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Republician American, March 2015

St. Patrick’s Day came early to the United Church of Christ as Arts Escape presented ‘Irish Voices’ to an enthusiastic crowd…

Boston Globe – Sept. 2012

“Most one-man performers like Stephen just do a reading,” said Dorothy Schecter, Concord’s grand dame of theater. Stephen Collins fascinates with his one-man show…

The Wanderer – April 2015

The words of “America’s Poet” rang out inside the Mattapoisett Library hall on April 19, as never before. Each syllable of every poem fresh and green within Leaves of Grass dripping wet from the mouth of Walt Whitman…

The Brattleboro Reformer – Oct 7, 1999

The Brattleboro Reformer - Oct 7, 1999 Performance Focus 'Unlaunch'd Voices' gives audience view into Whitman's Life by Laura Lewis BRATTLEBORO -- When members of the audience enter the Hooker-Dunham Theatre, they do not so much enter an auditorium as step...

The Islander – Sanibel, Florida

The Islander - Sanibel, Florida A stirring one-man performance by Ruth Iyengar On Thursday, Jan. 29, Walt Whitman came limping into Schein Hall from a side aisle with his cane and greeted the audience with "How'd you do? "How'd you do?" From that moment...

The Observer – April 2, 1999

The Observer - April 2, 1999 MARION - Walt Whitman comes to M.A.C. by George W Hayden A serenely acted one-man show "Unlaunch'd Voices" starring Shakespearean actor Stephen Collins hosted by the indefatigable producer Wendy Bidstrup proved a meticulously...

Boston Sunday Globe January 11, 1998

Boston Sunday Globe - Jan 11, 1998 North West Notebook One Man's Search for One-Man Show Ends With Whitman by Ann Hall  When he saw Jeffrey Hyatt portraying Henry David Thoreau a year ago last September at the Concord Center for the Performing Arts, actor...