Reviewer: Jim Volz

Jim Volz is an international arts consultant, author, producer, and professor based in Orange County at California State University, Fullerton. He served as a longtime critic/arts columnist for New York's Back Stage and founding editor of the Shakespeare Theatre Association's international magazine, Quarto. He has produced over 100 professional productions, consulted for over 100 arts institutions and published more than 100 articles on management, arts criticism, Shakespeare, and theatre in American Theatre, Oxford University Pressʼs Theatre Research International, Hollywoodʼs Drama-Logue and myriad other articles for national and international publications. He is a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Colorado, Boulder.  jvolz@fullerton.edu

Reviews

• 2017-03-06: Gunderson's The Book of Will Premieres in Denver
• 2016-08-24: Canada's Shakespeare in Love Proves Touching and Wonderfully Waggish
• 2016-08-23: Stratford's Breath of Kings Rallies Forces through Redemption
• 2016-08-23: Stratford's Breath of Kings Offers Bold and Bumpy Rebellion
• 2016-08-23: Murky Macbeth Elicits Standing Ovation at Canada's Stratford Festival
• 2014-08-17: Original Practices Henry the Fourth, Part 2 Hailed as Valiant First Effort for Colorado Shakespeare
• 2014-08-17: Solid Henry the Fourth, Part I Soothes Reviewer's Shakespeare Festival Angst in Colorado
• 2014-08-17: I Hate Hamlet Proves Perfect “Classic” Comedy for Colorado Shakespeare Festival
• 2013-08-19: Annapolis Shakespeare Creates a Niche in the American Northeast  
• 2013-05-01: Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender
• 2012-07-05: Bloody Titus Brings New Meaning to "Breaking Bad" at Utah Shakespeare
• 2012-07-04: Utah Shakespeare Festival Plays to Standing Ovations as Opening Week Audiences Applaud Bloody Good Season
• 2012-07-03: Mary Stuart at Utah Shakespeare Festival
• 2012-03-17: Roger Rees Wows in Shakespeareans in "What You Will" Performance 
• 2012-03-17: Orlando Shakespeare Cymbeline Offers Clarity, Hilarity, and Drama
• 2011-08-21: The Comedy of Errors: Shakespeare Orange County
• 2011-07-24: Ghost Light
• 2011-07-22: Vibrant Love's Labor's Lost Adds Vivid Colors to Glorious Oregon Setting and Dazzling Night Skies
• 2011-07-20: Oregon Beams with Surprise, Revives Rep with Style, Try's Patience with Panache, and Delivers on Death and Drama
• 2011-07-11: Titus Andronicus at the California Shakespeare Theater