Rancho Mirage at Olney Theatre Center

Washington Post - Somewhat Recommended

"...The cast members of "Rancho Mirage" dutifully fulfill their fairly colorless assignments. (I was never fully convinced that any of these people liked one another, which is why the ending struck me as especially false.) Konicek is most successful here, managing to suggest in Nick's hale-fellow countenance that as coping strategies go, denial may not be so unhealthy after all. And Beckman proves to be the bravest, allowing us to see unflattering aspects of a character that might explain a partner's turning cold."

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Directed by Olney's Artistic Director Jason Loewith, this rapid-fire comedy is a roller coaster of witty banter that unravels the best of relationships all in one evening as the secrets shoot to the surface and the truths break through the light of carefully constructed facades."

MD Theatre Guide - Recommended

"...With substantial support from the National New Play Network, Olney Theatre is joining two other American professional theatres in birthing Rancho Mirage, the new play by acclaimed American playwright Steven Dietz, directed at Olney by Jason Loewith. And indeed, such a nurturing embrace of new theatrical work inspires keen applause.  Certainly, the friendly audience at the Press Opening of Rancho Mirage warmly welcomed this new work, which is a recipient of a 2013 Edgerton Foundation New American Plays award.

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

Steven Dietz’s Rancho Mirage could also, with justice, be called Dinner with Horrible People, but that title would lack the mytho-poetic cachet of the title actually chosen. So the prolific Dietz’s new story is instead named after the gated community which is its situs, and which suggests the state of his characters’ material and emotional security.