Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended
"...This Pride Films and Plays production, at Edgewater's cozy Rivendell Theatre, is a tender and gratifying theatrical experience. A traditional drawing-room play set in Gay 90s New York, Nancy Nyman and Heather McNama's new work tells the story of a successful, civic-minded African-American couple, Jack (Tiffany Mitchenor) and Hannah (Aneisa Hicks), who offered one another, in Hannah's words, "a love that was true, and a lie behind which to hide it.""
Windy City Times - Highly Recommended
"...A director mistrusting playgoers' attention spans might have opted to present this material as camp melodrama, replete with DelSarte posturing and shrill vocals. While the progress of Nyman and McNama's narrative may strike us today as wordy and slow-paced-though actually running a mere 75 minutes-Diana Raiselis has done her homework, as has her cast ( billed in gender-neutral period style ), who deftly navigate their museum-accurate text with unwavering conviction to generate sympathy and suspense right up to the surprise twist concluding the steadfast lovers' adventures in the best classic tradition."
Theatre By Numbers - Recommended
"...There is something comfortable about a simple, straight-forward morality play. One can clearly tell who is the villain, who is the hero, where right and wrong reside within the tale. That is what Nancy Nyman's and Heather McNama's "Resolution" does under the direction of Diana Raiselis. The newest offering from Pride Films & Plays unfolds upon the Rivendell stage which has been beautifully transformed into a 1890s home by set designer Milo Bue."
Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended
"...This well-written, nicely performed new thriller is guaranteed to touch a nerve, especially among the LGBTQ community. Playwrights Nancy Nyman and Heather McNama have written a taut, finely crafted script dealing with issues that, despite being set in the late nineteenth century, resonate strongly today. Amidst the volatile political climate surrounding the upcoming elections, this period piece is as contemporary as today's headlines and will spark hours of post-theatre discussion."
Irish American News - Highly Recommended
"...With a strong cast of actors, director Diana Raiselis brings to life Heather McNama and Nancy Nyman's play. The story, though a little incredulous for the time (late 19th C), requires a suspension of belief that only works if the story is good, and this one is good. Once one gets over the initial hurdle posed by the playwrights, the real action of the play speaks for itself. Highlighting the victimization of those the many who judge love with a blinkered sense of morality, the playwrights invite us to engage with a theme that is perhaps seems a little dated now, except in very rural areas, which is, who has the right to legislate whom we can love."
Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended
"...Resolution definitively proves that queer women of color and historical plays are not incompatible, and that stories that explore the intersection of marginalized identities can be every bit as successful and relatable as those that stick to more-represented groups. Resolution is a breath of fresh air for those tired of only a slim cross-section of the LGBT community being represented on Chicago's stages, and on top of that, is simply an excellent show. Pride Films & Plays has brought something truly special to life."
NewCity Chicago - Somewhat Recommended
"..."Resolution" is billed as a thriller but it lacks the suspense and, by extension, the satisfaction of that genre. Things go to full dramatic boil before they even begin to simmer. At seventy minutes, this play is both too much and too little. The abundance of explication needs to be supplanted by actual emotional investment. As it stands, the stakes are unclear to the point of being nonexistent. As a result, the play's false ending has as little resonance as its gleeful deus ex machina."
