THE HOUSE OF THE NEGRO INSANE @59E59
“Anthony understands that people imprisoned by history are not therefore deprived of fantasy, memory, music, humor, or dreams. Indeed, these may be precisely the things that allow them to remain human…. Anthony’s achievement is to make that history breathe through individual lives.”
Tony Marinelli, TheaterScene
“The House of the Negro Insane … is evocative, satisfying, and memorable theater … [that] feels new with its sky-high stakes. Elements combine to form a strong undercurrent of violence that often erupts unexpectedly, and the sparks of art, beauty, and human connection resonate more because of that brutality.
“Anthony’s sharp script also adds immediacy. Refusing to give the audience a mere history lesson, he keeps the story close to the characters and lets the context reveal itself organically.”
Rachel Graham, Theatermania
GODSPEED
“Godspeed celebrates Black cowboy culture and takes on post-Civil War Texas with a single bullet.”
Chandra Thomas Whitfield, CPR News
“Terence Anthony’s new play is a different kind of Western, following a woman who escapes slavery to become a kind of avenging outlaw.”
Jerald Raymond Pierce, American Theatre
THE HOUSE OF THE NEGRO INSANE @CATF
“…vividly invokes a shameful American past.”
Peter Marks, Washington Post
“The House of the Negro Insane will sweep you up in a tornado of emotions and deliver a few gut-punches as well. A polished piece of playwriting, this piece… should find its place on stages across the country.”
Andrew White, Broadway World
“A grippingly intense experience of theater, and a microcosm of Jim Crow America.”
Bob Ashby, DC THEATER ARTS
“A disturbing, gripping play. The playwright uses a gruesome, little known setting, adds compelling characters and tells the story of extreme government-sanctioned racial injustice.”
J. Wynn Rousuck, WYPR (Baltimore NPR station)
BURNERS
“Terence Anthony has written and crafted a wonderful world… a powerhouse of a show that must be seen.”
Matthew Robinson, LA Theater Bites
BLOOD AND THUNDER
“…[Anthony] possesses an ear for language… Blood has a lived-in quality that draws you closer.”
Charlotte Stoudt, LA Times
“…the dynamic plot structure will hold your attention with a firm but gentle grip. As the lights came up I couldn’t wait to hash out some of the emotions this play had brought out in me…”
Jessie Kahnweiler, LAist