“absolutely excellent”

-The New York Times

In the spring of 2025, Colt Coeur and Level Forward raised over $18k for the New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF) through a one-night 10th anniversary reading of Ruby Rae Spiegel's Dry Land.

Camping is part of a modern wave of smart art about the humiliations and passions of girlhood

- The New Yorker

"There’s a glitter to the young: The company, the director, the writer and the actors all shimmer with it."

HELEN SHAW, TIME OUT

“A singular experience”
- Lighting and Sound America

the key element is gravity– the attraction between two bodies

-The New York Times

“Eden Marryshow’s Isaiah shines”
- Lighting and Sound America

“It seduces, bewilders, and enthralls—often within the same breath.”

I’m still trying to figure out how hard is appropriate for a critic to laugh at the theatre; this night, I made myself hoarse.

— VINSON CUNNINGHAM, NEW YORKER (re: Eureka Day, 2019)

Ingeniously engineered... an ambitious concept... excellent ensemble cast...

— ELISABETH VINCENTELLI, NEW YORKER (re: Zürich)

Atkinson and Daly “play these roles out with all the complexity, contradictions, and intricate nuance inherent in the human experience. They deliver stellar performances aided by expert direction..."

Nella Vera, Culture Vulture
(re: STILL, 2024)

Directed with admirable clarity by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, “Joan” leapfrogs through time to connect the dots that define its restless, ever-questing protagonist.” 

— BEN BRANTLEY, NEW YORK TIMES
(re: JOAN, 2019)

A mystical cocktail of a play…

— BEN BRANTLEY, NEW YORK TIMES
(re: CAL IN CAMO, 2016)

“a bright young Brooklyn theater company known for off-center variations on mainstream staples”

BEN BRANTLEY, NEW YORK TIMES

“Eureka Day,” is not only one of the funniest plays to open this year, it is one of the saddest.

Ben Brantley, New York Times (2019)

Adam Harrington and Marjan Neshat are marvelous as Joan’s family and friends, and Adrienne Campbell-Holt directs with her usual sensitive touch for the Colt Coeur company.

— ELISABETH VINCENTELLI, NEW YORKER

Ms. Day, a 2017 Tony nominee for Lynn Nottage’s “Sweat”, glides through the many chapters of her character’s life... with tireless grace and vitality.

— BEN BRANTLEY, NEW YORK TIMES