Nick and Zoe presented by The Side Project at The Jarvis Square Theater

Chicago Reader - Not Recommended

"..."Every story has two sides," goes the show's tagline. And yet this self-flagellating display wallows almost entirely in young male angst. Rather than provide any real commentary on the sludge of vulgarity and misanthropy Talbott musters, he just asks audiences to join him in rolling around in it. Hard pass."

Windy City Times - Somewhat Recommended

"...One wishes cast and crew's skills could be employed in the service of a piece less self-important and better done. Even radical truth itself is a fine idea-when it imbues a thoughtful narrative rather than remaining a shallow, inciting incident."

TheatreWorld Internet Magazine - Highly Recommended

"...Nick & Zoe marks the fifth collaboration between playwright Daniel Talbott and the Side Project Theatre. He is an advocate of Talbott whose previous works examine sexuality and alienation and class, friendship and insecurity. “With Nick & Zoe,” he brings his oeuvre together, in a powerful 50-minute piece that I am happy to bring to the stage at this important time” Webster says. Webster compares Talbott’s style to Sam Shepherd, where the story is not straightforward and there is some subtle connection between the characters that is not immediately apparent. Depending on the director, the gradual revelation can often lose an audience, but Webster, with a tight rein, keeps the audience shocked and enrapt enough to keep figuring out the plot to the very end. "

NewCity Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

"...Webster’s note again: “… we are entrenched, and we are ill-equipped to deal with nuance. But in the nuance lies the debate. The debate about class. About status. About power.” “Nick & Zoe” lacks that nuance, leaving us with white men waxing about empty philosophy, wanting to be validated for provocation."