Reviews

“Stunning visuals”
—Lily Janiak | San Francisco Chronicle

“Exquisite flashes of beauty”
—Emily S. Mendel | Berkeleyside

“[Iron Shoes] mines a rich vein and results in a stunning theatrical event”
—Victor Cordell | ForAllEvents

“Shotgun Players is always ahead of the curve in producing work by and about women. This one’s pure magic.”
—Jean Schiffman | San Francisco Examiner

“Poetic and funny”
—Sam Hurwitt | The Mercury News

“Gorgeous vocal music”
—C.S. Soong | KPFA

“What's best in Iron Shoes, is the way it asks what it means to be a sympathetic, empathetic person, even when telling a tragic tale.”
—Cy Musiker | KQED Do List

“Every now and then an evening at the theatre sweeps you off your feet.”
—George Heymont | My Cultural Landscape

“[Iron Shoes] creates a new world where the heroines reject the sexist fate imposed by the traditional folktales.”
—Michael Rodriguez | THEATRIUS

“Startling and original”
—Jeffrey Edalatpour | SFWEEKLY

“Edgy story-telling and remarkably fluid movement”
—Adam Broner | Repeat Performances

Features

“Wry, sympathetic, and often hilarious”
—Andrew Gilbert | San Francisco Chronicle

“Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes will change you, [composer] Kutulas suggests. Fairy tales are transformative, after all. Will the magic that put you in iron shoes pull you down, or will you use it to break free?”
—Lou Fancher | San Francisco Classical Voice