Chicago, Illinois
22 January 2011 – 27 February 2011
Director: Chris Maher
Scenery: Katherine Arfken
Costumes: Rachel M. Sypniewski
Lighting: Mac Vaughey
Sound: Chas Vbra
Adaptation: Christopher Hampton
Dan Jakes - Chicago Theatre Beat
As Krogstad, baby-faced Josh Atkins neither looks nor sounds the part of a blackmailing antagonist. Nothing states that Nora’s nemesis has to be a deep-voiced, brooding menace, but Atkins presumes that archetype while not having any of the physical or vocal characteristics to back it up. The result resembles a boy wearing his father’s suit. Cares does her blustering best to seem intimidated by Atkins’ threats, to little dramatic avail. Source
Nina Metz - Chicago Tribune
But the reason the play works — why it has always worked — is because it is the story of one marriage, not an indictment of all marriages. You don't want a show banging you over the head with its gender politics. You want it to make you to think. And that, unfortunately, is not the case with director Chris Maher's overly stilted production. Source
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