“is a tone-perfect production of Pearl Cleage’s 1995 play, set in the summer of 1930, that has plenty of resonance in the summer of 2023. It also shimmers with the charisma of a terrific cast playing funny, likable, fully dimensional friends."

The New York Times  7/25/23

"Ryan George is spot-on as the skirt-chasing bachelor who may just have met his match with Kimber. He’s dad’s clear favorite..."

Onstage Colorado 4/6/22

"George has a ball with Dorante, playing him as that guy who’s 100% engaged with his many tales — at least until he starts forgetting all the details. Bullshit artist though he is, you just can’t help but like the guy."

Onstage Colorado 2/5/22

"Travis said the focus on celebrating life was highly intentional, a pact that he and his co-producers Ryan George and E. Stanley Richardson made in the early days of the play’s conception."

In the Loop 12/17/21

"And credit the Hippodrome for kicking off its long awaited season with a flash of lightening, a roar of thunder…and a stunner of a play about an extraordinary man abruptly and unexpectedly obliged to reckon with his own destiny."

The Gainesville Sun 10/24/21

"Both George and Experience are gripping in their roles and the audience connects to their characters as we attempt to engage in what is happening before us. George’s pathos as a husband, father, and preacher is tangible."

New Jersey Stage  1/29/20

"George’s Othello radiates the inner workings of the intense, able military man; all in or all out. It’s there in the perfect, assured soldier and again as passion plays out as he descends into jealousy and a madness; it’s a blissful performance."

Seacoast Online  5/7/19

 "As Terrence, George is tiger-sized, but also big enough to understand his own mistakes; when Watkins’ relentless Bankhead recites Terrence’s failings to him, Terrence winces again and again like a boxer, past the point of exhaustion, taking blows."

DC Theatre Scene  7/9/18

" The Royale plays out more like a dreamy ballet set to gritty rhythm. And the effect is sublime. Ryan George does double duty; assuming co-director duties for the first time, and turning in a surprisingly sweet and sensitive performance as Fish."

Gainesville Sun  1/17/18

"The super-buff Ryan George spends most of the night in his underwear (I didn't hear anyone complaining), but he's more than just a hard body with a pretty face. George gets huge laughs with his fidgety, cocky, happily stupid George —especially in that aforementioned striptease number and a hilariously bit of bad acting performed for the gathered family."

News-Press  11/7/14

Tarell Alvin McCraney's condensed edit of Shakespeare's masterpiece Hamlet received its share of respectful criticism, namely that its 85-minute reduction didn't capture all the nuance and brilliance of the unabridged text. Fair enough, and it's also fair to say that some characters, such as Polonius and Gertrude, arguably received short shrift, failing to emotionally register on the level they should have. Which is why Ryan George's performances stand out as much as they do: Even in this self-described "action movie" version of Hamlet, George generated a commanding presence, crafting two contradictory characters in multiple dimensions. As Laertes, he was a steely-eyed, smoldering presence whose deep wounds resonated at a deliberate pace in an otherwise speedy framework. As Rosencrantz, he enjoyed some lithe slapstick and commedia dell'arte-style improv with partner Arielle Hoffman as Guildenstern. George conveyed both tragedy and comedy, channeling both sides of Shakespeare's — and McCraney's — gifts.