Washington Post - Highly Recommended
"... No shortage of imaginative brio restricts the design team of “A Trip to the Moon”: Kendra Rai’s costumes, especially for the moon monsters and the characters of the Japanese folk tale, evoke the whimsical lightness and darkness of children’s dreams. And when the energetic actors pick up their drawing implements, you can’t take your eyes off their exertions. At times, the drawings themselves seem to metamorphose into moving pictures —the art form that gives “A Trip to the Moon” its starting point. Now, to sharpen this worthwhile project, what might be required is another take or two."
DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended
"... It was an evening of pure and light-hearted fun in Crystal City last night as Synetic Theater presented its latest offering, A Trip to the Moon. The show combines George Méličs’ 1902 film Le Voyage with two other stories about space travel; The Tale of a Bamboo Cutter, a 10th Century Japanese folk tale; and Laika the Space Dog, a fictionalized telling of the story of Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth."
WeLoveDC - Recommended
"...Onoda Power is pushing the boundaries of what we expect from theater, and Synetic strives to do the same. Both are also wryly acknowledging the challenges of doing so. For me, that's exciting to witness. I'd rather see companies reach for the moon and fall, than not reach at all."
Washington City Paper - Somewhat Recommended
"... Though Synetic has handed over the keys to Power, many of its regulars remain in place: Konstantine Lortkipanidze’s driving, multivalent score, performed live from an electric piano stage right, gives the show a pulse, and the choreography is by Irina Tsikurishvili"
Washingtonian - Recommended
"... Moon is worth checking out, if only because the notions behind it are so damn interesting. The fact that it’s bold, original, and fun —it’s not every day you see a dog being sent into orbit or a princess uncovered in a bamboo stalk on stage—makes it all the more noteworthy. NASA may have abandoned its manned lunar mission and our wide-eyed Space Age optimism may have dimmed, but it’s nice to know artists like Power and Synetic’s team are still aiming for the stars."
Alexandria Times - Highly Recommended
"... Here’s the grabber up front: Synetic Theater’s “A Trip to the Moon” is one of the most exciting, imaginative and flawless pieces of theater. I’ve seen in light years. If I used a rating system, I would give it five glowing stars."
MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended
"... George Carlin famously wrote: “There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.” Power’s production of A Trip to the Moon most definitely howls—sometimes raucously to be sure, but always with an imaginative chord and a fanciful chorus. Everyone in the audience is guaranteed a feast of possibilities. And if such music be the food of our waning fascination with the moon, play on!"
DCTheatreScene - Recommended
When we (and our grandparents’ grandparents) were children we dreamed of going to the Moon, shot perhaps from an enormous precise gun and flying a quarter million miles in a speeding bullet to a place where we could leap tall mountains in a single bound (we weighed only a sixth as much on the Moon as we did on Earth, after all) and do battle with the mysterious Moon creatures we found there. Those of us who are dogs (and I know some of you are) would howl at the moon with hunger and lusty greed, and love its creamy countenance, so cool and distant and sweet.
