CRITICAL PRAISE
Ensemble Studio Theatre
"Benjamin Pelteson, as Don Caspar, an American disciple of Franklin's, impresses as a sympathetic soul in Franklin's world of nonchalant vipers."
-Karl Levett, Backstage
"In her possible romance with Caspar at the end of the play and in the missed opportunity for Wilkins to bond with her over Shakespeare, it is the wistfulness and remorse of the men that is most sympathetic."
-Victoria Linchong, NYTheatre.com
-Karl Levett, Backstage
"In her possible romance with Caspar at the end of the play and in the missed opportunity for Wilkins to bond with her over Shakespeare, it is the wistfulness and remorse of the men that is most sympathetic."
-Victoria Linchong, NYTheatre.com
Baltimore Centerstage
“Benjamin Pelteson makes a compelling figure of a patient in whom suffering has extinguished anything except fanatical certainty.”
-Peter Marks, The Washington Post
“Subtly and powerfully portrayed”
-James Howard, Broadwayworld.com
-Peter Marks, The Washington Post
“Subtly and powerfully portrayed”
-James Howard, Broadwayworld.com
Chester Theatre Company
"Dov (Benjamin Pelteson) exchanges guilt-studded bravado with enough global guilt
to sustain a kibbutz of mothers."
- Donna Bailey-Thompson, In The Spotlight
to sustain a kibbutz of mothers."
- Donna Bailey-Thompson, In The Spotlight
Shakespeare on the Sound
“Benjamin Pelteson, as his Dromio, is an engaging clown well in command of physical antics and comic timing.”
-Irene Backalenick, Connecticut Post
"Benjamin Pelteson is a delightful clown.”
-David A. Rosenberg, The Hour
-Irene Backalenick, Connecticut Post
"Benjamin Pelteson is a delightful clown.”
-David A. Rosenberg, The Hour
Northern Stage
“Pelteson brings a madcap freneticism which arrives on stage just as you wonder whether things can get any zanier. They can, and they do.”
-Charlie McMeekin, The Herald
“The Man who Came to Dinner places pivotal plot points in the hands of two ‘minor’ characters: dashing, foppish actor Beverly Carlton (Kevin Carter) and impish skirt-chaser Banjo (Ben Pelteson), presumably stand-ins for Noel Coward and Harpo Marx. Appearing well into the action, Carter and Pelteson are like gold nuggets found at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.”
-Tom Hill, Valley News
-Charlie McMeekin, The Herald
“The Man who Came to Dinner places pivotal plot points in the hands of two ‘minor’ characters: dashing, foppish actor Beverly Carlton (Kevin Carter) and impish skirt-chaser Banjo (Ben Pelteson), presumably stand-ins for Noel Coward and Harpo Marx. Appearing well into the action, Carter and Pelteson are like gold nuggets found at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.”
-Tom Hill, Valley News
