"Mr. Kushner was commissioned by the Acting Company to write a play inspired by a Shakespearean sonnet. Well, the poem is definitely, on one level, about ambivalence, and Hendryk, played with megawatt electricity by Stephen DeRosa, has enough of that trait to take Hamlet through another five acts of vacillation. Mr. DeRosa has the bright presence and dexterous shading of which stars are made." - The New York Times
"...portrayed with keening intensity by the talented actor Stephen DeRosa. Mr. DeRosa, with his tortured eyes and Groucho-worthy comic inflections, delivers Mel's acerbic cracks with a sharp savagery. As Mel retreats into resentfulness, Mr. DeRosa curls his body into a defensive crouch, unfurling it only when Mel unleashes one of his increasingly paranoid rants." - The New York Times