Penelope, O Penelope Reviews
Chicago Reader- Somewhat Recommended
"...Set nowhere in particular, populated with ancient superstitions and 21st-century technology, the play is laden with rich, poetic imagery that Abkarian often overindulges to numbing excess. While Romanian director Eva Patkó's stalwart cast struggle to find forward momentum through the dense, often repetitive text, they mesmerize when they forgo embellished emotionalism in favor of plain speaking."
Around The Town Chicago- Not Recommended
"...It is not often that I find myself questioning why a theater company would tackle a show such as the one that I witnessed tonight. Theatre Y, I must say is a company that accepts challenge as it works to bring forth its “Mission” to “discover overlooked masterpieces in global contemporary theater and bring them to Chicago”! Thus says Theatre Y Artistic Director Melissa Lorraine. This they have done. “Penelope, O Penelope”, now in its US Premiere (in English) was written by Simon Abkarian and comes out of Homer’s “Odyssey” as told in modern day perspective."