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...Donahue??s enthusiasm, complemented by a long list of theater credits, has been recognized by the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA). He is one of two recipients of the 2004-2005 Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts, which recognizes “outstanding artistic talent and achievement in the composition or performance of music, drama, dance, or the visual arts…in the sum of a student’s artistic activities at Harvard...
...comedy, and the deployment of actors into elaborate, atmospheric sets that enhance the bleak spaces that separate them emotionally. Though some of his tropes can be grating—the alternations between loud yelling, electronica, and animalistic sexuality has grown somewhat predictable—we have all witnessed in Donahue??s work the genesis of a style, and the preliminary efforts of a professional talent of whom we will no doubt hear again...
Director Mike Donahue??s The Physicists is, in a word, flawless. Boasting excellent acting and incredible production values, and held together by a directorial efficacy that demonstrates talent beyond simple professionalism, The Physicists is far and away the best production I have seen mounted in the Loeb Mainstage in the past four years...
...opening night, comic timing could be as precise as it was had been unthinkable for me prior to attendance. The extent to which I found myself drawn into the performance rivaled what only rarely happens to me in observing professional, ‘real-world’ theater. Indeed, Donahue??s prowess extended far beyond mere mise-en-scene. I had been cautioned, prior to attending The Physicists, that Dürrenmatt’s script had its imperfections. However, much to his credit Donahue has eliminated many of its weaker stretches, and the resulting dialogue and plot...
...overplanned.” The review sparked a controversy in the Harvard theater world, leading Ursula G. DeYoung ’04 to write a long letter to the editor defending the actress’s performance and calling the play “a brilliant confirmation of Mike Donahue??s genius...