The Chance Theater| Fun Home
"Achingly real...Director Marya Mazor expertly builds the family's mini-dramas toward their powerful resolution while artfully deploying the cast of nine" -LA Times (Critic's Choice)
"Searingly poignant"
-Broadwayworld
"all of this has previously come together quite terrifically in a couple of big-stage proscenium productions reviewed here, neither of them can match Fun Home as reconceived by master director Marya Mazor" -Stage Scene LA
"highly entertaining... compelling and life-affirming... stellar"
-OC Register
Geffen Playhouse | The Model Apartment | by Donald Margulies
"GO!...plays out with great delicacy under Marya Mazor's direction" - LA Weekly
"Director Marya Mazor gets complex emotional performances from her talented cast. Marks is superb as Debby, both victim and monster, in a brilliant performance"- Stage Raw
"Skilllfully acted by its superb cast... the show also benefits from Marya Mazor's firm, deft direction" - TotalTheatre.com
Photo credit: Geffen Playhouse production of The Model Apartment. Jeff Lorch Photography
The Road Theatre | The Rescued | by Julie Marie Myatt
"on the razor's edge between the hilarious and the heartbreaking...packs an emotional punch that may floor you"- LA Times
"a spectacular cast"- StageRaw
"one of the most unique shows I have ever watched"- Splash Magazine
"WOW!" - StageScene LA
South Coast Repertory Theatre | Ivy & Bean, The Musical | Book, music and lyrics by Scott Elmegreen
Based on the books by Annie Barrows
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
The Chance Theater | Tigers Be Still | by Kim Rosenstock
"100% Sweet" - Better Lemons
A "highly impressive...terrific production with all four actors in fine form" - LA Times Daily Pilot
A "laugh-packed" production with "absolutely terrific performances"- StageSceneLA
"Adroit storytelling."" Orange County Register
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THE WINGED MAN |
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With Ana Ortiz
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"A beautifully shot film...Awesome..." - The Daily Contributor
Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble | Pure Confidence | by Carlyle Brown
"Director Marya Mazor has breathed life into Carlyle Brown's script...an extraordinary tale...a true ensemble piece" - Broadwayworld
"the most purely entertaining (and elucidating and emotionally powerful) show in town"- StageSceneLA
"A splendid production" The Los Angeles Post
Magnificent...I cannot but praise director Mazor"- Night Tinted Glasses
"Brilliant. Masterly direction." - Theatre Spoken Here
International City Theatre | A Splintered Soul | by Alan Lester Brooks
"The entire cast does remarkable work, astutely and knowledgeably directed by Marya Mazor" - Will Call
"under the keen direction of Marya Mazor, the cast is spellbinding"- Theatre Notes
"fine acting and economic direction" - OC Register
Chapman University | Lysistrata | by Aristophanes, adapted by Ellen McLaughlin
Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Out of Our Father's House | Story by Eve Merriam
a "quietly but irresistibly persuasive reminder that herstory is part of history...smoothly directed" - The Stage
"a remarkably well-staged play filled with strong, inspiring women, this production is a must" - The Student
"profound a resonant, from a mop and bucket wielding army of women to a spine-chilling moment of pure theatricality." - The List
"an enlightening performance" - The Scotsman
Son of Semele Theater | That Pretty, Pretty...or the Rape Play | by Sheila Callaghan
"A high octane production...vividly imagined by Mazor in a precision staging" - LA Weekly
"Director Marya Mazor is up to the challenge of the play." - Stage Raw
Chance Theater | The Goat | by Edward Albee
"A Superlative production...stellar in every particular...a pitch-perfect staging."
-LA Times, Critic's Choice
"scaldingly funny"
-Critic's Pick- BackStage
"A world-class production"
-Orange County Register
"A Smash Hit! Exceptional" -Yahoo Associated Content
"Crisply Executed and Fully Professional" -OC-Weekly
Chance Theater | The Dragon Play | by Jenny Connell Davis
"starkly haunting and richly rewarding... Magnificent to behold"
-Orange County Register
"inventive direction"
-StageScene LA
"solid performances"
-Orange Curtain Review
The Road Theatre | The English Bride | by Lucile Lichtblau
"Marya Mazor boldly addresses her material. A well-paced staging, striking projection design." -LA Times
"Recommended! Superb acting magnifies the already swelling tension."
-Stage Raw
"Riveting! Superlative performances, directed with brilliant intensity."
-Theatre Spoken Here
"Deeply stirring! Profound!" -Tolucan Times
Disney Cruise Lines - Disney Fantasy | Aladdin
"an ambitious undertaking with several production numbers, grand entrances, pyrotechnics, many costume changes and creative special effects, punctuated by a flying carpet scene that soars"
-Orlando Sentinel
Chance Theater | Time Stands Stills | by Donald Margulies
"...Mazor exploits the tension and strained relations between people who have allowed their professional and personal lives to commingle, and her splendid cast members realize the Tony Award-nominated play's full potential."-OC Register
"Donald Margulies' intelligent, perceptive, often funny, always compelling Time Stands Still, now getting a superb Orange County Premiere at Anaheim's Chance Theater with crackerjack director Marya Mazor assuredly at the helm." -StageSceneLA
"I'd advise you to put The Chance Theatre revival on your must-see list. You're going to miss one of the better shows of the year if you don't." -Examiner.com
"one of the most stunning and thought-provoking theater experiences of its time.-Angela Hatcher, Fullerton Observer
Open Fist Theatre Company | Mad Forest | by Caryl Churchill
"a transporting production...a singular directorial vision"-Hollywood Reporter
"a solid production... Director Marya Mazor has done a terrific job" -Backstage
"a riveting and worthy trip to the Mad Forest...Mazor's production skirts sensationalism and never bombards us with bloody bodies; her choice to embrace the subtlety of the piece richly pays off." -StageandCinema.com
". . . wowza, does Open Fist Theatre Company know how to produce it, bringing the structurally unwieldy, big-cast, part-foreign language script to vivid life...an amazing cast" -Arts in LA
"100% SWEET" - Better Lemons
Chance Theater | Overlooked | by Brian Nelson
"Despite the sleek, chic look of visual elements, it's Mazor's quintet of actors, and what she does with them, that get this darkly cynical comedy flying high." -Backstage
"outstanding staging" -OC Register
"incisive direction" -Stage Scene LA
"Marya Mazor's staging is an intriguing piece of performance art all by itself"-LA Stage Times
Chance Theater | Nerve | by Adam Szymkowicz
"delightful"
-OC Register
"WOW!"
-StageScene LA
"Mazor allows the evening's events to unfold in a stylized, semi-surreal way that nonetheless rings of reality" -BackStage
Open Fist Theatre | GOLIATH | by Karen Hartman
"Exceptional...One of the Highlights of 2009"
- L.A. STAGE WATCH
The Lewis Family Playhouse | The BFG | by David Wood, adapted from the book by Roald Dahl
Voice & Vision Theater | The Fall and Repentance of Mary | by Hrotswitha
Voice & Vision Theater | Firedance | by Chiori Miyagawa
"Fiercely evocative"
- The Village Voice
Berkeley Repartory Theatre | Day Standing on Its Head | by Philip Kan Gotanda
"A beautifully staged fantasia"
- San Francisco Examiner
"A breathtaking dream"
- San Francisco Chronicle
New York Stage & Film | Mirrors Remembered | by Cary Wong
"Staged with tremendous elegance and vibrance"
- Poughkeepsie Journal
"Spectacular and risk taking"
- Harlem Valley Times
The Public Theater | Zel Rebels | one-woman show by Ellen Hulkower
"Feisty and Fresh"
- The New York Times
