The War Zone is My Bed Reviews
Chicago Reader- Recommended
"...The romance is brief: Peter returns to his wife in New York, while Dahlia becomes the writer he urged her to be, documenting terror and suffering in war-torn regions from Kabul to Dubrovnik, including the story of Laila (Rasika Ranganathan), an Afghan widow-turned-prostitute. Still, Dahlia is haunted by questions raised in this early affair: Who gets to tell a story? What does it mean to be a consumer of tales of suffering? The questions implicate the audience, reminding us of the ways in which we, too, are voyeurs. The work could use some tightening-a few scenes feel unnecessary-but bravo to Halcyon Theatre for bringing Rana's smart voice to Chicago."
Time Out Chicago- Somewhat Recommended
"...Ranganathan's defiant performance and the clearer sense of definition make the Afghanistan-related scenes the strongest, but smushed between the Bosnian conflict and later scenes questioning the morality of profiting off of pain, they lose resonance. All of the themes Rana touches upon are worthwhile in their own right, but jumbled together and presented in piecemeal delivery, it's hard to identify what exactly is supposed to be the focus. In what's meant to be multiple portraits of the faces of war, by the end, what's left is a dramatic smear."