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"Desmond is wonderful.

[His] bewildered charisma ... ensures

that though Ivanov can be ugly, foolish, and cruel,

we can’t dismiss him (the play’s tragedy

is that neither can anyone else).”

Sara Holdren, VULTURE​​

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​*

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"Desmond wields the audience like an accomplice.

His Ivanov is compelling, charming, evasive

--monster, victim, fraud--he wisely refuses

to resolve the ambiguity."

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Tony Marinelli, THEATERSCENE.NET

 

​*

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"ZACHARY DESMOND IS TERRIFIC."

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Mark Rifkin, @THISWEEKINNY

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*

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"Desmond's performance is a nervous,

electric portrayal that reveals the character's

youth beneath the gloom."

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Paola Bellu, STAGE & CINEMA

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*​

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"As fine a performance

of a complicated Chekhovian character

as you could ever want to see."

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Christopher Byrne, CT VOICE