Barefoot In The Park presented by Step Up Productions at Athenaeum Theatre

Chicago Reader - Recommended

"...It concludes with Corie accepting all the blame and vowing to make Paul feel more important but without Paul vowing to make Corie feel less bored. Michael Driscoll's staging for Step Up Productions, however, wisely pretends it's still 1963, with no ironic nods to the revolution to come. So instead of getting mad, I laughed and enjoyed, especially Alex Fisher's performance as Corie, and thought, gee, I've gotta watch this Neil Simon kid, he's going places."

ChicagoCritic - Recommended

"...The wackiness, the sight gags, and the physicality all work together to sustain a light weight old fashioned comedy. The argument scene between Alex Fisher and Colin Sphar is a classic high energy and physically demanding one that needs to be seen to be fully appreciated. This is hilarious, well directed and superbly acted classic Simon fun!"

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

"...The hilarity of Simon’s script is captured well by Michael Driscoll’s natural blocking in which Neil Simon’s characters interact on a high floor of a walk-up apartment, convincingly designed by William Boles with lighting (Michael Stanfill) and sound design (Jeffrey Levin) that produces a storm and snow in exterior of a large window window in which more than one character will get caught. Randolph Alex Fisher, Colin Saphar, and Sara Minton all captured their character’s pathologies remarkably well."