A Work of Art at Chicago Dramatists

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

"...Coombs delivers a knockout performance, with her shifts from acidic to anguished nicely balanced by Alvarez's earthy stoicism. Their relationship in particular gives the play more heft in the second act, as Sabrina begins to realize that her denial hasn't honored Kirk's loss. But if a play is going to be part of a larger portrait of the effects of warfare, then we need to see how the grief caused by war - especially one as historically divisive and destructive as Vietnam - differs from any other kind of loss. Without that, "A Work of Art" feels like a draft for a bolder story."

ChicagoCritic - Somewhat Recommended

"...Considering how none of these characters are entirely naturalistic, the actors do, at least, convey the proper emotion in almost every scene. I especially liked Kuligoski, who as Kirk mostly seems abashed to be the cause of so much grief, and slightly offended, since enlisting was his choice, and Sabrina for a long time is unable to understand that."