Chicago Reader
- Somewhat Recommended
"...Lisa Cordileone and Tiffany Albers-Lopez bring bright-eyed zest to the butch/femme pairing, and moments of poignancy shine through in Lauren Love and L.M. Attea's staging. But if there's more to this story than a tawdry folie a deux, it's lost in the self-conscious writing and not-quite-hammy-enough theatrics. A woman in the audience muttered "Go for it" during a recounting of one of Wuornos's attacks, suggesting the rage missing from this overly polite effort."
Windy City Times
- Recommended
"...Co-directors Lauren Love and L.M. Attea's managerial skills do much to reduce the intellectual whiplash. Ultimately, though, what renders the evening a unilaterally enjoyable 70 minutes are Tiffany Albers-Lopez and Lisa Cordileone as our gun-toting hosts, who hold us, well, captive, with ingenuous charm and poised alacrity. So wholly does their infectious intimacy convince us that they are having fun that we cannot help but do likewise."
Chicago Free Press
- Highly Recommended
"...Lesbians Who Kill, inspired by Aileen Wuornos’ 1990 killing spree and the often emotionally complex relationships between butch and femme women, is a surprisingly entertaining delight. The truths contained within the vaudevillian rhythms of the piece are also vitally realistic to anyone whose differences put them at risk in a world that is frequently violent and unsafe."
Gay Chicago Magazine
- Not Recommended
"...Lesbians Who Kill, in one fell swoop, has set the calendar back by decades to a time when watching lesbian depictions on stage was more embarrassing and esoterically academic than entertaining or enlightening. This is like watching a haiku poetry delivery of a stream-of-consciousness master’s thesis from a woman’s study/mass media double major."
Centerstage
- Somewhat Recommended
"...Take a stab at "Lesbians Who Kill." Okay, maybe a poke. But whatever you do, as a viewer of this play you'll take a journey through what motivates women, particularly lesbians, to become killers. It's a creative approach to a little-discussed topic, but unfortunately the execution of this play, which consists of a combination of monologues, dialogues, musical numbers and not as easily identifiable movie moments, makes it confusing to someone not entrenched in the history of all-things-lesbian."
Time Out Chicago
- Somewhat Recommended
"...The two actors have a great rapport, especially in handling the humor penned by the three authors (who make up the dyke performance collective Split Britches). Albers-Lopez captures her character’s giggly, girly curves, and Cordileone is a masculine, angular counterpart. But it’s a difficult script, and both seem overwhelmed by its poetry."
