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L to R: Amy Silverman, Danny Rothman in FOLLOWING, NYC; Aidan Synnott, Graham Elwell, Joyce Springer in IMPOSTORS, London; Ryan Dietz in MICROCOSM (part of SCREWUPS), NYC; Terry Hardcastle, Lindsey Forgey, and Elena Garcia in PARENT INTERVIEW (part of SUMMER SHORTS), Miami; Ted Reis in THE FACE OF GOD, San Diego.

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Twisted (including "Head Games," Rising Sun/Horse Trade, NYC, 2009)

"Funnier than anything I've seen on television in years... Uproarious." -- Off-Off Online

"A farcical parody of Salome, ripe with puns; a true comedy of errors... Warner’s well-written juxtaposition of vernacular and pop culture references with classical content enables the cast and director to create the world of the play." -- TheaterOnline

"Two skits... dramatize comically bizarre what-if situations, in the style of Saturday Night Live skits.. but unlike some of the abovementioned TV skits, they're pretty funny—especially Justin Warner's Head Games." - BlogCritics Culture

"I don’t think I’ve seen a more inventive, funnier bit of theatre this year than Head Games." -- NeighborBeeBlog

American Whup-Ass (AlterTheater, San Rafael, CA, 2008)

"The funniest, as well as the timeliest, show you will see this season. Director Michael Ray Wisely keeps the action going nonstop with an incredible cast of the Bay Area's best actors." -- Pacific Sun

"Fast-moving, witty, irreverent, mocking, and wholly believable, AMERICAN WHUP-ASS, an original comedy by Peabody Award winner Justin Warner, made its world premiere in San Rafael recently and is destined for greatness... The cast for this gem of a show is superb and delivers an evening of fast and funny political satire -- a real must-see while it lasts." -- The Ark

"As finely crafted a real campaign... Wisely's ensemble has huge fun with a clever script... It has blockbuster written all over it." -- Marin Independent Journal

"An assault on the American political process directed in a fast and funny style by Michael Ray Wisely... Witty, irreverent, and dangerously current" - San Francisco Bay Times

"Don't miss this visionary comedy" -- Pacific Online

"Very funny; you won't stop laughing - I guarantee it" -- San Francisco Tribune (translated from Spanish)

Summer Shorts (including "Parent Interview," Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, 2008)

"City Theatre's Summer Shorts Festival is on any true South Florida arts aficionado's short list of must-see theater... the 13-year-old festival is consistently good" -- Miami Herald

"In one of the funniest shorts, Justin Warner's Parent Interview, we join a couple as they bay to a Montessori director, played with Stalinist aplomb by Elena Garcia..." -- Miami ArtZine

"In perhaps the two funniest plays, parents go to great lengths to secure spots in a private school for their 5-year-old daughter in [Justin Warner's] Parent Interview; and local playwright Michael McKeever gives us a glimpse of what was going on backstage at Ford's Theatre the night Abraham Lincoln was was assassinated in Laura Keene Goes On." -- Miami SunPost

"The woes of social climbing parents are hilariously skewered when a pair of New York yuppies attempts to get their toddler into a top-notch Montessori academy, but are confronted with a shocking (and extremely funny) obstacle to [her] admission, in Justin Warner’s Parent Interview." -- Express

"Other standouts are [Justin Warner's] Parent Interview, about a couple trying to get their kid into an elite kindergarten..." - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“A rather shocking but hilarious twist" -- Boca Raton News

Impostors (NYC & London, 2006)

"A deliciously well written play... worthy of the West End" - Theatreworld UK

"Gently heart-wrenching and surprisingly thought-provoking... darkly funny and close to the bone" - ExtraExtra (London)

"A script with a ready wit, played with a light, but never flippant, touch." - MyLondonYourLondon

"A sterling piece of theatre" - TheStage Online UK

"Unusual conditions of the brain, by their dysfunction, shine a brighter light on normalcy. This is a premise ably advanced in Justin Warner's Impostors..." - OnOFFOFF (NYC)

"Warner does a terrific job of making us feel the weight of the history between [the parents]..." - nytheatre.com

"An intriguing new drama" -- ReviewsGate UK

"These plays show the human mind both hampered and augmented by its neurological state, and Impostors does so admirably." - Lablit.com

"I would also recommend the writing by Justin Warner in Impostors..." - Hi! Drama Review (NYC TV)

"It really is a must-see!" - IndieLondon

Cinderella's Mice (NYC, 2006)

"Justin Warner's book subverts other fairy-tale conventions. The Prince is a bit of a wimp, while Cinderella shows spunk... Whina, an infantile stepsister, is obsessed with ponies, and Mona, the other sibling, is hilariously played by a man in drag... This show finds a way for Spencer to behave selflessly and have his feast (and eat it too)." - New York Times

"An entertaining new take on the Cinderella story... The book, by Justin Warner, is novel and original... Plenty of fun." - Off-Off Broadway Review

"The show's a delight" - Big Apple Parent

Screwups (NYC, 2005)

"Hilarious... wildly amusing... a night of theatre that audiences will laugh about for days." - Off-Off-Broadway Review

"The ticket price was a bargain for the laughs I got from this fast paced comedic experience." - RetroVision Theater

Miscellaneous

"In the throes of the play's constant and often very funny banter, the actors seem to have a ball, and the feeling is contagious to the audience" - Los Angeles Downtown News (Impostors)

"Good writing is also the star of Justin Warner's [one-act] Eleven Southern Spices..." - Orlando Sentinel

"The pleasingly neurotic one-liners and romantic situations are genuinely charming" - LA Weekly (Perfect)

"Due to Warner's clever writing, [the play] has very funny twists and hilarious repartee" - The Islander (FL) (Impostors)

"An excellent mix of pathos and humor" - Ft Myers Beach Observer (Impostors)

"A full success... You should go see this play." - Wichita State University student paper (Impostors, student production)