Cold Country Reviews

DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended

"...Director and translator Rosnizeck describes Cold Country as Finger's "most Swiss play," and ExPats' production, from Dixon's projections of Alpine scenery to the yodeling featured heavily in the sound design to the recurring folkloric motifs, feels uniquely and particularly Swiss. Yet the themes it explores, of life and death and the fragile boundary between them, are universal - and portrayed in scenes as stark and breathtaking as the Alps themselves."

Theatre Bloom- Somewhat Recommended

"...The play takes place in an isolated Swiss mountain village, which– while boasting stunning Alpine vistas which can still attract an occasional hiker– otherwise remains rural, insular, traditionally Catholic, and stubbornly resistant to change. Which, of course, means that we’re in for a glum meditation on the oppression of the old ways in the cold country air. To help situate us in the Swiss Alps, projected images of mountains, snow and sky play out in the background and often provide an appealing juxtaposition to the chill of the narrative."

BroadwayWorld- Somewhat Recommended

"...ExPats Theatre has assembled an excellent troupe of actors for Cold Country by contemporary Swiss playwright, Reto Finger. Director (and translator) Karin Rosnizeck ably guides them through an engrossing but difficult script which tries to integrate ancient rural Swiss myths with modern situations. The writer's efforts may be labored, but the acting is wonderful, as are the scenic projections. Cold Country does take an audience away from today; strong distractions help."