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Heartbreak

“As Sirius, Robert Yang has a great time with his Southern-accented vampire run amok. He’s charming and dangerously unpredictable, and pulls off the crazy act with a respectable amount of showiness.”
– Off-Off Online.com 10/13/06

Hot Black Asian Action
(NYC Fringe 2006)

“Eli moves to the perils of Asian playwrights with an endearing Rob Yang as frustrated writer Russell in ‘Little Lies’.”
– Backstage 8/21/06

Death and the Ploughman
The Villager, Feb 2006
Backstage, Feb 2006

Twas the Night Before...

“The first Christmas and the commercialization of the holiday are comically examined in Roger Rosenblatt's "Away in the Manger,"...As carolers and a Jimmy Stewart-impersonating angel (Rob Yang) fill the manger...”
– Backstage, 12/21/06

Los Angeles

“Among the standouts...Rob Yang as another man she meets in a bar, whose fresh-faced energy is sweetly charming.”
–TheaterMania 03/02/07

Overheard

“It's no coincidence that the strongest pieces in Overheard are the ones featuring actors who know how to fill in the blanks. Leading the charge are Rob Yang, as a diligently mellow beach bum in "A Day at the Beach," ... give the most nuanced and well-rounded performances of the evening.”
–nytheatre.com 07/07/07

The Revolutionaries

“The buzzing first act works, as the boys hatch their plan (the jittery Yang in particular beguiles)”
–Time Out New York 08/17/07

“Given a wonderfully apt Peter Pan-like boyishness by Robert Yang, Chevy seems naive and idealistic with his wild dreams of changing the world and giving power to the people.”
-Off-Off Online.com 08/14/07

“Two friends jump head-first into the uncharted waters of the energy business when Chevy (the endearing Robert Yang) invents a cheep solar panel that will allow people to get off the grid.”
-Curtain Up 08/27/07

Bingo With The Indians
(Written/Directed by Adam Rapp)

“Rob Yang is funny and then coldly scary as Wilson.”
-New York Times 11/10/07

“The always terrific Rob Yang is scary and unsettling as Wilson, revealing the borderline sociopath underneath the stoic facade.”
-nytheater.com 11/07/07

“Thanks to Rob Yang’s restrained performance, Wilson’s sexual manipulation of Steve is at once deeply disturbing and freakishly academic. Enhancing the interaction, Yang speaks in the kind of deadpan voice that’s usually reserved for psychiatrists or conscience-lacking serial killers (think Kevin Spacey in Se7en).”
-Off-Off Online.com 11/09/07

“Yang is also terrific, providing just the right balance between friendliness and cold-hearted manipulation.”
-TheaterMania 11/10/07

“It would be hard to choose a stand-out from among the cast members, but Yang’s soft-voiced menace as Wilson, the stage manager who attempts to stage his own fantasy, is onstage the most and is the most creepily compelling to watch. Without the freedom to caterwaul and let loose physically, Yang makes every blink and gesture a conscious act, and the result is completely untouchable.”
–New Theater Corps 11/26/07

“The only ray of light thus far is Wilson (Rob Yang), a stage manager whose gnomic responses to Stash garner some genuine chuckles.”
-Variety 11/09/07

“But even here Rapp's boldness as a director impresses, as do the eccentric yet assured performances he elicits from the Flea Theater's young "Bats" company—especially Cooper Daniels, Jessica Pohly, and Rob Yang as the criminally pretentious theatrical trio.”
-The Village Voice 11/20/07

Prayer

“BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR” - Fringe Favorites 2008
-OffOffOffTheatre Aug 2008

“Particularly chilling..Rob Yang as a delightfully unglued veteran prisoner”
-Show Business Weekly Sept 2008

“Portrays well the craziness and wavering hope and despair of Gilmore Nelson”
-nytheater.com 8/15/08

“his only real company for six months is a hyperactive cellmate (played humorously by Rob Yang)”
-Time Out New York Aug 2008

“My favorite actor, though was Rob Yang as Bergson’s sarcastic cellmate, Gilmore. The only time I felt the script was slowing down even a little was a brief time when Yang wasn’t onstage. Bodine’s character could feel crushed and confused, but Yang’s was nimble and irreverent. as long as he was there, the star chamber had its jester.”
-OffOffOff Theatre Aug 2008