" ...a razor edged new comedy from playwright Myrna Holden...a witty and often incisive exploration of four people struggling with intimacy and each other."
--Lisa Drostova, East Bay Express

"It is splendidly realized by Zvaifler, Oliver, Darci and Fink, precisely cast and performing at the pinnacle of their acting talents…The ensemble has taken Holden's challenging piece and, under Gary Graves' sure-handed direction, turned A Step Away into a piercing look into the lives of four individuals, and how they are 'a step away from change' -- as are all of us."
--Jack Tucker, Contra Costa Times

"Writer Myrna Holden does a fine job with the script. Director Gary Graves lets us savor every word. The cast lived in the world that Ms. Holden created and that is really the key. Take a date and give your patronage to it. It's not often that you get to see the birth of a new play, especially in these times."
--Paul Grammatico, East Bay Voice

"Myrna Holden's script...reminds one of the descendants of Strindberg and O'Neill, like Pinter and Albee (and Ingmar Bergman onscreen)Gary Graves has directed his tight little ensemble of four...with complete theatricality...And the cast is uniformly superb...Central Works has taken a fascinating text and developed it brilliantly onstage. A Step Away is certainly a play to see-and see again."
--Ken Bullock, Berkeley Daily Planet