Emilie: La Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight at The Greenhouse Theater Center

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...What the cast of Bryan Wakefield's Organic Theater staging can't fix is Gunderson's notion that chronicling Emilie means valorizing her--trying to convince us, for instance, that a fabulously wealthy woman who did pretty much as she pleased and was taken seriously by her peers somehow led a difficult life. A more honest Emilie might be more interesting."

ChicagoCritic - Not Recommended

"...Emilie is a production that will interest audiences already interested in hearing about women whom history has disenfranchised. Yet, many, if not all, of the details touched upon in this play can be found summarized on Wikipedia. Besides these details, I don't see this production offering much else in terms of interest. It certainly wasn't entertaining."

NewCity Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

"...Organic Theater Company has splendid actors and does not disappoint in execution-Sturm is a forceful Emilie, Moses an enticing Voltaire. In the chameleonic roles of Soubrette, Madam and Gentleman, Sara Copeland, Glenn, and John Arthur Lewis embody a whole class of French society among themselves, despite an apparent ensemble-wide contract to enunciate French badly. As a scholar and pioneer, the marquise of Chatelet should be remembered-with complexity."