The Realm presented by The Other Theatre Company at The Side Project

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...Playwright Sarah Myers packs her new drama with lots of potent ideas, but as George Orwell showed, the trick to making a dystopian future convincing is rigorous internal logic. Here Myers falls short. Why would language loss suppress desire? Why has humanity moved underground? And if the Realm's leaders' greatest fear is that a citizen will escape aboveground, why is an unlocked escape hatch always accessible by ladder? Director Kelly Howe nicely exploits the script's creepy menace, but buying into this world is arduous."

The Fourth Walsh - Recommended

"...THE REALM was interesting. I was continually trying to resolve the meaning of this world. Although teen revolutionaries isn’t a new concept, the process of eliminating desire through elimination of the words was a clever premise. THE REALM is a futuristic tale for sci-fi and young adult book lovers."

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...From a conventional dramaturgical perspective, Myers has written only the first two acts of a three-act play and much is left unresolved and underdeveloped. But I’m guessing that’s intentional. As this haunting and incomplete play ends, the protagonists are still trapped within the prison-like realm, and so are we. And that would seem to be the point."