Fierce
“It’s a wild rollercoaster ride on rails of rapid-fire dialogue that evokes laughter, horror, sorrow and shock in about equal measure.” – Susan Walker’s Artsblog
Fierce
“One of the best theatre experiences I’ve had in a while…. Walker’s script is beautiful..”
– My Entertainment World
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“I really feel like a fly on the wall; eavesdropping on the most interesting therapy session in the world…. Walker managed to turn a simple conversation between two people into a complex narrative full of interesting twists and unexpected turns.” – Mooney on Theatre
Fierce
“At its tender heart, this is a story about healing…. Actors Marisa Crockett (psychiatrist, Maggie) and Emmelia Gordon (patient, Jayne) are both terrific.” – Toronto Guardian
Fierce
“Brilliant, complementary performances from Gordon and Crockett, playing characters that are perfect foils for each other…. As poignant as it is funny, and so very true to the mark.” – Life With More Cowbell
The Chance
“In George F. Walker’s newest play, The Chance, Walker does what he does best: champions the underdogs.”
-Lynn Slotkin, Intermission Magazine
The Chance
“Go see this show if you love laughing your face off!”
-Sonja Andic, Toronto Guardian
And So It Goes
“Walker’s script is nuanced and keenly observant of human nature. You’ll laugh as you sympathize, and you really must see it.”
-Anya Wassenberg, Art & Culture Maven
The Damage Done
“The Damage Done is one of playwright George F. Walker’s most affecting plays. While in true Walker fashion his characters are angry, lash out, criticize and condemn, there is a fragility to them.”- Lynn Slotkin, The Slotkin Letter
Dead Metaphor
“In And So It Goes, playwright George F. Walker gives us characters who aren’t just at the ends of their ropes — they’ve lost their grips on them entirely. We watch the characters in freefall, wondering why their ropes were so short and whether there was anything they could have done to hold on.”
– excerpt from Dark & Stormy follows a family off the deep end by Jay Gabler
Review of A George F. Walker Double Bill: Parents Night & The Bigger Issue
Review by Susan Walker
Review of Dead Metaphor
Review by Jordan Bimm
Review of The Crowd, Vancouver Plays Theatre Review by Jerry Wasserman
Review of Risk Everything at The New Theatre in Dublin, Ireland
“Like past works, “And So It Goes” offers a mix of pain, fear and humor. Toss in an intimate setting…. and you have a veritable feast for performers.”
-excerpt from Review: “And So It Goes” finds humanity in tragedy by Ed Huyck
“And So It Goes, a comedy that descends into some of the darkest corners of human experience, wrapped in a staging that is in equal measure smart and playful.”
-excerpt from Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul: And So it Goes by Arthur Dorman
“How do I love George F. Walker? Let me define the ways. It is difficult to put into the words the mastery with which Walker weaves together plot, story, music and lighting into roughly 80 minute long tragicomedies; plays that are so filled to the brim with humor, tragedy, absurdity, feminism, and social commentary that they appear defy the logic of time. He has resurrected the very act of theatre-going from an anachronistic novelty to an absolute necessity.”
– excerpt from About Last Night: World Premiere of We the Family by Sarah Cunnane
“This is not only Walker’s most challenging play to date, it is also one of the most disturbing and rewarding evenings of theater for quite some time.”
-excerpt from Review: ‘Heaven’ by Mira Friedlander
“Risk Everything is well worth the gamble at the Viking Theatre in Clontarf”, Review by Ailbhe Jordan
Tough, 2007 in Hanover, Germany
Tough, June 2016, Transylvania, Romania