“a brilliant production of The Maids – I saw it last night (with an all-male cast) – the program notes remind us that Peter Brook’s The Balcony was suppressed in Paris in 1958, by “police-instigated riots because the play shows a priest and a general in a brothel.” Happily today, this production will not land director Tom Bentley in jail.”
– Zyzzyva, Howard Junker, Editor April 5, 2008

“…deserving of kudos is director Tom Bentley, who helms this piece with a sure hand. The pacing is lively, the movement is compelling, the staging and physical business all serves to illuminate the story and the characters that inhabit it. You won’t see a company more committed to their work. ” 
- The Rational Feast, April 14, 2008

“Tom Bentley in his direction gave the actors the opportunity to immerse themselves in the storms and teapot-tempests of everyday existence. The intensity of these actors’ performances is a testimony to a director who has gotten the work he wanted out of his cast.” 
- Bay Times, February 8, 2007

“Full of youthful exuberance, passion, Bentley produces work that is both dead honest and physical.” 
- San Francisco Chronicle February 1, 2007