The Audacity of Nope or How I Fell for a Pansy Scheme Reviews

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...Even when the material misses, though, an appealing cast manages to salvage a chuckle or two. Standouts are Kathy Betts and Jim Bennett- zany and brainy, respectively."

Windy City Times - Highly Recommended

"...Under Sean Cusick's astute direction, GayCo's The Audacity of Nope or How I Fell for a Pansy Scheme serves up plenty of prescriptive laughs for those unhappy with the speed of gay rights legislation or annoyed by Chicago parking, the H1N1 virus and culturally backward Fox News commentators."

Centerstage - Highly Recommended

"...As a whole, the show is speckled with laugh-out-loud lines. Notable scenes include a sketch equating a Chicago alderman with a sex slave, and a faux Fox news update in which Obama is described as making America "more socialist and blacker." All in all, Gayco has created an endearing evening of comedy."

Chicagoist - Highly Recommended

"...the show has enlivened recent events facing the LGBT community with licks of laughter and plenty of satire leaving practically no stone unturned. There's Iowan church ladies singing about ham balls and marriage equality, Anderson Cooper crying into his coffee at the CNN news desk, martians asking a lesbian couple to demonstrate procreation and even right-wing "environmentalists" arguing the LGBT movement is responsible for natural disasters. It all wouldn't be so funny if it weren't so true to life."

Chicago Stage Review - Highly Recommended

"...GayCo started in 1996 when The Second City Outreach Program began its first Gay/Lesbian workshop series. Since that time it has taken The Second City training and forged a body of work that continues delight audiences and take risks. While many of today’s Second City productions play it safe and tone it down for the tourists, GayCo plows full steam ahead into the world of impertinently challenging and insanely hysterical comedy."