Scapegoat; Or (Why The Devil Always Loved Us) presented by The New Coordinates at The Den Theatre

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...The set, split between the devil-worshipping senator's country home and the Washington office of his Bible-thumping rival, is presided over by a sinister portrait of Teddy Roosevelt. This parody of our political system sadly doesn't seem very farfetched, and the dark humor is bolstered by the cast's not playing it for laughs. One wishes the play would pause once in a while to take a breath, but it's hard to argue with much of what it's saying. Kristina Valada-Viers directs."

Picture This Post - Recommended

"...McNamara’s intense writing is complemented by Kristina Valada-Viars’ direction. The actors work well together as an ensemble and scenes which involve characters in different locations at the same time are orchestrated perfectly. The tension between family members is portrayed differently from the tension between opposing political foes. The actors succeed at the underlying loathing but polite face of interacting with those of opposing viewpoints."

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

"...Despite issues of breadth, "Scapegoat" finds an ideal home at The New Colony, a company that, for better or for worse, seems to prefer a maximalist approach to new work, the underlying idea being that it's always easier to take away than to add. In that respect, it's not hard to imagine this play either expanding (both physically and narratively) or shredding some of its components to further hone its shrewd insights into the inside baseball nature of American politics. I'd wager that it is only likely to get more relevant in the coming years."