"From his days as a 1970s sitcom star to the present, David Birney has enjoyed a highly successful career. But the depth and breadth of his talent, on dazzling display in this problematic pair of one-acts, remain something of, well, an open secret...His highly specific characterizations are, in turn, charming and chilling."

"...Birney is far more effective as an endearingly shy New York attorney (talk about playing against type!). His character's obvious affection for the editor's wife, gives director James O'Neil's production its...emotional resonance."

"...Birney, playing an intellectual poet, is the exception. He gives his character an air of superiority, which is shattered to great effect in the play's climax."

- Tom Jacobs - BackStage June 28, 2006

"...Of course, it helps that the attorney is played by the brilliant David Birney, who provides the evening's two best performances. Disarmingly playing against type, Mr. Birney turns this would-be shark into a lovably vulnerable man whose awkwardness is genuinely appealing."

"...And the area's poet and intellectual (Mr. Birney) demands that he reveal the meaning of life."

"...Mr. Birney, who turns the poet into a suave man of the world who is just a little bit too smooth to be taken at face value. The look of existential terror in his eyes when he confronts the boy provides the production with its only jolt of genuine emotion."

- Santa Barbara News-Press, June 21, 2006