"Outrageously funny, often scary, ingeniously constructed and consistently communicative...a monodrama made monumental...firmly places Dresher in the forefront of a new breed of American composers".
– Allan Ulrich, San Francisco Examiner"A rare piece of music theater, a tour de force of intellectual and emotional artistry. It is, to put it simply, a masterpiece."
– Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle"The New York Philharmonic's Horizon's '86 Festival struck gold with SLOW FIRE...a rough-hewn passion that makes much celebrated postmodern music theater seem not just impressionistic, but escapist by comparison."
–Linda Sanders, Village Voice
