Casanova presented by Collaboraction at Chopin Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Not Recommended

"...Scottish playwright David Greig's "Casanova," making its American debut in a Collaboraction production at the Chopin Theatre, updates the archetype to modern-day Glasgow. This Casanova grows weary of the game. He's being feted by an exhibition commemorating his thousand-plus sexual conquests. To complete the exhibit he must find his assignation and then call it a day....Director Kimberly Senior struggles to give the lugubrious text a shape and some momentum. As a multiethnic array of pliable dames, Sandra Delgado does all she can. Kathy Logelin adds a nice snap to the role of Casanova's assistant."

Chicago Reader - Not Recommended

"...David Greig's contemporary take on the Casanova legend is a glib, aimless dalliance lacking dramatic structure, theatrical plausibility, and political savvy. The title character, a libidinous art collector who beds 1,001 women for sport, imagines himself a revolutionary because he acknowledges women's right to sexual pleasure. A subplot involving a cuckolded cabinetmaker trying to exact revenge on Casanova through the services of a shapely female detective is ludicrous even within Greig's playfully distorted universe. The show is a waste of director Kimberly Senior's skillful, flexible Collaboraction cast, who can find humor in the most overwrought moments."

Time Out Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

"...With a modern-day Casanova, history's most prolific fornicator, who loves sex because it feels good, Greig seems to be saying, in schoolboy fashion, Isn't promiscuity terribly naughty? But in post–Carrie Bradshaw America, it's hard to take seriously Greig's implicit straw man of a sex-shy audience."

ChicagoCritic - Recommended

"...Casanova is a puzzling play that drags on in spots, is a tad wordy yet delivers a funny and poignant look at lives lived in the pursuit of pleasure. Woman speak highly of Casanova. Men admire his virility. The sexual scenes are done tastefully."