REVIEWS
A Few Good Men, Fall 2024
“At Lumina Theatre Company, director Meghan Hackett unfolds a gripping tale of honor, dedication, and resilience in A Few Good Men… The final courtroom scene reveals a striking truth. How it is revealed is a task almost too big to handle, but for Lumina Theatre Company it’s concise, well-thought-out, and successful.
“Director Megan Hackett brings together a performance that engages the audience, with characters we hope never to meet (or be), while offering actors the opportunity to dive into personalities that may diverge wildly from their own experiences… The performances are full of emotion and nuance, and each actor is deeply committed to each role
Never, Summer 2023
“Meghan Hackett, the director and founder of Lumina Theatre Company, was inspired and took a month with the company to workshop a short piece. The ensemble worked tirelessly and Hackett made it clear that the cast was involved in much of the choreography, blocking, and storytelling… the show uses projections to help create multiple settings; one particularly good example was their use of projections to simulate flight…. The Lost Boys lead the charge in this production. (They) are balls of energy onstage, and their athletic movements and stomping capture the youthful exuberance of the Lost Boy. The ensemble creates a powerful chorus together and provide a strongly performed acapella moment. Mara Andrei plays the part of Wendy. Her movement onstage is reminiscent of the classical Broadway choreography. The stand-out vocalist in the cast, Kathleen Hackett delivers a beautiful vocal accompaniment to Mara’s dance. Rob has some moments of connection with the audience as the most lost of boys – Peter himself. The cast should be commended on the show
~Allana Kiewe, Independent Theatre Critique
Camelot, Winter 2020
“Mass is wonderful as Arthur. He has us all humming the title song, “Camelot” after we are on our way home. He brings out Arthur’s idealism, tolerance and wisdom…Hackett’s Guenevere sings beautifully…Wilson also does a notable performance as the handsome and righteous Lancelot… Meghan Hackett’s direction is creative and compelling… According to the program, Alan J. Lerner once said this his favorite performance of “Camelot” was a rehearsal with no elaborate sets or costumes. Hackett’s vision keeps this idea in mind… For a most entertaining experience visit “Camelot-Reimagined” at the Howard County Center for the Arts. You may find yourself transported to a world where love, peace and kindness reign supreme.”
Godspell, Summer 2019
The People Have Spoken!
Audience’s rave over Lumina theatre Company’s Summer Musical, Godspell
Crucible, Fall 2018
“It’s a witch hunt! Witches, whores, collusion, and corruption, peppered with a bit of witness tampering, threaten the dreams of small-town America in Lumina Theatre Company’s inaugural production of The Crucible. The parallels of this Arthur Miller classic with current events are as obvious as when it was first staged during the McCarthyism era of 1953. Part the curtain of this obvious low-hanging fruit, however, and Lumina’s production offers a distinctly deeper point of view; not as that of observers of history and political events, but as engaged participants, as judge, juror, and sometimes defendant of our own deepest desires and wishes…”
