“TENOR TRIUMPHS AS LENNIE IN FLOYD’S MEN”
“…tenor Ross Neill as the hulking Lennie - described by Floyd himself as a "dull-witted man-child" – stole the show. This was no mean feat because, on the page, Lennie's character is somewhat opaque. But Neill, with his rich, pliant tenor voice and huge physical presence, perfectly conveyed the child-within-a-man's body so integral to the essence of Lennie…Neill's traversal of the role was a perfect blend of consummate vocal mastery and sheer stage presence… Her [Jackalyn Short, as Curley's wife] unintended death at the hands of a panic-stricken Lennie is the beginning of the end in Floyd's highly moving tragedy and was handled with extraordinary realism by Neill and Short.”
-- Robert Jordan, The Vancouver Courier, March 27, 2002