The Washington Post, May 21st, 2003
Catalyst Theater Company, which has distinguished itself with exciting renderings of "Endgame" and "Woyzeck," has settled on a peculiar choice for the last production of its second season: "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail," a stodgy bio-drama by the authors of "Inherit the Wind." In this play, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee take a Viewmaster approach to playwriting: Here's Henry David Thoreau, schoolmaster, standing up to an oafish deacon; here's Henry effusive over the rights of individuals. Oh, look -- there's Henry in the meadow. Isn't it charming how he stupidly mistakes some young woma...
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