Upright Grand at Citadel Theatre Company

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...There are a great number of theater-lovers who are unaware of a special little treasure on the North Shore! The Company is Citadel Theatre, and their venue is in Lake Forest at what is called the West Campus ( I am pretty sure this building was, or perhaps still is, part of Lake Forest High School). The actual theater is laid out more like a lecture hall, with spaced out seating that makes it easy to see the "lecturer", but often can become a difficult situation for a director of a play. Scott Weinstein knows this facility and while it may have been a struggle, his direction in their latest play, "Upright Grand", a play with music, written by local playwright Laura Schellhardt, is masterful."

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

"...This peerless, poignant drama is currently playing in a superb, heartfelt production in Lake Forest. Directed with empathy and skill by Scott Weinstein, featuring a talented trio of actors at the top of their game, this is yet one more production that will place Citadel Theatre on the map. If the previous production and this current play are any indication, one can only imagine where this theatre is headed in the future."

Picture This Post - Recommended

"...The child surpassing the parent is a foregone conclusion in UPRIGHT PIANO. What hangs in the balance is Kiddo's recognition of Pops as the progenitor of her own musical gifts. Of course she owns her talent and how she makes use of it. But sacrificing much to put her hands to the keys of a battered upright, Pops proves his own hands are grand enough for any piano."