Reviews
From Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, T. Schreiber Studio, New York - October/November 2009:
"Erik Jonsun makes a thrilling New York stage debut as the Player: he's a commanding and constantly arresting presence, and he brings intelligence and unsentimental melancholy to a role that could simply be done for superficial laughs."
Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com
"Of particular note is the performance of the Player by Erik Jonsun, who brings a level of ruefulness, melancholy, and emotion that inflates a potentially one-dimensional character to full humanity."
Wendy Caster, Show Showdown
"Erik Jonsun is The Player, a traveling actor, and delivers a stunning turn that hits all the comedic, melancholic and sympathetic notes for which Stoppard's play so effortlessly strives."
Doug Strassler, Off Off Online
"Rounding out the major players is Erik Jonsun, who does a terrific turn as The Player, the leader of the band of tragedians who will eventually perform "The Murder of Gonzago" for Claudius and the court - the play wherein Hamlet catches the conscience of the king. While the rest of the cast does an excellent job, the play truly crackles when Jonsun's Player is involved."
Byrne Harrison, StageBuzz
"The charismatic Erik Jonsun maneuvers his troupe of Tragedians, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz, and the audience, seated in the round like members of the Danish court, into realization: "Don't you see?! We're actors -- we're the opposite of people!" Mr. Jonsun is very persuasive as the Player. I found him to be forceful even before I read his biography in the playbill. It turns out that he is a veteran of the US Coast Guard and the Army Infantry. He received the Purple Heart in 2004 for service in Iraq. Mr. Jonsun indeed knows "the soldiers' music and the rites of war."
Kate Shea Kennon, Stage Mage, Blogcritics
"Both [leads] are well-matched by Erik Jonsun, the Player, who--despite dressing like Jack Sparrow--wisely downplays his role, allowing the laughs to come naturally."
Aaron Riccio, ('kül) That Sounds Cool