Adoration of the Old Woman presented by UrbanTheater Company at Batey Urbano

Chicago Reader - Recommended

"...the work has power and lots of heart, as do the performances in director Juan Castañeda's sometimes ragged revival for UrbanTheater Company. The best-most notably, Andrew Neftalí Perez and Melissa DuPrey, playing respectively a nationalist and a very opinionated ghost-transcend the limitations of this low-budget production and bring a transcendent life to Rivera's rich material."

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

"...While Chicago is known for its many splendid theatrical companies, those with large stages and wonderful history, we are also known for the many store-front theaters that make their homes in the neighborhoods of the city. One of these is the Urban Theater Company, now in its tenth year of bringing theater to an area that prior to them, had little or nothing to offer the residents. Urban Theater Company has brought some beautiful theater to their multicultural community known as Humboldt Park ( West Division Street ).The store-front they are using as they celebrate the tenth season is located at 2620 West Division in what was called the Batey Urbano, and retains the name on its signage. This was a youth meeting space where the arts became a part of the lives of the teens from the area who took refuge there instead of being on the streets."

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

"...Baños, Castillo and DuPrey all have their moments of joy against otherwise grim circumstances. These actresses are as heartbreaking as they are humorous. In the end, they are all tied together by their pasts and their inability to let go of them. They are truly the driving force of the show."