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Chicago Theater Beat
Chicago Tribune
“The show as a whole is raw and searingly authentic…and yet the audience isn’t
left with only the ever-lingering heartache and damage such loss creates. With the
show’s powerful performances and production choices, we’re also presented with
the shaky hope and strength that can eventually rise from the ashes.”
Time Out Chicago
“(Kate) LoConti, untamed and satisfyingly stubborn, sizzles and pops with
conviction, from an explosive anger to a much deeper place of hurt, guilt and
genuine sorrow.”
Time Out Chicago
“Sandy Shinner’s staging, a gem from Shattered Globe Theatre, could not achieve
better casting or generate more sheer conviction per minute. ….Solidarity is
almost too weak a word for Shinner’s nine dynamic performers. Using a kind of
immersion therapy, they put us in their place. It’s theater at its most present and
accounted for.”
Stage and Cinema
“Riveting….There’s a moment that took my breath away….honest, complicated
performances that are observant and piquant and true.”
Chicago Tribune
“At the hurt heart of this slice of work are two women who lose their men in
different and equally credible ways. Marlene ( a haunting Kate LoConti) has
supposedly held up a settlement by refusing to take “blood money” from the mill
owners for the loss of her young husband Champ (Drew Schad, present especially
in his absence), horribly burned in the blaze. Marlene’s hard-drinking, badly bored
sister-in-law, the ironically named Sunny (unforgettable Rebecca Jordan) wants to
leave her uninspiring Bo (a solidly flawed Ken Bradley): Ironically, his surviving a
fire that he might have contributed to through pain pills and inattentiveness has
preserved a sick marriage or given them a second chance.”
Stage and Cinema
“Shattered Globe Theatre’s intimate production carefully charts Nemeth’s
nonlinear narrative with the aid of Charlie Cooper’s inventive lighting and superb
performances… the story of loss and healing is universal.”
“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED” -Chicago READER
“Shattered Globe Theatre, under the imaginative direction of Sandy Shinner,
has mounted a haunting and deeply emotional story about the demise of a steel
town…We care and empathize with the Widows….Ken Bradley, Rebecca Jordan,
Drew Schad and especially Kate LoConti give yeoman performances as they each
struggle with the mourning process. This show rivets our heartstrings.”
Chicago Critic
“Shattered Globe Theatre ignites the story with a vengeance matched only by an
incendiary set of performances.”
Chicago Theater Beat
“Shattered Globe offers another truly visceral experience for its
audiences…Unforgettable.”
Chicago Theater Review
