End Days Reviews

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"... Deborah Zoe Laufer’s 2007 dramedy, End Days, has intermittent moments of charm woven into a premise that is trying way too hard for profundity and whimsy. (When a show begins with someone dressed as Vegas-era Elvis, you know you’re in for a generous portion of the latter.) Theatre Above the Law’s current revival, directed by Tony Lawry, is a shaggy but good-hearted affair that doesn’t overcome the self-consciousness of the script. But the production offers some lovely and amusing interludes of its own.

Third Coast Review - Somewhat Recommended

"...The premise for End Days is interesting and could have leaned full tilt into absurdism but misses the mark. I found some of it quite funny but the script did not adequately plumb the elements of nihilism and farce that give absurdism its bite. Womack is quite good as a woman who has converted fully to Christianity, possibly forsaking Judaism. Sylvia's interactions with Jesus (Luchtenburg) are both funny and pathetic because Womack deftly moves between the ecstasy of belief and the crushing fear of not being able to save her family when she is miraculously vacuumed up into heaven."

NewCity Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

"...Unfortunately, Laufer's dark-tinged comedy sentimentalizes this potentially powerful dramatic premise, and the production, helmed by Theatre Above the Law artistic director Tony Lawry, accentuates the weaknesses of a script that may have had something to say in its time, but doesn't merit revival seventeen years later."