The American Tradition with the New Light Theater Project
"Axel Alvin Jr. directs the premiere, which whooshes by in a taut 75 minutes and features exceptionally committed acting from a cast of five: Danie Steel, Martin K. Lewis, Sydney Cole Alexander, Hunter Canning and the remarkable Alex Herrald as a hard-drinking, fast-talking plantation owner." -Time Out NY
"Above all, Herrald is captivatingly unsettling as Mr. Walsh. The “Not All Slavers” advocate, an obvious critical representation of the modern alt-right, goes from friendly to ferocious in a beat." -Plays To See
"The quick-speaking, ever-clear Herrald is terrific as Walsh, a pinched little villain..." -Off Off Online
"Herrald is the other standout. He makes the ugly-souled Walsh both abhorrent and ridiculously funny." -Theatre Scene
"Above all, Herrald is captivatingly unsettling as Mr. Walsh. The “Not All Slavers” advocate, an obvious critical representation of the modern alt-right, goes from friendly to ferocious in a beat." -Plays To See
"The quick-speaking, ever-clear Herrald is terrific as Walsh, a pinched little villain..." -Off Off Online
"Herrald is the other standout. He makes the ugly-souled Walsh both abhorrent and ridiculously funny." -Theatre Scene
Just Right Just Now with Lesser America
"To showcase the six stellar playwrights, were six equally stellar actors... Alex Herrald was transformative in his drastically various roles." -Theater in the Now
"Eric Clem and Alex Herrald prove to be the evening’s MVPs, embracing a variety of awkward and creepily idiosyncratic characters." - http://nypress.com/off-broadway-roundup/
"the cast, a true ensemble featuring Jon Bass, Lauren Blumenfeld, Eric Clem, Alex Herrald, Laura Ramadei, and Shayna Small, contribute well-rounded performances that are highly enjoyable and incredibly moving." -New York Theater Review
"The amazingly versatile ensemble of Jon Bass, Eric Clem, Alex Herrald, Laura Ramadei, Lauren Blumenfeld and Shayna Small imbue all their characters with specificity and humanity (even the animals) and under the expert and eclectic direction of Peter James Cook and Stella Powell-Jones they elevate the already bullet-proof material and give them each heart above sentiment." -NY Theater Now
"Eric Clem and Alex Herrald prove to be the evening’s MVPs, embracing a variety of awkward and creepily idiosyncratic characters." - http://nypress.com/off-broadway-roundup/
"the cast, a true ensemble featuring Jon Bass, Lauren Blumenfeld, Eric Clem, Alex Herrald, Laura Ramadei, and Shayna Small, contribute well-rounded performances that are highly enjoyable and incredibly moving." -New York Theater Review
"The amazingly versatile ensemble of Jon Bass, Eric Clem, Alex Herrald, Laura Ramadei, Lauren Blumenfeld and Shayna Small imbue all their characters with specificity and humanity (even the animals) and under the expert and eclectic direction of Peter James Cook and Stella Powell-Jones they elevate the already bullet-proof material and give them each heart above sentiment." -NY Theater Now
Carry the Zero at the EST Marathon
"Carry the Zero by Christopher Sullivan gets the awkwardness of teenage hookup culture squeamishly right. Alex Herrald and Megan Tusing are utterly convincing as the teenagers, tongue-tied and hesitant on the way home from an encounter - to call it a date would be an overstatement - that held more than either of them realized."
-New York Times
"Christopher Sullivan's Carry the Zero sticks with this theme of sex and modern relationships, but shifts our attention to the teenage experience rather than that of the post-collegiate crowd. He plants us in the middle of an awkward car ride with Marc and Nicole (Alex Herrald and Megan Tusing), a pair of inarticulate high schoolers who have just had their first taste of the hook-up culture that will plague their dating lives for years to come. Both give strong performances — Herrald, a loveable stoner-type and Tusing, taking on a persona reminiscent of the tomboyish Ellen Page from the film Juno. For a scene depicting one of the most unfortunate aspects of today's youth culture, I give Sullivan (and director Robert Saenz de Viteri) kudos for finding its endearing spirit." -Theater Mania
-New York Times
"Christopher Sullivan's Carry the Zero sticks with this theme of sex and modern relationships, but shifts our attention to the teenage experience rather than that of the post-collegiate crowd. He plants us in the middle of an awkward car ride with Marc and Nicole (Alex Herrald and Megan Tusing), a pair of inarticulate high schoolers who have just had their first taste of the hook-up culture that will plague their dating lives for years to come. Both give strong performances — Herrald, a loveable stoner-type and Tusing, taking on a persona reminiscent of the tomboyish Ellen Page from the film Juno. For a scene depicting one of the most unfortunate aspects of today's youth culture, I give Sullivan (and director Robert Saenz de Viteri) kudos for finding its endearing spirit." -Theater Mania
The Consequences at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
"A cast of three could be claustrophobic with the wrong actors, but this cast sparkles under Kel Haney’s deft direction....Alex Herrald plays the slightly neurotic Jeremy with equal skill. In many ways, he seems like the more tragic character." - capecodonline.com
