Nov 8, 2010 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
A Crowded House by Kerry Reid The audience moves from room to room, visiting scenes from the life and literature of Virginia Woolf in this brief, occasionally quite moving show by the State Theatre of Chicago. Nine vignettes combine snippets from Woolf’s novels...
Jul 8, 2010 | Press, Reviews
(a)Symmetry Cycle at the Viaduct Theatre: Live review Posted in Theater by Kris Vire Review by Melissa Albert. Playwright Chelsea Maureen Marcantel’s three-play (a)Symmetry Cycle runs through July 25 at the Viaduct. We sent TOC reviewer Melissa Albert to check it...
Nov 17, 2009 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
by Jamie DesRocher It’s a little weird to write about a show produced by a part of a company you used to be a part of. But then again, it’s also weird to go see shows produced by a company you used to be a part of, and I’ve done that a few times now, so…woot. CHAOS is...
Apr 29, 2009 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
THEATER REVIEW Sketchbook Festival by Scott C. Morgan Young theatrical hipsters rejoice! Collaboraction’s 9th annual Sketchbook Festival is back with 14 new plays. At the same time, I must offer a mea culpa because I was only able to catch seven of...
Apr 23, 2009 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
Language Arts A festival of short works that’s all about words By Zac Thompson Cut to the Quick, the showcase of short works bracketing the Side Project’s 2008-2009 season, has been very much a playwright’s festival. Comprising 36 one-acts divided...
Apr 23, 2009 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
An evening of six short works Reviewed by : Randy Hardwick RECOMMENDED The latest selection of short works from Side Project’s Cut to the Quick series, this one collectively titled after/math, is not for everyone. It is a collection of six works mostly under thirty...
Apr 22, 2009 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
Sketchbook & Cut to the Quick By Christopher Piatt Sketchbook at Collaboraction at the Building Stage. By various authors. Dirs. various. With ensemble cast. Cut to the Quick at the side project. By various authors. Dirs. various. With ensemble cast. The late...
Apr 22, 2009 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
Plays out of the Sketchbook Ninth annual festival of short works takes ‘New American Fable’ as theme Short theatre is a forgiving medium, and at Collaboraction’s 9th annual Sketchbook Festival, an expansive celebration of the form, only the hits leave a lasting...
Apr 21, 2009 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
Theater review: Sketchbook Festival By Nina Metz A single father comes home from work exhausted and rallies his son for a dinner of pizza and milk. But the boy’s thoughts are elsewhere, in a land of cowboys and myth and schoolyard bullies. Like photo stills or...
Apr 20, 2009 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
Chicago Sun-Times: Tweets in Collaboraction’s Sketchbook Fun to Follow by Hedy Weiss, Theatre Critic Collaboraction, the multidisciplinary creative collaborative, produced its first Sketchbook project nine years ago — long before the advent of Twitter. But in a...
