Confederates in the Attic at City Lit Theater

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...With Horwitz as its central character, McCabe's adaptation offers lots of funny, quirky, and poignant moments. But the script as a whole needs both trimming and filling out: in its current state it makes the same thematic points over and over while leaving its reporter protagonist frustratingly incomplete. McCabe's staging is similarly uneven, solid performances sitting side by side with amateurish ones on a set that looks slapped together."

Theatre By Numbers - Recommended

"...The ending was a little abrupt. The journey came to a sudden end without a clear conclusion, but I think that makes it better than if it had tried to provide some discovered truth. There is a declared discovery about the importance of the Civil War within our history as a people, but that's a safe statement. And While they are Tony's last words, they leave so much left unsaid and undeclared that the play ends challenging the audience to look further for their own answers."