The Servant of Two Masters
as Silvio
Theater for a New Audience, 2016
Originally by Carlo Goldoni; Adapted by Constance Congdon; Further adapted by Christopher Bayes & Steve Epp
Directed by Christopher Bayes
“★★★★ The Servant of Two Masters serves a tasty platter of commedia dell’arte.
A hilariously babyish Eugene Ma.”
“A fearlessly funny Eugene Ma.
Laughter is the best medicine sometimes. This is one of those times.”
“Eugene Ma, whose boyishness grows on you.
A campy, happy romp, just perfect for a New York City beset with dread.
This is a production that should move to Broadway. It is, by far, the most entertaining show in New York City and deserves to be seen.”
“Theatre for a New Audience has on its hands its best production in years with The Servant of Two Masters, a much-welcomed commedia salve for the trauma of November 8. The entire cast is terrific.
Eugene Ma, playing Silvio, an airheaded lover caught up in Beatrice’s cross-dressing schemes, shuffles on and off the stage with the blinking gape of a lost cow.”
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (English Premiere)
as Tao
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 2015
Directed, Written & Adapted by Stan Lai Sheng Chuan 賴聲川
“Eugene Ma is fabulous as the earnest, cuckolded fisherman Tao, whose comic travails make up much of the Peach Blossom tale. ”
“Lai’s most famous work Secret Love In Peach Blossom Land may be the most popular contemporary play in China.”
“Eugene Ma as the enraged, befuddled fisherman is simply hilarious and an extremely gifted physical presence.”
“The best Chinese language playwright and director in the world”
“Many consider him the greatest Chinese playwright of our generation, ranking with Cao Yu and Lao She who were in their prime in the first half of the 20th century.”
Guys and Dolls
as Joey Biltmore, Calvin & Gambler
Nicely-Nicely Johnson (understudy)
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 2015
The Wallis Annenberg Center, L.A., 2015
Direction by Mary Zimmerman
Choreography by Daniel Pelzig
Music Arrangements & Direction by Doug Peck
Book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows
Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser
“As good as any production I’ve ever seen of the greatest of all the golden-age musicals.”
“There are a couple of pleasing cameos, including Eugene Ma as the wary landlord who won’t take Nathan’s marker.”
“A perfect staging of this perfect musical.”
“If there’s anything that makes Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s take on Guys And Dolls stand head-and-shoulders above lesser Loesser revivals, it is the production’s Broadway-caliber cast, whose takes on characters we’ve seen again and again make us feel we are meeting them for the first time.”
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
as Two Constables
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 2014;
Yale Repertory Theatre, 2013
Written by Dario Fo
Translated by Gavin Richards
Directed by Christopher Bayes
“This take on The Accidental Death of an Anarchist is as breezy, uproarious, and meaningful as a political satire can be. David Mamet, take a lesson.”
“Eugene Ma absolutely steals the show as a pair of virtually identical constables, gaping and whimpering like a toddler. Pretty much every time he does anything, it’s hysterical.”
“To equal the frantic physical-comedy standard set by the sweet-voiced Eugene Ma (as a couple of constables) is no mean feat.”
“Eugene Ma’s Constables should get a permanent gig in some comedy troupe somewhere.”
The Servant of Two Masters
as Silvio
Seattle Repertory Theatre, 2013
Written by Carlo Goldoni
Adapted by Christopher Bayes and Steven Epp
Based on Constance Congdon's translation
Directed by Christopher Bayes
"Pure stage magic... Adina Verson and Eugene Ma as the childlike lovers Clarice and Silvio deliver laugh-out-loud, soap opera-level intensity." - City Arts
"So you know when you go to a show and there’s that one actor on stage who is so good, so funny, that the show and the other actors just kind of revolve around them like some theatrical sun warming all in its orbit? OK, now imagine an entire stage filled with that actor and you’ll have the Seattle Rep’s current production of “The Servant of Two Masters” which kicks off their 51st season not with a bang but with a hearty belly laugh that lasts for two and a half hours. The cast is from the comedy gods.” - Broadway World