A snippet from the April 23rd review from the Chicago Reader:
Svich’s script brims with gorgeous poetic interpolations alongside snippets of Shakespeare’s text as Ophelia goes through fresh iterations of her time with Hamlet/Rude Boy. Early on, she tells us, “I went into water. I scooped up the living. And made promises to the dead. I left everyone unblessed. I jangled a laugh and a song of sorrow, a tall, lonesome song you could hear through the wildflowers.”
Read the full review HERE.
12 Ophelias
Through 5/24: Fri–Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 3 PM; Factory Theater, 1623 W Howard, strawdog.org, sliding scale $10-$80