READ THE TURN OF THE SCREW The Austin Chronicle Review

The carefully crafted atmosphere in the staging of this ghost story may have you wondering if unseen spirits are lurking in the dark... - THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE

That dark has been carefully crafted by the creative team – the funereal Victorian outfits by Jennifer Rose Davis; the limited lighting, evoking midnight in a haunted mansion, by Alison Lewis; the escalating tension orchestrated by Filigree Producing Artistic Director Elizabeth V. Newman – and it serves them well, right up to the last moment, when the governess' fears about the ghosts are whipped into a frenzy, and the result is tragic. That's when all the lights go out, and in the blackness we can savor the uncanny thrill we get from such stories, and ever so briefly be the unseen spirits that give us such pleasurable scares. - THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE

READ THE TURN OF THE SCREW Andrew J. Friedenthal REVIEW

Director Elizabeth V. Newman is clearly aware how unconventional the performance venue is, and she uses this to heighten the psychologically fraught, close-to-the-vest ghost story. - AJF

Newman takes this concept and makes it even more ambiguous by staging the entire production in near-darkness, lit only by candles and lanterns on the stage, with a bit of help representing the few daylight scenes from a single lighting rig (an ingenious lighting scheme from designer Alison Lewis). The shadowy actions of both the governess and the eerie children become literalized by the darkened stage, yet the emotional nuances of the two talented performers remain strong thanks to the audience’s closeness to the action. - AJF 

With an evocative, spooky atmosphere and two dynamite performances, The Filigree Theatre’s The Turn of the Screw is a wonderful mid-winter ghost story that serves to remind audiences that theatrical magic can happen even in the strangest of locales. - AJF 

With just two actors and chairs for only ten audience members, director Elizabeth V. Newman creates an intimate atmosphere that still manages to transport the audience to the drafty halls of a Victorian mansion where THE TURN OF THE SCREW takes place. -BROADWAY WORLD AUSTIN