by Mike Bartlett

DOBAMA THEATRE (CLEVELAND)

Four 2013 Times Theatre Tributes, including Best Production (Non-musical) and Best Direction (Non-musical)

"Atkins has his lovers stalk around each other like wrestlers about to clinch, gladiators poised to strike or roosters ready to go at it in a basement cockfight, the choreography in service to the U.K. playwright’s tried-and-true theme that love is battlefield. [...] Generating steam without showing any skin isn't easy, but Atkins and his actors do it."
- Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Dobama Theatre’s production of Cock is top notch. It is the pure science of acting distilled down to its essence. This is the play that you wait to appear during the season. It is here. Go see it.”
- Cleveland Examiner

"Under the meticulous and creative direction of Corey Atkins, with some of the very best acting seen on a local stage, [Cock] is an absolutely must see production.  It’s an A+ experience.  "
- CoolCleveland.com

"The actors, director and designers are brilliant in this production. [...] Director Atkins makes shrewd use of the ring’s limited space, managing to create purposeful movement that caters to the sight lines of surrounding audience members while remaining true to the natural rhythms and verbal sparring established by the playwright. He also finds the humor amidst the bursts of dialogue and pushes the excruciatingly long silences between characters to the very brink of human endurance."
- Cleveland News-Herald

SCENIC+COSTUMES Corey Atkins
LIGHTS Marcus Dana 
SOUND Richard Ingraham 
PHOTOS Steve Wagner