Ruben Carrazana

“Carrazana turns in a searing performance.”

“The lead actors, Boler and Carrazana, inhabit their roles fully. You definitely feel there’s chemistry between Anna and Oliver and their performances bring you to sympathize with their situations, both personal and environmental. That makes the final scene in After the Blast truly devastating.”

“Boler and Carrazana embody the best and worst of married life, where complementary personality traits (Anna’s emotional receptivity and Oliver’s determined cheeriness) sometimes sustain each other, and at other times make it feel like a prison sentence.”

“... a tour-de-force two-hander, giving life to two characters who we may not always like, but who feel uncomfortably familiar... Carrazana manages to create a real emotional arc for the character...”

“... outstanding, funny and thought-provoking... these two actors create larger-than-life characters in their extreme flawed human-ness. We see ourselves in them.”

“... actors Ruben Carrazana and Dani Nelson turned in lovely performances, slowly revealing their characters’ arcs in an intimate and spectacle-free staging...”

“My favorite moment in the play was Ruben’s monologue to a sleeping Dani. Ruben Carrazana, the actor, thoroughly inhabited that moment as a vulnerable, confused boyfriend in a way that seemed so effortless — a hallmark of fine acting. ”

“This is a small play with a big story. Both of the actors carry it off beautifully.”

“... Ruben Carrazana, in a terrific sad-clown performance.”

“... there are two stand-out performances. Garret Storms... plays Benjamin with complete, cold-hearted, hot-headed conviction, while Ruben Carrazana plays his sidekick Georg as the complete opposite, an insecure mouse. Georg is so beaten down and closeted, he’s just grateful for any attention Benjamin gives him. Carrazana is an affecting, sadsack clown.”

“Ruben Carrazana’s Georg is the most affecting and three-dimensional character.”

“... a touchingly gentle Ruben Carrazana...”

“Ruben Carrazana, as Benjamin’s sidekick and fellow outcast, provides much-needed comic relief, but always with a hint of sadness.”

“... the real beast of the story is Séptimo. Ruben Carrazana makes him painfully real... Mr. Carrazana gives the character moments of vulnerability... It is an uncompromising performance and Ruben Carrazana delivers it with skill.”

“Carrazana makes Séptimo so easy to dislike. At the performance viewed, the audience found some of his actions and words quite objectionable and voiced grunts, sighs, and other sounds of disapproval...”

“Wolf at the Door doesn’t deal in broad strokes... Septimo has his moments of contrition and tenderness. He provides for his wife and gives her a lovely hearth. But lurking beneath this layer of benevolence is his unresolved need to degrade her, or whatever fuels his toxic rage.”

“... a gently funny and magnetic Ruben Carrazana.”

“Carrazana’s magnetic personality and awkward coming-of-age stories... had the audience in stitches.”

“Standout performances in the spirited ensemble came from Colby Calhoun, who plays Lilith Jr., Monet Lerner as Babette Stevens... and Ruben Carrazana as the old-timey movie star Harry Caramel.”

“... a surreal, bizarre, and exceptionally entertaining performance... this quirky, rapid-fire theatrical fever dream felt like a late-night variety show conjured straight out of an alternate dimension.”

“Priscilla Rice and Ruben Carrazana deserve particular recognition for their constantly powerful and easily distinguishable characters.”