MARK JACKSON

“Director Mark Jackson and actors Megan Trout and Joe Estlack rank among the top Bay Area theater artists by any critical metric, high or low, for their talent, vision, and commitment.”  

SF WEEKLY

“The talents of director Mark Jackson and actors Joe Estlack and Megan Trout keep the audience mesmerized as Adam Peck's unique take on the story unfolds… A riveting production… A poetic retelling of the myth… Jackson uses sound, video and dance to create a strong mood to the piece. The result is a rewarding show.”

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

“What’s so interesting about this piece, especially in the hands of a gifted director like Mark Jackson, is that the text almost becomes secondary to the tone of the piece, which is more performance art than play, incorporating dance, soundscape and video projections. It’s a Bonnie and Clyde story by way of art installation, and it’s gorgeous… One ravishing stage picture after another… The traditional play in which Bonnie and Clyde fret and fight is interrupted by compelling moments of fantasy and dance and foreboding.”

THEATERDOGS.NET

“Compelling and tragic… The lovers' more fraught moments are bracketed by poetic and charged movements… At turns frantic, poppy, and sensuous… Riveting throughout… The whole atmosphere is pervaded by a sense of both exhilaration and doom… The play brings a devastating energy to the task of making Bonnie and Clyde's legend mortal once more.”

EAST BAY EXPRESS

“Shotgun’s Bonnie and Clyde is a thrilling production in every respect… 80 minutes of breathless excitement… A wonderful show.” 

THEATRESTORM.COM

“It's the quieter, frailer, more delicate moments in Mark Jackson's robust, at times transcendent staging that prove most memorable in this Shotgun Players production. It's a sign of Jackson's sure intelligence as a director that he can let a moment happen here wordlessly, without recourse to cut-and-dry cues of one sort or another… Enthralling… Embodying the play's only characters, Trout and Estlack are outstanding, dynamic and utterly persuasive. They'd be worth seeing even if the play and production were half as good as they are.” 

SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN

“Two actors weave a mesmerizing spell on an almost bare stage in the Shotgun Players' Bonnie & Clyde… Tight and compelling…” 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

“The word ‘gorgeous’ doesn’t even begin to brush the surface when it comes to describing the production as a whole. Just as the story of Bonnie and Clyde holds the elements of a great and lasting American myth, Shotgun Players’ Bonnie & Clyde contains all the vital ingredients of good theater. This work, directed by Mark Jackson, is a hybrid form of theater-meets-performance-art. Alluring in almost every way, the production boasts a script equally delicate and dramatic, with dreamlike interludes of internal monologues and poetry reading, coalesced with gorgeous visual projections and modern dance.”

THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN