The Summer of Daisy Fay at Redtwist Theatre

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...As Daisy Fay, pretty red-haired Charlie Irving is an intoxicating mix of honeyed sarcasm and southern gentility, and the intimate staging puts the audience right in her basement bedroom as she packs her things, several weeks early, for the Miss Mississippi pageant in Tupelo, dreaming of an acting career in New York. Her excitement vibrates down to her fingertips, and her tales of men who let her down, past and present, make her desire for a new life all the more poignant."

Windy City Times - Recommended

"...Charlie Irving inhabits the role of Daisy Fay with a conviction and authenticity transcending the division between actor and character. ( No dialect instructor is credited in the playbill, making her accent all the more impressive. ) Under the direction of Anthony Whitaker, this New American Folk Theatre production makes for a briskly paced evening hosted by a Dixie Chick whose charming candor is tempered by polite warnings when salty language is imminent."

ChicagoCritic - Somewhat Recommended

"...When Charlie was eloquent with proper pauses she was heartfelt and often hilarious. But she seemed under rehearsed. Hopefully, she’ll get more consistent and return to the form that she must have had on opening night when the Jeff Committee recommended the show. I kept quietly rooting her her and I enjoyed her finer moments. Hopefully she’ll get better as the run continues. As an off-night show it is work seeing."