| Chicago Tribune - Recommended
"...Reeder always likes working in a minor key — and he has to be careful of trapping his shows in a kind of melancholic loop, when we also need bursts of staccato and possibility. But it does not spoil the show. This “Three Days of Rain” is rooted in a space as real as its feelings are honest."
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Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended
"...Matthew Reeder's sinewy production for BackStage Theatre finds the wounded heart under Greenberg's rat-a-tat, astringent wit, and John Henry Roberts is simply marvelous as both voluble Walker and his stuttering dad."
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Time Out Chicago - Highly Recommended
"...Director Reeder has a feel for mood and never lets a moment go to waste, while Brandon Wardell’s set and lighting move gracefully between eras. The knockout cast is uniquely dialed into the script and one another, its interplay the highlight of a show that proves the present is prelude to the past."
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Chicago Theater Beat - Highly Recommended
"...Greenberg’s non-linear storytelling is thought-provoking as only we, the audience, know the true gravitas of the words, “Three days of rain,” which Ned enters into his journal. However, perhaps this is the nature of history; it can never be retold exactly, nor needs to be. Walker and Nan come to their own necessary closure with their parents’ ambiguous history, and their father took his memories to the grave. What’s clear is that Backstage Theatre Company continues to excel in creating memories for theatergoers that are definitely unforgettable."
Chicago Stage Standard - Highly Recommended
"...The trio of actors behind “Three Days of Rain” are dynamic and captivating. Tony Bozzuto, John Henry Roberts, and Rebekah Ward-Hays enthrall their audience with every scene as they step into the shoes of very independent and reserved characters. The biggest theatrical device used here was the transition the actors made from hidden quiet characters during the first act set in present time to the generation behind them during the second act set in the 1960’s. John Henry Roberts went from a fast talking, possibly insane Walker to a calm and collect Ned, who suffered from a speech deficiency. Opposite him was Rebekah Ward-Hays, who played a very worrisome Nan during the first act and an open and free Lina during the second."
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