...
fine direction by Angela Kay Pirko..."
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Dusty (Briana Manente). Photo by Justin Schneider.

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Estelle (Amber Gibson) and Inez (Aubri O'Connor). Photo by Justin Schneider.

NO EXIT
Nu Sass Productions, 2015

From the Washington Post, "'No Exit': Ready for your close-up"
"Director Angela Kay Pirko makes nifty work of “No Exit” as chamber theater, excavating the three characters’ misdeeds in permanent close-up. Poetic references to looking glasses and “glancing streams” curdle into revelations that reflect badly on them all."

From DC Metro Theater Arts, "‘No Exit’ at Nu Sass"
"Under the direction of Angela Kay Pirko, No Exit is a tight, tough, far from an academically dry concoction of post-war existential literature from what are often now called dead-white-men who many a Baby Boomer worshiped. It is a production with plenty of heat, light, emotion and genuinely absorbing moments.

A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY
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Nu Sass Productions, 2015

PictureHusz (Keegan Cassady) and Baz (Erik Harrison). Photo by Justin Schneider.
From DC Theatre Scene, "Nu Sass' Intimate 'Bright Room Called Day'"
"Filled with passion, creativity, lots of faith, and uncannily deliberate direction by Angela Kay Pirko, the Nu Sass produced piece works on all kinds of levels...It’s Kushner. It’s long...But at the same time, it’s Kushner, who is worth it."

From DC Metro Theater Arts, "'A Bright Room Called Day' at Nu Sass Productions"
"With its Small Batch Audience Series created for an especially limited number of patrons per performance, Nu Sass Productions is out to transform the way DC theater audiences experience the performing arts. With its experimental, site-specific approach to producing a challenging Tony Kushner early provocative epic, A Bright Room Called Day, Nu Sass has more than succeeded under the brilliant direction of Angela Kay Pirko."


STONE TAPE PARTY 
Nu Sass Productions, 2014

PictureAudience Members, Ben Calman (Basie), Jack Novak (Dusty), Jill Tighe (Jodie). Photo credit: Paul Gillis Photography.
From MD Theatre Guide, "Fringe Review: 'Stone Tape Party' at Atlas Performing Arts Center"
"With a name like Stone Tape Party and a synopsis of, “Sex, drugs, jazz: y’know, the classic ghost story,” I think it is easy to question how good this Capital Fringe show is going to be.  Well, let me put your mind to rest and assure you all that this is an excellent show!  Everything comes together in Party: fantastic writing, talented acting, great directing (Angela Pirko) and wonderful song choices.  Please don’t miss this one!"

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From DC Metro Theater Arts, "Capital Fringe 2014 Review: 'Stone Tape Party' "
"Five Stars - Best of Capital Fringe.  Even before the show starts, Stone Tape Party, written by Danny Rovin and directed by Angela Pirko, immerses the audience in the vivacity that is the house where the party never stops. As audience members entered the room, the party is already in full swing with scantily clad drunk girls offering you drinks, pulling audience members up on the stage, impromptu stripper dances, and loud music. You knew you were going to have a good time, whether you were expecting to or not.


PROOF
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Peter's Alley Theatre Productions, 2013

PictureAshley Byrd (Catherine) and Bob Chaves (Robert). ​Photo credit: McCall Doyle Photographer.
From DC Theatre Scene, "A solid 'Proof' from Peter's Alley"
"Peter’s Alley Theatre Productions, in its current production of Proof, tests the following theorem: let x = one of the thirty best English-language plays of the last twenty years and let y = a bold new approach, utilizing excellent actors. Does x factored by y yield a fresh, revitalized version of Proof?  The results of the experiment I saw Saturday night is an unqualified yes. At Peter’s Alley, we are seeing a celebration of obsession, held by three people who share that obsession against an uncomprehending world. It is a recognition that intellectual accomplishment, that knowing, is better than heroin, and more addicting. It is a Proof for thinkers."

​"It is one of the great pleasures of theatergoing to see a familiar play reupholstered with a dynamic new approach, carried on by a proficient director and by fine actors. I saw that happen with Rep Stage’s fabulous production of The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? and Steppenwolf’s groundbreaking Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Arena Stage and, though the fresh approach is not as radical here, it is every bit as much a pleasure."

From DC Metro Theater Arts, "'Proof' at Peter's Alley"
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Director Angela Pirko unifies a talented cast of four actors with all the right balances in staging and blocking. Pacing is often a critical part of drama and Pirko lets the play flow naturally passing from one scene to the next with a uniquely presented intro to each scene."

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