Enchanted April Reviews

Windy City Times - Highly Recommended

"...Elizabeth von Arnim's novel, as adapted by Matthew Barber, is a favorite production during the winter months, when summery reminders are most needed, making the Idle Muse Theatre Company's decision to stage their play in the dog days of August a somewhat daring proposition. Redemption is welcome in any season, however, and Anglophile romantics looking to stop and smell the you-know-what one more time before the onset of hibernal darkness will leave bathed in the sororal camaraderie generated by the ensemble dynamic of Elizabeth MacDougald as the ebullient Lottie, Mara Kovacevic as the pious Rose, Catherine Hermes as the melancholy Caroline and Maggie Speer as the formidable Mrs. Graves, along with Jean Waller's forthright housekeeper (who speaks no English, but still steals her every scene)."

ChicagoCritic - Recommended

"...So sure, the contemporary English may have fewer illusions about Italy than Byron or even von Arnim had. But if Enchanted April teaches us anything, its that even our most idyllic of illusions occasionally open themselves up into truth. After all, wisteria and sunshine never go out of season."