Equus at Redtwist Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

"...Peter Oyloe steps into the role, and he is a real find. (Incidentally, he resembles Radcliffe in type and temperament). The show is worth seeing for Oyloe's performance alone, as a lanky and empathetic kid who is messed up in the head."

SouthtownStar - Highly Recommended

"...A new star is born with Peter Oyloe's spellbinding portrayal of Strang. The young actor, whom I haven't seen on stage before, blazes with a spine-tingling intensity that one will long remember."

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...the play is long and overblown but can exert an eerie power in the right production. In Joe Stead's simple, reverent staging for the Actors Workshop Theatre, performed in a tiny space, the cast works wonders. Mellifluous Brian Parry is smooth but authoritative as Strang's therapist. And smoldering newcomer Peter Oyloe gives the boy a solemn, sullenly seductive air that perfectly suits Shaffer's theme, the intermingling of sex and violence with the sacred."

Windy City Times - Recommended

"...It’s better than good, given the tight physical constraints of a postage-stamp-sized stage in a 44-seat storefront theatre, with only one door through which actors can enter and exit. Director Joe Stead’s solution is to have the actors seated onstage all the time. Only Han enters and exits, so his appearances have visual impact."

EpochTimes - Highly Recommended

"...Mr. Stead has done a solid job from start to finish in making this story work on a very small stage and his cast is superb. The other actors, Marco Garcia, Jan Ellen Graves, Connie Anderko and Daniel Han ( who plays the horse ) all handle their roles well.All of the actors sit on stage in chairs awaiting their scenes and yet, with the careful eye of a skilled director, we, the audience are so drawn to the events on stage, we do not notice them at all. This is a very dramatic and intense production that will have you thinking as you leave the theater."

Time Out Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...The cast he’s assembled is superb. There’s not a word that doesn’t seem true, nary a movement that’s not meticulously planned. Oyloe in particular is a real find. In the wrong hands Alan could be a scenery-chewing nightmare; Oyloe’s is often otherworldly, sometimes petulant, sympathetic and frustrating, but never over-the-top and never less than mesmerizing. The electricity between Oyloe and Parry is enough to make you sweat."

ChicagoCritic - Highly Recommended

"...The Actors Workshop Theatre has reached a new level of stagecraft with Equus. This Equus begs to be experienced. The production will shake you to our core. You’d be hard pressed to find as powerful a show anywhere. Parry and Oyloe are magnificent as they put their distinct marks on Dysart and Alan. Talk about actors leaving it all on the stage! Wow! Don’t miss this show—it is one of the best of 2007."