“Hackett’s performance alone is worth the price of admission.”
- Broadwayworld.com
“The City of Conversation was fantastic. Thanks to a great cast, led by Martha Hackett as old-school liberal activist/socialite Hester Ferris, the play showed how political differences can rip a family apart. It was compelling and riveting - so much so that it managed to make at least some theater-goers temporarily forget the unprecedented weirdness going on outside. ”
“As the candidate’s wives, Martha Hackett provides her Alice Russell with a dignified reserve and unanticipated wit. ”
“The men may be playing the biggest of power games, but it’s the women who have the most interesting power struggles, and personalities. The oft-silenced, Pat Nixonian Alice Russell (Martha Hackett) is colorful and complex.”
“Martha Hackett invests the beleaguered political wife, Alice Russell, with the appropriate amounts of charm, grace and wariness.”
“Acting is first rate….Hackett reveals an enormous range, from brooding and vulnerable to passionate and powerful, forcefully overcoming any challenge in her way.”
“Martha Hackett as Louise Nevelson, is sublime.”
“Martha Hackett is excellent, displaying passion and guilt.”
“triumphant debut in Washington.”
“Martha Hackett tackles her role with relish, and Luce’s repartee with crisp authority.”
“Martha Hackett lends tongue-in-cheek menace to the Fly.”
“Sleekly nasty Martha Hackett is the most blithely vicious of Mary’s friends.”
“Hackett is delightful as the recently sober outsider whose instinct into the family’s problems is refreshingly funny.”
“…uniformly cogent performances, a superlative cast.. Christine Linde (Martha Hackett) is devoid of artifice – a battered soul who can no longer afford illusion.”
“Hackett’s Linde is especially affecting.”
“As Mrs. Linde, Hackett is luminous.”
“Martha Hackett’s wan, hard-used Mrs. Linde, gives an incredibly nuanced characterization.”
“The acute Martha Hackett gives confidante Mrs. Linde a dry, seriocomic tone that conceals a fjord of regret.”
“Gut-punching theater”, “enthralling premiere”
“Like Hackett’s Silda, it’s hard to resist the temptation to slide into the bottom of a cocktail glass after confronting so much ragged hurt, but it’s a powerful and moving experience nonetheless.”
Awards
BEST SHORT DRAMA | Global Film Festival Awards 2018
WINNER – BEST ENSEMBLE CAST, DRAMA SHORT | Best Actor’s Film Festival 2018
BEST SHORT FILM | Hollywood West Wing Film Festival 2018
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
Ojai Film Festival
Other Venice Film Festival
LA Shorts Festival
SBE’s 10th Annual Hamilton (NY) Film Festival
Cambria Film Festival – Cinema by the Sea
Prescott Film Festival
SAG / AFTRA / AEA
with David Moss
