| Washington Post - Somewhat Recommended
"...As this recounting of the plot suggests, "Boged" clings fairly tightly to the hem of its well-known source material. Unfortunately, the piece, produced at Georgetown University's Gonda Theatre by Theater J, never establishes itself as anything more than a bland knockoff. The wooden staging by director Joseph Megel often serves to underline the lugubrious tendencies in Gaon and Erez's English dialogue. And no one's cause is aided by some halting delivery, oscillating accents and the flubbing of several lines, as occurred in the Gonda on Tuesday night."
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Washingtonian - Recommended
"...The imposing digital window is the main focal point of designer Robbie Hayes's* set (which means a virtual rock, rather than an actual one, gets thrown at the Doany household by an angry mob; it's a jarring, strange effect). Theater J's fine cast extends from Nadia Mahdi as Katy, Tommy's elegant and cautious wife, to Mark Halpern as Yair, a morally conflicted television producer who'd be at home on the set of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom. Hemmingsen and Tolaydo prove to be powerful adversaries as the events of Boged put further strain on their family connection. But the real scene stealer is Marshall, the colorful and ruthless businesswoman who treats blackmail as a game, laughs at idealism, and manipulates idealistic scientists, Russian ex-pats, and Christian Texas billionaires with equal ease and amusement."
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DC Metro Theater Arts - Highly Recommended
"...Doing the right thing will always start a war. In a time plagued with controversy, a thought-provoking intensely profound new work comes out of Theater J's 'Voices From A Changing Middle East Festival' as they collaborate with Georgetown University to mount Boged(Traitor): An Enemy of the People to the stage. Directed by Joseph Megel, this fast-paced high intensity production is Nir Erez and Boaz Gaon's (translated into English by Gaon) adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. Evoking controversial conversation with this production, the company brings an awe-inspiring tale of politics, family and the crusade of truth and justice to the stage in a tightly-packed 110 minutes of continuous drama."
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