Seattle's THE STRANGER said “...Portland's Night Shade theater has incredible depth of field: A soldier holds up a severed head as the "camera" swoops over a battlefield covered in dead bodies, and a Citizen Kane–like pan rushes from the outside of a Victorian mansion to the interior of a study. Some tropes that would be too familiar in a horror movie, such as a brutal werewolf attack or a reflection in a mirror during a lightning storm turning into a demon's face, seem fresh and new when performed live...."

Portland's THE OREGONIAN said “...a few times I found myself reassuring myself that these were just pieces of paper -- It wasn't really a demonic werewolf. But then all of a sudden, it was racing through deep forest, past thick branches, straining to lock its jaws on a man's leg. Scabrous, rotting hands popped out of books. Perspectives shifted. Foreground became background. In other words, the screen was not flat. It was like a portal to another dimension...”

New Orleans' Miss Pussycat, CAMELOT said “...the illusion was kept intact, but the audience was teased – this is a live show, and the puppeteers are in control. Controlling the audience is one of the strangest skills that a performer can have, especially for a puppeteer. The whole idea of a puppet show is that the puppets have magically come to life and are talking. It is a hard thing to pull off. And it is hard to keep the audience engaged when you are hiding behind a sheet. But this show did it! They pulled off the magic trick.  The puppets were the stars of the show.”