THE CONDUCT OF LIFE by Maria Irene Fornes
"...director Sabina Ptasznik stages the piece with a ferocity and nuance that communicates both the horror of violence and our tacit acceptance of it."
-Stage Raw
"Spinning inevitably toward its harrowing and shocking conclusion, Ptasznik and her ensemble deftly create a piece of great substance that forces the audience to ask what price we pay for looking the other way in a violent world that is not necessarily as alien as we’d like to believe."
-June Carryl, The Chamberpot
"The performances in this production are intense, believable and courageous. The directing is breathlessly fast-paced and precise. It’s a stunning, heart-rending achievement."
-Theatre Ghost
OUR TOWN by Thornton Wilder
"Up in Sierra Madre, director Sabina Ptasznik avoids those pitfalls by interpreting the play in the style of a breezy poem. The characters clearly have no time for slovenly displays of emotion. When George Gibbs (Ryan Burke) collapses at the grave of his wife, Emily (Lila Dupree), and bursts into tears, a character comments from a distance, in perfect conformity with the stiff-upper-lipped tone of Ptasznik's production, "Oh, my, that's no way to behave."
-Steven Leigh Morris, L.A. Weekly
https://www.laweekly.com/thornton-wilders-our-town-and-norm-fosters-the-motor-trade/
PTSD by Tommy Smith
"Tommy Smith's dark comedy, "PTSD" packs the biggest emotional punch. Ably directed by Sabina Ptasznik, it depicts the homecoming of an emotionally barricaded war vet (effectively portrayed by an understated Jason Denuszek) and the efforts of those around him to communicate."
-Steven Leigh Morris, L.A. Weekly