As Told by the Vivian Girls presented by Dog & Pony Theatre Company at Theater On The Lake

Chicago Sun Times - Recommended

"...On one level, there is a slew of prepared "scenes" performed on some crazily staggered schedule by the show's 16 actors over the course of 90 minutes. On the other, the show unfolds in as many different ways as there are individual audience members (with each donning a paper mask of a "girl" at the start). Once a little "initiation" is over, each theatergoer begins his or her own investigation, following the crowd, or the screams, or the light or a sense that something is going on. And indeed it is."

Gay Chicago Magazine - Highly Recommended

"...Perhaps the most poignant aspects that this production captures are the isolation of the man and the intimately obsessive connection that he had with his creation. This is a remarkable living-breathing homage to his fantastical, imaginary realms."

Time Out Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...Dog & Pony’s stunningly ambitious, fascinating new performance piece is inspired by Darger’s work, and it’s appropriately expansive. The production uses every inch of the Theater on the Lake, often at the same time. Audience members are free to explore on their own—follow a pair of girls upstairs to their slave quarters, head downstairs to listen in on the bad guys’ strategy meeting or wander over and peek into a tiny room where Darger himself is creating the work as we watch it."