"Considering the show is done live, In Love and Warcraft is a feat of timing and creative camera angles. A combative three-person scene — seen through three cameras, including one iPhone that’s on the ground — is a particular creative highlight.

Still, it’s up to the actors to sell the audience on the conceit. Cast members have such chemistry together, and their faces are so expressive, that you believe they’re all in the same room."

SF Chronicle

"Kuo has devised clever ways to convey characters together in the same room – sometimes even making out! These kind of touches could be distracting, but the fact that they’re even making an effort to create a sense of space is really all we need to climb aboard this particular Zoom train.

The six-member cast handles all of this scene building so deftly that it’s actually more entertaining than distracting, and their performances are so exuberant that they’re more interesting than the sets anyway."

Theaterdogs.net

"Overall, the script is light, fast, and youthful, spiked with goofy WoW jargon. It goes down easy, its breathless pace quite TV-ready."  

Observer

"The Best Theater to Watch Online Today"

Time Out New York

"If you’ve been wondering about the viability of digital platforms as stages for live performance, being mesmerized by all of the subtleties of expression in each character’s face makes a good case for it... In a sense, it creates a more intimate experience for the audience than a conventionally staged performance."

KQED

"Once the heartfelt and sometimes-raunchy coming of age comedy hit its stride, it didn’t matter that the show was reaching me through my laptop screen, it buzzed with the same immediate energy that comes with a live performance... While there is no shortage of collegiate sex comedies, there is a shortage of thoughtful ones that make efforts to give characters multifaceted, internal lives. That makes 'In Love and Warcraft' well worth a watch and elevates it above most of what can be streamed on your laptop."

Juneau Empire

"Even though the actors are all on different Zoom screens, director Peter J. Kuo has maximized the use of electronic media, so laptops, phones, and even a security camera, are utilized adeptly...There are even scenes inside the “World of Warcraft."

Culture Vulture

"The show’s most intriguing facet is that it maintains the intimacy and immersion of live theater even with its virtual format. Through skilled and deliberate camera placement, carefully curated background spaces that resemble a character’s intricate gaming setup or a shared coffee shop, the sense of realism within the show’s setting is maintained, even if it doesn’t take place in a theater.  Every choice is well-rehearsed and intentional, making this production a clear example of what Zoom theater should strive to look like: It utilizes the online format as a tool to only enhance the production’s intimate feel and embraces the nature of the online production, rather than shying away from the obvious. Furthermore, the chemistry between the cast members is electric, only adding to the closeness felt by the audience, almost as if they were on a Zoom call with friends. "

The Daily Californian