“Wonder Dave combines sarcasm and sincerity with the touch of a painter mixing colors, as he tackles topics from queer issues to the joys of nerd sex.” the Minneapolis/ St. Paul City Pages
“Wonder Dave is a firecracker – a joyous, take-no-prisoners, reveling in his geekdom, won’t back down from a fight against intolerance firecracker. I think I’m a little in love with Wonder Dave after this show.” -Matthew Everett- fringefestival.org review of “Two Queers and a Chubby”
“Wonder Dave and Stephanie Cordell are cat fighting masters of high camp…” John Townsend in his Lavender Magazine review of “The Awesome 80’s Prom”
“He has an appealing way about him. This is Dave’s first appearance at MTC; hopefully, there will be more.” – The Mendocino Beacon review of “The Sweetest Swing in Baseball”
“I must speak on our spotlight Wonder Dave of the Minneapolis Slam. He is by far one of my favorite gays. Killing it with his Dr Jekyll Mr. Homophobia piece.” Lucky 7 in the NorCal Slam Update.
“Wonder Dave needs to get out of my dreams and into my car” -Ed Mabrey 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and heterosexual male
“I loved it…that was Cirque d’ So gay” -Ragan Fox, poetry slam multiple time finalist, Big Brother Contestant and college professor
“[Wonder Dave and Allison] are the forces behind the Twin Cities competitive poetry scene…bombastic, kinetic, and most importantly, highly entertaining.” the Minneapolis/ St. Paul City Pages
“Wonder Dave is a human carnival, the sort of host and performer that commands attention even when he’s doing something mundane like ordering a drink.”- –Vita.mn magazine’s Gal about town
“You are saying important things and people need to listen” – BeBe Zahara Benet model, performer and winner of Ru Paul’s Drag Race Season 1
“You’re very funny” – Baratunde Thurston Onion Writer and author of How to be Black.