Picked Up Reviews

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

"...This might be the looniest Neo-Futurist show since "Daredevils" in 2005, but I'll admit to some early skepticism toward the project, which presents a different television pilot (written and performed live by the ensemble) each week of the run. Understand, the Neo-Futurists are big thinkers and adamantly rebellious — qualities rarely seen on TV."

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...The script is crudely funny, but its combination of bathroom humor and unflattering yet ultimately sweet depictions of outcasts looks more like a Farrelly brothers movie than anything you'd see on TV."

Windy City Times - Not Recommended

"...I saw the Week 4 pilot, No Place Like Home, for which Lauren Sharpe was head writer and director. It drew heavy laughs from the twentysomethings and thirtysomethings, and sometimes was funny in a macabre and/or offensive way, but for the most part was lame. I gave it thumbs down and was outvoted 49-1. As I said, I was the only discerning member of the audience."

Gay Chicago Magazine - Recommended

"...The Neo-Futurists are some of Chicago Theater’s superstars of humor, producing comedy that is as distinctive as it is hilarious. No matter how base they get, there is still a profound intelligence that is self deprecating and insightful on the creative process itself."