From its workshop performance in Rhinofest, Jan 2020
Full Review available here
By Chicago Theatre Triathlon
Full Review available here
By Chicago Theatre Triathlon
Highlights:
- "A fiery rage ignites this play... as it gathers a group of women who have been classified as victims and defined by one violent action to reclaim their narratives..."
- "It's a living testament to the burdens women carry and how friendship fervently feeds the flames of resistance."
- "With the stakes so high and subject matter intense, ninety minutes go by fast."
- "The women tell their stories, but their ending is a beginning. It's an opening for many stories that wait to be told."
"Maybe it's the "rhinoceros" in the room: now in its 31st year, RhinoFest has been around so long that, paradoxically, it's sometimes easy to overlook. But for fringe theater fans, Rhino is indispensable. The tickets are cheap, the variety dizzying, and the vibe both communally warm and cool enough to spark your brain. Among this year's highlights are Ghosts of Whitechapel, about the victims of Jack the Ripper, created by Kate Black-Spence and Chris Brickhouse"
Highlights:
- "...a very dark and sad story told with a heavy dose of humor."
- "The well constructed humor of the script keeps its earnest message from ever sliding into pomposity."
- "...celebrates the power of women to take control of their lives even if they have to bend the laws of the universe itself to do it."
- "...strongly encourage any theatre company looking for an intelligent, witty, painfully sad, triumphantly feminist drama to think about giving this piece the full production it deserves."
