Creature presented by Dandelion Theatre at The Side Project

Time Out Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

"...Heidi Schreck fills her 2009 play with plenty of scenes from this eccentric biography, but they never add up to a compelling story. At least they don’t in this uninspired revival by Dandelion Theatre, directed by Bec Willett and performed by an ensemble of tentative actors who, frankly, often seem a little bewildered by the play they’ve found themselves in. Only Katherine Lamb, playing Kempe, delivers the kind of fully invested performance that might—might—make this flawed material fly."

ChicagoCritic - Not Recommended

"...If there is a coherent interpretation of Schreck's Creature, Willett's production does not bring it out. Instead, it bores one into a trance-like state of mystification, with scene after aimless scene without any discernible plot purpose or emotional engagement - just dead wood, like the minimalist set design. I'm sorry to say that neither the subdued beauty of Lamb's performance nor the much-appreciated, vivacious energy of Hull's offers enough redemptive value here to save one from the purgatorial slumber of this production. Miserere mei, indeed."