“It’s as if Sid Vicious suddenly became a Trapist Monk…”– Backstage
“director Josh T. Ryan has managed a neat trick, he actually unearthed considerable humor in Dostoevsky’s subterranean work…Josh T. Ryan approaches his subject with near-surreal archness, a frenetic tack that is hysterical in every sense of the word…”– Los Angeles Times
“Josh T. Ryan is a gifted comedic actor, a postmodern Red Skelton who uses gesture and physicality to convey the core of character.” – Backstage
“Josh T. Ryan ably translates Dostoevsky’s verbose psychological study into a surprisingly visual evening.” – L.A. Weekly
“The fire sign theatre-flavored finale, “Divorce”, benefits from director Josh T. Ryan and Rainey K. Taylor, hilarious as an ex-power couple in caustic reunion at their problem child’s boarding school.”– Los Angeles Times
“Josh T. Ryan is priceless as the swaggering Rogue; whether calculating how many 5-year-olds he can beat up or recounting his exploits on the streets of the concrete jungle, he perfectly captures the spirit of bygone literary heroics.”– Backstage
“Josh T. Ryan is enormously appealing and suitably scary as the beleaguered painter with no legitimate way out of his addictions.”– Backstage
“Josh T. Ryan is marvelously off beat…”– LA Weekly
“In the original film, it was actor Henry Silva who scared the sheets out of them, and here Josh T. Ryan outdoes Silva as a chilling, ruthless villain who would just as soon shoot you up with a needle or a gun.”– Jose Ruiz, Review Plays
“Big impression on me was Josh T. Ryan in the role of the FBI guy. Italian New Yorker through and through, Unbelievable!”– Goldstar
“Josh T. Ryan infuses the Rogue with an almost Chaplinesque romance, with demure aristocracy, a twirling cane and an intellectual voice.”– Jose Ruiz, Review Plays
