The Rubenstein Kiss presented by Coriolis Theater Company at The Greenhouse Theater Center

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...Inspired by Julius and Ethel Rosenberg—and like them executed on suspicion of espionage ties to the Soviet Union—the Rubensteins are remarkable for their commitment to one another and to martyrdom in the face of indignity. Played luminously by Theresa Ohanian, Esther uses simple acts like folding laundry to express her thesis that family means your lives are folded together inextricably, even if, with families as with wars, "new stuff is born in blood and horrors." In both cases, "always, every day, you fight, even the battles you can't win, that's the only way the world will change.""

Centerstage - Recommended

"..."The Rubenstein Kiss" uses as its source material the harrowing tale of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a couple sent to the electric chair for selling US atomic weaponry secrets to the Soviet Union. Even cursory research into this story (such as the Google search Yours Truly did) will reveal a Byzantine tangle of political intrigue, clashing ideologies, and raw emotion; far more than can be related in this review. But it’s dramatic, politically relevant, arresting stuff: Brecht himself could not have crafted a series of events more more ripe for some thoughtful, moving theater."