"Seared is one of the finest plays of the season anywhere! Theresa Rebecks homage to restaurants is a funny, dramatic exercise in frustration, love, the adoration of a devoted chef to his art and, most important of all, a paean to the creation of a craftsman with the possible future of becoming a culinary master. The play constantly surprises… Director Moritz von Stuelpnagel plays the part of choreographer, as well, keeping all four people in almost constant motion interacting, relocating and skirting one another for dramatic purposes that spark comic reactions from the audience. His work on this play is akin to the engine in a lawnmower, constantly pulling from the pushing motions that allow it to work. This, of course, is outside of his other function: keeping the characters and their dramas real and vital… Catch this if you can. This is, at the last, a play that will not disappoint."

"Intense, fast-paced and blisteringly funny, the restaurant-kitchen comedy Seared is an outstanding accomplishment – likely the best production of the summer season… under the acute, superbly paced direction of Moritz von Stuelpnagel, the dynamically acted Seared explores this hot, cramped, dramatic societal microcosm, addressing matters of ownership and authorship, artistry and creativity, business and professionalism. In all the many ways you imagine Rebecks story going wrong, it doesnt. Instead, it satisfies."