THE TWO OF YOU at The Kitchen

“As the emotional stakes increase, there's barely chance to catch one's breath - especially since the play's momentum is propelled by that signature DYKSTRAVAGANT LOVE OF LANGUAGE. Lots of it, delivered by thinking characters whose mouths move as fast as their minds. Lest this sound overwhelming, be assured it's also very clever, very funny, and tenderly human - this is a love story that has to reinvent itself.”

– Ithaca Journal (read full review)

SPILL THE WINE at TBG Theatre (GayFest NYC)

“What elevates Spill the Wine is Dykstra's unabashed adoration of language and its infinite uses. The words that spring from his characters' mouths bite, bark, stab, comfort, punish, console, cuddle, and entertain, often switching permutations within a matter of seconds. And although most of the dialogue is laden with quotable one-liners, it is when he lets his characters breathe into minutes-long monologues that Dykstra truly revels in his talent as a wordsmith.”

- NYTheatre.com (Critics Pick)
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Brian Dykstra THE JESUS FACTOR at Barrow Street Theatre

Has also been performed at Comix in NYC, the Whitefire Theatre in Los Angeles, The Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, and Ohio University.

“Dykstra Strikes Again!
The Jesus Factor is must-see theatre for every concerned citizen, regardless of their political leanings. ...engaging in every sense of the word!”

Critics Pick, NYtheatre.com

CLEAN ALTERNATIVES, Yellow Taxi Productions (Nashua, NH)

 “Every element clicks in 'Clean Alternatives'---The message transcends environmentalism to attack a bigger picture, the corporate-government amalgamation that controls the puppet strings and sets and then bends the rules by which everyone else unwittingly plays.”

Nashua Telegraph (read full review)

HIDING BEHIND COMETS at Birmingham Theatre Festival

“Dykstra uses the [Jim] Jones backdrop to touch on a number of serious topics, from the closeness of twins (can one really feel the other's pain?) to whether genes make some children inherently evil.”

The Birmingham News

STRANGERHORSE at the Kitchen Theatre Company

"Brian Dykstra already has an international reputation, well-grounded on his surpassing verbal pyrotechnics and an almost Hitchcockian sense of how an everyday encounter can be rewritten to rattle your timbers. Dykstra is not one of those playwrights who thinks that the American theater is supposed to be an aspirin for the middle class." (read the full review)

Syracuse New Times

CLEAN ALTERNATIVES at the Kitchen Theatre Company

"Many playwrights have been trying to reinvent the American language on stage, starting with David Mamet, whose Speed-The-Plow (1988) is kind of predecessor to this play. You hear it also in Aaron Sorkin's new TV series Stuido 60 On The Sunset Strip. Brian Dykstra exceeds them both in bringing vernacular poetry alive." 

Syracuse New Times (read full review)

CLEAN ALTERNATIVES at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

“At last! A real, grown-up American play!"

The Guardian

Winner Fringe First Award

HIDING BEHIND COMETS at Zeitgeist Stage, Boston

by Brian Dykstra

"A nail-biting, edge-of-you-seat drama…You'll be hard-pressed to find a more riveting two hours of theater in Boston. It doesn't get much better than this!"

Nick Dussault, Boston Metro

CLEAN ALTERNATIVES a Fresh Ice production at 59E59 Theatres (Off-Broadway)

"Brian Dykstra wields a monologue like a sword!

Mark Blankenship, Variety
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HIDING BEHIND COMETS at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

by Brian Dykstra

"A riveting edge-of-the-seat affair shot through with sex, violence and narrative thrills.  Hiding Behind Comets will show up again somewhere soon and it will sell a lot of tickets."

Chris Jones, Variety (Cincinnati Playhouse production)
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HIDING BEHIND COMETS at 29th Street Rep, New York

by Brian Dykstra

“Tense barroom thriller… Sexually charged… Fiery… Mesmerizing… Riveting”

Marilyn Stasio, Variety
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BRIAN DYKSTRA: CORNERED & ALONE
a comedic rant of political proportations

Written & performed by Brian Dykstra

"One Off Broadway production you can be sure Republicans won't be flocking to is "Brian Dykstra: Cornered & Alone," but Democrats and environmentalists are going to find Mr. Dykstra 's EXHILARATING one-man show INTOXICATING and enormously satisfying."

The New York Times
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THAT DAMN DYKSTRA (the boxed set)

by Brian Dykstra

“Brian Dykstra is working hard to turn ranting into a new genre, and if he succeeds comedy may not be safe…”

The Village Voice

STRANGERHORSE at Access Theater

by Brian Dykstra

“…picture perfect play…more explosive than fireworks on the pier.”

Next Magazine

SILENCE at College of the Holy Cross

by Brian Dykstra

Has also been performed at The Stella Adler Conservatory and the At Hand Theatre Company.

ANOTHER BED (short film)

by Brian Dykstra

FORSAKING ALL OTHERS at Pentameters Theatre (London), Access Theater (New York), Powerhouse Theatre (Los Angeles)

by Brian Dykstra

“A dizzying free-fall both fascinating and sickening to watch.”

Los Angeles Times

SexReligionPoliticsIsolationLove&Rage Straight Up/Water Back at West Bank Cafe

by Brian Dykstra