Fake It Until You Make It Reviews

Washington Post- Somewhat Recommended

"...Set in sunny Los Angeles, where this co-production between Arena Stage and Center Theatre Group premiered in February, "Fake It Until You Make It" imagines a do-gooder utopia: the vibrant courtyard of a building for organizations serving Indigenous causes. Who counts as Indigenous and what counts as a cause are among the many targets of the play's diffuse satire: earnestness, hypocrisy, environmentalism and (gulp) race as a social construct all come under gleeful fire."

DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended

"...Directed by Michael John Garc?s, Larissa FastHorse?s satirical farce is making its DC debut at Arena Stage after a run in Los Angeles at Center Theatre Group earlier this year. In Fake It Until You Make It, tensions immediately flare between River (Amy Brenneman), the aforementioned founder of INS, and Wynona (Shyla Lefner), founder of N.O.B.U.S.H., who is passionate about butterfly protection and firm in her Indigenous identity."

Talkin Broadway- Somewhat Recommended

"...Director Michael John Garc?s has worked hard to shape this confusing mess; the production has a few sparkling moments, then it's back to the yowling cat and the last-minute revelation of secrets."

Washington City Paper- Somewhat Recommended

"...Ultimately, despite stacking up double takes and scoring a few zingers-River being labeled a "White woman cat colonizer" among them-Fake It Until You Make It is never quite the laugh riot it purports to be. Is it pointed? Convicting? Thought-provoking? Sure, but even then, the fact that FastHorse and Garces keep the reversals and histrionics going until the final seconds left a lack of thematic resolution verging on the nihilistic. "You are killing your own vibes," Grace says to Krys at one point. For all its good intentions, it's hard not to say the same of this production."