Nothing Of Me presented by Akvavit Theatre at Signal Ensemble Theatre

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...Lygre's characters narrate their scenes in past tense, a potentially alienating convention directors Chad Eric Bergman and Breahan Eve Pautsch turn to affectingly lyrical uses. Me's ineluctable need to connect with He is satisfyingly multivalent, unlike her comparatively simplistic struggle to reconcile with her mother and ex-husband."

Time Out Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

"...Directors Chad Eric Bergman and Breahan Eve Pautsch do the show few favors, directing everything with an overly earnest air of faux-profundity that stifles whatever sparks of life the script actually has. But if there are any sparks at all, they are few and far between. It lacks detail, it lacks specificity and it lacks actual humanity. It is the theatrical embodiment of an Ikea end table: specifically, the LACK."

ChicagoCritic - Not Recommended

"...This provocative 75 minute play might get us wondering about the controlling nature of love and relationships but the coldness of the characters and that irritation use of narrative dialogue diminishes our connection to the story. The characters come off more as zombie-like caricatures than people. I left the theatre wondering who the audience is for this play? It is enough of a "downer" without much artistic merit to be avoided."

Chicago Theatre Review - Somewhat Recommended

"...This is a production that has its merits, but the script, with its disconnected characters and story theatre quality, simply isn’t as compelling. Plays are more effective when they show rather than tell the story. Mr. Lygre’s drama is interesting, has a certain cool style to it, but at the end of the 75 minute performance it leaves the audience as empty and cold as a Norwegian night."