Desperations
by John Ruane
Directed by John Keating
at Theater for the New City
Duncan Rogers is excellent in the lead role.
In what is almost a one man operation Rogers
is extremely believable playing the out of
sorts drunk baying for the liquor store to open on
December 25th.
from Home and Away
"Desperations" boasts the very solid
strength of a truly galvanic performance
in the central role by Duncan Rogers.
Rogers, as guided by Keating, displays
the courage and the wisdom not to play
Whelan
as a conventionally lovable village 
drunk, but instead delivers a fully
dimensioned, hardcore loser, effortfully (sic)
charming when it suits his purposes,
but vicious, craven, and manipulative
when he's relaxed and truly himself.
by Joseph Hurley for the Irish Echo
Christmas morning, on a street corner in Galway City, we are finally brought face to face with Tom. Aided by a keenly authentic performance by Duncan Rogers, emotions of pity, disgust, and compassion are all evoked by Tom’s situation.....many of the actors put on a great performance, including Duncan Rogers’s supercharged, explosive one as Tom, and Aedin Moloney’s barking dog performance, which was played to canine perfection.
---Meki Adefris for Show Business Weekly