Take The Cake presented by The Factory Theater at Prop Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

"...There is the usual Factory slapdash silliness here, and the ending feels tacked on. But when Barra's script and Timothy C. Amos' direction stay focused on dissecting the cliched ways Hollywood depicts female friendships, "Take the Cake" delivers the tasty goods."

Time Out Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

"...It's a level of restraint I haven't often seen from Factory Theater, and it's refreshing to see a different take, but if there's ever a premise that deserved to spiral out of hand, it's crack cake balls. The self-serious take on the plot-there's a lot of underdeveloped earnest thoughts on parenting and today's economy-does little to mask the fact this is essentially a one-joke premise. Light chuckles and plot holes snowball until the ending, which is a deflating copout by its own standard. A highlight, though, is Pasko-even in a world of tepid absurdity, she takes some of the groans out of the groaners."