The Jammer - Off-Broadway

Reviews

• Review by David Cote
  from Time Out New York
  January 23, 2013

  ‘‘'The Jammer' is a ripsnorting, bodily-fluids-drenched, retro riot.’’

• Review by Suzy Evans
  from Backstage
  January 23, 2013

  ‘‘Under Jackson Gay’s astute direction, Rolin Jones’ play, led by a revelatory performance from Patch Darragh, tugs at the heartstrings and resonates with the emotional dreamer in all of us. ‘The Jammer’ isn’t groundbreaking, but it does what theater does best: It appeals to the audience’s emotional sensibility and delivers a beautiful story in a beautiful way.’’

• Review by Joe Dziemianowicz
  from The New York Daily News
  January 23, 2013

  ‘‘Equally irresistible is director Jackson Gay’s clever staging. It blends spry actors and cheesy cardboard cutouts in down-and-dirty derby sequences. That’s the moral: Jam a show with imagination and you don’t need pricey effects.’’

• Review by Jennifer Farrar
  from Associated Press
  January 23, 2013

  ‘‘‘The Jammer,’ a new play by Rolin Jones is a wonderful, energetic and authentic-feeling recreation of those matches. It's an homage to 1950s roller derby and the pugnacious athletes who competed, fought, loved and lost. ’’