The Edge Of Our Bodies at TUTA Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

"...However, for the most part, "The Edge of Our Bodies" provides an arresting little picaresque about a smart young woman on the verge of adulthood, trying to figure out which story will define her future. Molloy's performance — vibrant, funny and a little dangerous — makes it well worth going out on the edge with Bernadette."

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...The taste for "ironic" art that winkingly/mockingly adopts the form and content of other works or genres has become widespread. Take Adam Rapp's The Edge of Our Bodies at TUTA (the Utopian Theatre Asylum). The roughly 75-minute one-act is a lengthy "dear diary" monologue by Bernie, a Lolita-like 16-year-old girl (Carolyn Molloy). Bernie addresses us in the coat and plaid green miniskirt of her boarding school."

Theatre By Numbers - Recommended

"...The play forces us to confront the perspective of this girl at a time of great change in her life, mostly in order that we can reflect upon our own once we have emerged and escaped from her world and back into the one we normally inhabit."

ChicagoCritic - Recommended

"...If listening to a teenager's darkly humorous meditation on the all-consuming ravages of time on people's bodies doesn't sound like your thing, be assured that Rapp is perceptive enough to knock Bernadette out of her reverie, twice. A janitor (Sean Ewert) pulls aside the black curtain, shattering the shadowy atmosphere Bernadette has constructed, and she struggles to re-establish it."

Chicago Theater Beat - Recommended

"...The Edge of Our Bodies works as a coming of age story, even though Bernadette already appears experienced in the ways of the world from the beginning. Her unaffected nature means that the instances in which she does get emotional or behave like a kid really pop and sizzle. TUTA Theatre has been regaling Chicago audiences with innovative theatre for years. This production is no exception, and Carolyn Molloy's performance is nothing short of exceptional."

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...The body is a cage. The body is a prison and a protectorate, a warden and a sister. It defends you even as it obscures you from view. This is what “The Edge of Our Bodies” knows. When the curtain rises and somebody tries to reach us, we may hide further into our skin."