What People Are Saying
"Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival's impressive Young Professional Company bring the play to life with clarity, skill and wit. Strong performances from a genuine ensemble with no weak links make the most of the material. Both Carmello's Proteus and Greene's Valentine are ruled by their mercurial passions..."
— Mark Cofta, Philadelphia City Paper
"...Carmello played Tranio's charm and loyalty to a "t" "
— Jillian Ashley Blair, Phillyist.com
"I’ll never think of The Smurfs the same after seeing Tribe of Fools’ dark version, featuring lumpy green Burps. Armageddon at the Mushroom Village’s loving imitations of the originals – dubbed Brawny, Smarty, Padre, Booby and Smuggy – joyfully decimate their perfect village in a tale inappropriate for anyone whose Saturday morning routine includes cartoons and PJs. Through original song, dance and claymation-style video, the hilariously on point cast explores what happens to the only girl in a village full of randy male burps. After all, green is the color of love. "
— Jenna Portnoy, Philadelphia
"Tim Carmello's high-stepping march as the Sergeant of Police is one of the evening's tour de forces..."
— - Myra Yellin Outwater, Allentown Morning Call
".... The cast, Tim Carmello, Jess Conda, Miranda Libkin, Jamie McKittrick and Gigi Naglak, have crafted Burps as sweet as bedtime stories, flexible and energetic as healthy young ferrets, and tragic in their hubris as all heroes of Greek drama. Put your thinking cap on for this one, and bring your sense of humor."
— Lindsay Harris-Friel, Phawker.com
"It's well done and nicely sung by a game cast directed by Terry Brennan...Armageddon at the Mushroom Village integrates a sense of innocence with a sensation of doom; we don't know what we're getting into, it says, when we fail to explore the big picture."
— Howard Shapiro, Philadelphia Inquirer