REVIEWS
"NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU CAST SOMEONE, THERE'S SOME DOUBT. WITH ISAAC, IT'S THE OPPOSITE. ISAAC DOES SOMETHING ON STAGE EVERY SHOW THAT REMINDS YOU HOW A PIECE OF THEATER CAN IMPACT AN AUDIENCE; THE WAY THAT A PLAY CAN BECOME PART OF SOMEONE'S LEXICON OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ALIVE."
-JAKE SHORE
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JULY 2024
CON
BROOKLYN ART HAUS
"ISAAC J. CONNER… GIVES BILL INTELLIGENCE AND GRAVITAS… BALANCING FIERY CONVICTION WITH PROTECTIVE CONCERN."
~EMILY CORDES, THEATRE IS EASY
"UNCLE BILL (ISAAC J. CONNER)… SHOWS US A MIX OF KINDNESS AND MENACE… A PARTLY COMIC CHARACTER, A SNAKE LONG AFTER EDEN, WHOSE BELIEFS ARE SO ROOTED IN CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT THEY CAN SEEM COMICAL.
CONNER SHOWS US A CHARMING, CONFIDENT, MISGUIDED PERSON WHO BY EVADING REALITY EVADES RESPONSIBILITY.”
~DAVID SOLLOWAY, ENCORE THEATER REVIEWS
https://www.encoretheaterreviews.com/post/shore-s-con-an-eye-opening-drama
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“GREAT ACTING.”
“SOMEBODY GIVE THESE FOLKS A BROADWAY BUDGET ALREADY!”
JACK MANSFIELD GOODWIN
~SHOW SCORE
https://www.show-score.com/off-broadway-shows/con
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AUGUST 2023
TRY FOR THE KINGDOM
SOUR GRAPES VENO THEATER
“VERY SOLID ENSEMBLE EFFORT. THE STANDOUT FOR ME BEING ISAAC CONNER (MOE) WHO PRESENTED A THOUGHTFUL COMMUNICATIVE PERFORMANCE OF A MAN DESPARETLY TRYING TO HOLD HIS WORLD TOGETHER.”
~OWEN, SHOW SCORE
"THE ACTING HITS. GREAT ACTING"
"THESE ARE 3 FANTASTIC ACTORS."
"BEST SHOW I'VE SEEN FROM THIS PLAYWRIGHT"
-SHOW SCORE
https://www.show-score.com/off-off-broadway-shows/try-for-the-kingdom
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JUNE 2022
KING KONG
RADIO THEATRE NYC
“ISAAC J. CONNER LENDS HOWLING INTENSITY TO THE ISLAND’S NATIVE CHIEF, AND EARNESTNESS TO THE FAST-TALKING REPORTERS, CREW MEMBERS, AND BYSTANDERS OF KONG’S NARRATIVE.”
-EMILY CORDES, THEATRE IS EASY
http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/2022/K/kingkong.php
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AUGUST 2019
FANCY MAIDS
RAVE THEATER FESTIVAL
“CONNER’S PORTRAYAL OF VIRGINIA SLAVE OWNER RICHARD IS EFFECTIVELY REVOLTING.”
-ANNA ALTHEIDE, THE ENSEMBLIST
http://www.theensemblist.com/blog/2019/8/18/fancy-maids
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AUGUST 2019
THE SUN HANGS THERE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AND THE TREES
UNDER ST. MARKS
“IT WAS THESE MOMENTS (OFTEN BETWEEN ISAAC J. CONNER’S BARRY AND ANDREA PETERSON’S NORA) THAT I ENJOYED THE MOST. THESE MOMENTS WERE [FILLED] TO THE BRIM WITH HIGH TENSION AND AN URGENCY AND I WAS ALWAYS EAGER TO FIND OUT MORE WHENEVER THESE TWO SPOKE... ONE GREAT SCENE BETWEEN KEN AND BARRY... HELD A MOMENT OF SILENCE THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING IN THE PLAY."
-MAX BERRY, ONSTAGE BLOG
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FEBRUARY 2019
THE MORTALITY MACHINE
WILDRENCE
“PART OF THIS SUCCESS COMES FROM THE DESIGN ELEMENTS, WHICH ARE WONDERFUL, BUT IT IS EQUALLY DUE TO THE FANTASTIC AND CAPABLE CAST. ISAAC CONNER, AS THE DOWN-TO-BUSINESS LAWYER, AND KELSEY RONDEAU, AS... WELL...IT'S COMPLICATED, ARE BOTH STANDOUTS.“
-BUDDHA-PIG (SAM), SHOW SCORE
https://www.show-score.com/off-off-broadway-shows/the-mortality-machine
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FEBRUARY 2016
THE PAVILION
LEWISBURG HOTEL
“IN THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME, CONNER NICELY ACQUITS HIMSELF, THANKS IN PART TO HIS OBVIOUS CONCERN FOR DETAIL AND THE VETERAN THREE-PERSON CAST.”
-JACK FELIX, WILLIAMSPORT SUN-GAZETTE
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JUNE 2013
BILLTOWN BURLESCAPADES
PAJAMA FACTORY
“LAST NIGHT WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE EVENING I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN WILLIAMSPORT!.. THE BILLTOWN BURLESCAPADES ELEVATES MY OPINION OF THE LOCAL ARTS SCENE BECAUSE IT WAS GENUINELY AWESOME. I USUALLY ASSUME I HAVE TO TRAVEL TO ONE OF THE EAST COAST’S MAJOR CITIES TO FIND ANY ALTERNATIVE CULTURE."
-WILLIAMSPORT WEB DEVELOPER (ROBERT)