"Herrald’s Jeremy is wonderfully understated, delivering deadpan lines with a wry humor that will have you laughing" - provincetownmagazine.com
"Herrald’s Jeremy is wonderfully understated, delivering deadpan lines with a wry humor that will have you laughing" - provincetownmagazine.com
The Wundelsteipen... at the Flea Theater
"Nowhere is Jones’ ability to simultaneously inspire gales of laughter and provoke thought more apparent than in the show’s title piece, centering on two brothers, 13-year-old Derrick (played with superb understatement by Alex Herrald) and 12-year-old Matt (imbued with awkward preternatural maturity by Tommy Crawford), enjoying a backyard campout." -backstage.com
"My favorite of the various plays, in both writing and acting, was Alex Herrald and Tommy Crawford in The Wundelsteipen." -reviewsoffbroadway.blogspot.com
"Alex Herrald and Tommy Crawford as the brothers, Briana Pozner as the fairy and Dominic Spillane as the boys’ father earn big laughs with material that could be horrible in the hands of less skilled actors (in order to spoof the antics in hard-core porn, Jones serves up language and situations that would probably empty a theater on Broadway)." -Connecticut Post
These Seven Sicknesses at the Flea Theater
"His long scene with Achilles’s Neoptolemus (an earnest, true-hearted Alex Herrald) is one of the night’s best." --nytheatre.com
"Equally compelling is Alex Herrald's simultaneously fierce and good-natured turn as Achilles' son Neoptolemus..." -theatermania.com
"Equally compelling is Alex Herrald's simultaneously fierce and good-natured turn as Achilles' son Neoptolemus..." -theatermania.com
Just Cause at the Flea Theater
"There are some strong performances, particularly by Alex Herrald as Jack and Katherine Folk-Sullivan as Anna." -backstage.com
"I was particularly moved by the performances of Wilton Yeung, Alex Herrald, Katherine Folk-Sullivan, and Raul Sigmund Julia. All four actors communicate worlds of emotions and thoughts whether they have dialogue or are just simply present on stage. Everyone however is able to have a memorable moment on stage. Furthermore, the entire cast seems to be in total lockstep with the tone and dramatic momentum of the play. These characters may all be going insane but I cared every step of the way." -nytheatre.com
"I was particularly moved by the performances of Wilton Yeung, Alex Herrald, Katherine Folk-Sullivan, and Raul Sigmund Julia. All four actors communicate worlds of emotions and thoughts whether they have dialogue or are just simply present on stage. Everyone however is able to have a memorable moment on stage. Furthermore, the entire cast seems to be in total lockstep with the tone and dramatic momentum of the play. These characters may all be going insane but I cared every step of the way." -nytheatre.com
Future Anxiety at the Flea Theater
"...a number of actors still manage to pop...Alex Herrald has a mad glint in his eye as a blindly optimistic business operator oblivious to the chaos surrounding him." -backstage.com
"...this embodied energy is especially useful to less developed characters, like Vince (Alex Herrald). Vince is an obviously ruthless business executive, who we first meet as he climbs around the various platforms and wires. We learn he is descending from a tree, which we believe immediately. This decently funny moment of the script is brought to another level through the clever use of space and physical acting" -offoffonline.com
"...this embodied energy is especially useful to less developed characters, like Vince (Alex Herrald). Vince is an obviously ruthless business executive, who we first meet as he climbs around the various platforms and wires. We learn he is descending from a tree, which we believe immediately. This decently funny moment of the script is brought to another level through the clever use of space and physical acting" -offoffonline.com
Insurmountable Simplicities at Dixon Place
"The ensemble of actors made up of Alex Herrald, Victoria Pollack, Richard Lafleur, and Alice Winslow does an excellent job in putting the fun back into philosophy." -nytheatre.com
"Using six stories enacted by four thoughtful and intelligent actors (Alex Herrald, Victoria Pollack, Richard LaFleur, Alice Winslow) their points are made humorously rather than pedantically and in a way that really struck a chord with me." -thehappiestmedium.com
"Using six stories enacted by four thoughtful and intelligent actors (Alex Herrald, Victoria Pollack, Richard LaFleur, Alice Winslow) their points are made humorously rather than pedantically and in a way that really struck a chord with me." -thehappiestmedium.com
Decadent Acts at 440 Studios
"Other standouts are...Alex Herrald, as a homophobic nurse, a misogynistic student, and Jolene's supportive but flummoxed brother;" -backstage.com
The House of Blue Leaves at the Gallery Players
"The actors in the smaller roles fare better. Alex Herrald's manic Ronnie Shaughnessy, Artie's AWOL son who tries to achieve notoriety by blowing up the Pope, injects some much needed energy into the end of Act One and the beginning of Act Two." -offoffonline.com
"Alex Herrald's Ronnie delivers physically slapstick shenanigans" -nytheatre.com
"Alex Herrald's Ronnie delivers physically slapstick shenanigans" -nytheatre.com
The Reckoning of Kit and Little Boots at the Gallery Players
"Andrew Firda and Alex Herrald are respectively deviously commanding as Walsingham and likeably clueless as Kyd;" -nytheatre.com