Citadel Theatre Company Peter and the Starcatcher Official Cast Statement "Why They Walked"
Kinetic Theatre Company Three Days in the Country Production Dramaturg E-Blast
Chicago Style Wrestling Inglorious Basterds Review
From Windy City Slam: "Valentine is a charismatic character, who entered the arena with a confident, but not cocky, swagger."
Super Richard World III Reviews
**2019 Chicago Reader Best New Play Runner Up!**
From Picture This Post: Most of the cast - 12 Actors in all - play several characters, each of which, in this writer’s view, is performed with dimensioned, visceral humanity -- even, perhaps especially Val Gerard Garcia’s Pikachu/Rivers.
From The Chicago Reader: "...With assists from the cast, it's the perfect upper for any adult who used to shop at Hot Topic and spent too much time taking out their feelings via Super Smash Bros.—brainy as hell and irresistibly irreverent."
Fuente Ovejuna Reviews
From Chicago Theatre Review: "Val Garcia as Mengo was the comic relief, and another of the commander’s unfortunate victims, and by and large, he definitely succeeded in leavening the darker moments without derailing their momentum."
From ReScripted: "Performers like Rob Grabowski and Val Gerard Garcia, Jr. help to instill that joy with their comedic presence."
From BuzzCenterStage: "Standout performances by Rob Garbowski as Esteban, the town magistrate; Jimmy Mann as the Inquisitor and soldier Ortuno; Val Gerard Garcia, Jr. as townsman Mengo."
As You Like It Reviews
From WC Turck: "Val Gerard Garcia Jr. as both Amiens and especially as LeBeau, a courtier, brings a vibrant, if slightly gender-bending silliness and freedom to the piece, which is exactly how I imagine Shakespeare saw him as well."
From Picture This Post: "Katherine Siegel, directer and co-artistic director of the company, finds the comedy in this familiar piece. She has assembled a cast that is skilled at both physical comedy, as well as hitting the humor of the dialogue. The fluidity of the piece moves gracefully and never loses sight of the unique and amazing vision."
Zombie Bathhouse Reviews
From the Windy City Times: "Other performances worth mentioning include Shamus Jarvis' animalistic zombie Scrimm, who steals his moments and campy Val Gerard Garcia Jr., who throws shade for laughs."
From the Chicago Reader: "Given the precedents in theater for bawdy LGBTQ comedy and undead-themed Halloween send-ups, it's astonishing that combining the two could result in a concoction as jaw-dropping as this two-hour-plus rock musical from Campsong Productions."