Press
Cave Theatre Co. Wins an $18,000 “Incubate” Artistic Grant at the 2017 WeWork Creator Awards in New York City
“Each of the 11 Incubate finalists walked away with $18,000 including […]
Cave Theatre Co., a New York theatre company open to submissions from the public for offbeat and fresh plays.
— Cayte Bosler, Vice
Press Quotes for Cave Theatre Co.'s Production of Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries, April 2016
“[Alex Etling & Kiley Caughey] are just as convincing as eight-year-olds as they are as 38-year-olds. Through the strength of their emotional and nuanced performances the actors make us believe two characters wanting to love each other, battle scars and all.”
“[Alex Etling & Kiley Caughey] pull this play along, even with lines that dart into extreme drama and sometimes sentimentality, making each line feel authentic and making the events of the play compelling ones.”
“The strong performances make the dramatic turns and dark humor of this work believable and compelling.”
— Adrienne Urbansky, Theatre Is Easy
BroadwayWorld Reviews Cave Theatre Co.'s World Premiere Production of Divorce Party, by Lauren Wimmer
“What we have here is a masterfully crafted show called Divorce Party, something so wacky but so rooted in the inward and outward complexities of life (as are so many absurd things) that it encapsulates life as we acknowledge it to be, but are not always so eager or able to share with others. Real, tangible life where the irony here is that everyone lives in an acknowledged fantasy - the worst kind of all, where you know you are falling and failing but can’t help yourself or do anything to change the circumstances. Six friends who come together to witness how “happy” their two recently divorced friends are is already a precursor to disaster, an epiphany waiting to happen because of how “happy” they truly are not. This is the best new disaster happening in the East Village, and from the ingenious plot to the messed up crew who make it all too real, you are absolutely going to love this show.”
— BroadwayWorld.com
The New York Times: “New York Theatre Artists’ Latest Muse: Donald Trump”
“A few blocks away on St. Marks Place, the Cave Theatre Company recently ended a two-week run of the [The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui: A Gangster Spectacle]. Between scenes producers showed video clips of Mr. Trump and afterward played the Queen anthem “We Are the Champions,” which has been a staple at Trump rallies. The Cave company used campaign-style promotional posters depicting a man in a Trump-like suit with a cauliflower in his lapel. One of their social media hashtags was #makecauliflowergreatagain.”
— Corey Kilgannon, The New York Times
Press Quotes for Cave Theatre Co.'s Production of Toni Press-Coffman's Touch, January 2016
“Ultimately, considering some of its dark subject matter, the message of Touch is one of perhaps surprising hope, optimism, and possibility, and the members of Cave Theatre Co. give life and dimension to the material.”
“the majority of the storytelling burden, including tricky emotional shifts, falls on “Kyle”, and [Josh] Triplett capably shoulders that burden, playing both a young man in love and a man who feels like he has lost everything with equal conviction”
“[Alex] Etling and [Cassie] Wood are strong supporting actors, helping [Josh] Triplett to create the character of Zoë, who exists for the audience only in the words and memories of the other characters…”
“[Josh] Triplett and [Alex] Etling’s portrayal of the lifelong friendship between Kyle and Bennie is convincing…”
“[Kiley Caughey] provides an unexpected and admirably humanized avenue of help for Kyle to reconnect to himself and to other people.”
— Leah Richards & John Ziegler, Culture Catch