Date Me! Reviews
Chicago Reader- Highly Recommended
"...Seeing Schlosser in such different roles is an enchanting step through the looking glass. Oddly, the weaknesses of each play—an overly stylized staging in Silence and persistent, goofy attempts at audience interaction in Date Me!—form a symmetry that improves both."
Time Out Chicago- Somewhat Recommended
"... At times, the play seems to lampoon single-lady comedies with, for instance, a brilliantly excruciating moment in which a feral Michelle, on all fours, literally stalks the man she fancies (a dopey DJ, played at alternating performances by Brandon Galatz and Josh Odor). But continual shrieks (“Sweetie!”) and blather about texting, cocaine and shoes suggest that it’s women in general who are being mocked. Or are they subversively being celebrated through flashes of inspired physical comedy? Something here has been lost in translation."
ChicagoCritic- Somewhat Recommended
"...The story – loosely defined – is about two single women, Noemi Schlosser and Michelle Slonim, at the wedding reception of Noemi’s younger sister. She’s taken Michelle as her date, in lieu of any male presence in her life. While they down champagne and cocaine like it’s Cristal and good rock, they bemoan their sex lives (or lack thereof), their past relationship triumphs and squalid failures. On the fringes of the scene is the bridegroom’s brother, Brandon Galatz or Josh Odor, who is DJing the event. He stops by the girls’ table to chat, flirt and joke around."
Chicago Stage and Screen- Somewhat Recommended
"... a 90 minute study of pure sit-com ( with adult language and situations) and cliche ( wow, talk about every little sexual cliche being used in one play!) that starts off on a rather high note. The audience is kept out in the lobby until exactly 8:30 ( this of course changes with the performance schedule) and enters the theater to a table of wine and beer and a DJ playing some solid dance music. Here we are greeted by Ms. Schlosser ( who also wrote this one and plays the sister of the bride at this affair) and her “best girlfriend” Michelle ( played by Michelle Slonim to the extreme sit-com comedy style). They are at this affair as a couple only because Noemi couldn’t bear to come alone and Michelle figures this is a great chance to “get lucky”"