Brave Like Them Reviews

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...The show-devised by the ensemble (aged 12-23) under the direction of Ali Hoefnagel and Kieran Kredell-celebrates the radical impulse of the 1990s riot grrrls while bringing a 2017 perspective to the story. Featuring aggressive choreography by Erin Kilmurray and hard-edged musical direction by Nicholas Davio, the show sensitively and accessibly explores the tensions between young people's passion to create a better world and their need for individual self-affirmation and peer approval."

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

"...Currently enjoying its world premiere, this play probably won’t be everyone’s piece of cake. Its raucous, in-your-face production can be hard to take. However, About Face Theatre’s ensemble of earnest, young actors, and the artists who support their production, are to be highly commended for their gumption and talent. They’ve clearly worked very hard to shine a light on an important social and political issue. The relevance of this 90’s movement and this ensemble’s energy speaks directly to each and every individual of the LGBT community, especially its younger members. Here is a courageous and spunky production, filled with power and passion, that offers an important, thought-provoking slice of American history…or, perhaps, herstory."

Third Coast Review - Recommended

"...The About Face Youth Theatre is staging an energetic and thoughtful world premiere, titled Brave Like Them, which revisits the riot grrrls punk movement of the 1990s. The movement countered the male dominance of the punk scene, while celebrating female musical empowerment through girl bands, zines and concerts and was centered in the Seattle/Olympia area."