How the World Began
by Catherine Trieschmann
Custom Made Theatre Co. | Spring 2015
Directed by Leah Abrams
Cast
Tim Garcia as Micah Staab
Mary McGloin as Susan Pierce
Malcolm Rogers as Gene
“The real star of this production is Tim Garcia. From the moment he slouches into the classroom, he commands the stage and our attention. Mr. Garcia shows all signs of being a mature actor beyond his young age. We as audience are both repulsed by his increasingly revengeful-sounding demands while at the same time are ready to step in and hug and comfort this kid who is evidently so traumatized and fearful from events that have transpired in his life.” - Theatre Eddys
“There’s tremendous power in Mr. Garcia’s performance and in Micah’s honesty…something is bothering him, and Garcia makes us feel his passions.” - TheatreStorm
“Tim Garcia is a revelation… He gives a superb performance… His penetrating performance allows the audience to see the damage, even despairing young man under the stoic surface.” - For All Events
“Tim Garcia delineates the reactions of the young, orphaned student very well, showing his intensity and callow, awkward sense of fairness, his desire to communicate and his underlying guilt and religious mania, occasionally repetitive in his mannerisms." - The Berkeley Daily Planet
“Mary McGloin (Susan), Malcolm Rodgers (Gene) and Tim Garcia (Micah) all deliver strong performances as guided by director Leah S. Abrams. Garcia’s Micah carries himself with an intense inward-facing woundedness, a depth of lonely pain he cannot reveal. So he shields himself with an unflinching insistence on righteous accuracy that keeps him isolated and in perpetual conflict.” - SF Examiner
