The true joy of this production was watching the ensemble cast do what ensemble casts do best—engage with one another as though they’d been doing it for years. Add to that, Chavis’s ability to put an audience through its emotional paces—the scene in which Lizzie awkwardly struggles to employ the full arsenal of her feminine charm to seduce File is hands down the most enjoyable episode of this play.

MD Theatre Guide

An all-American play, The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash gets a superb production by 1st Stage in Tysons, Virginia…Jacob Yeh as File embodies all the awkwardness and insecurity of a suitor with a secret.

DC Theater Arts