The Wooden Breeks at Lookingglass Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

"...indeed, skilled Lookingglass performers such as Lamson, Raymond Fox, Andrew White, Troy West and Eva Barr wrap their earnest tonsils around Berger's eccentrics. But it seems to me that the ideal production of "Wooden Breeks" would push back more against the script, challenging its smugness and lack of truth."

Chicago Sun Times - Recommended

"...in its Chicago premiere Monday at the Lookingglass Theatre, this impossibly brainy, altogether quirky, simultaneously heartfelt and satirical examination of mortality -- and everything that precedes "the grand finale" -- turns out to be perfectly comprehensible and more than a little enchanting."

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...Berger's elaborate narrative tricks are sometimes fussy, but Heidi Stillman's disciplined direction and a rock-solid cast--especially Philip R. Smith, who plays a choleric but charismatic Tom--make this show an oddball treat."

EpochTimes - Recommended

"...This is a finely tuned production that manges to keep the interest of the audience and bring some laughter to a miserable town. Each of the characters is strong and this cast is solid. One might find the brogues a little difficult to handle, but if you pay close attention and watch the actors closely, you will find that the language is easy to understand- just focus and you'll have no problem."

Time Out Chicago - Recommended

"...While the woolly codification of Berger’s world commands less respect than it should—most actions and consequences within it are oddly empty—Stillman’s production somehow gives it wit, order and mossy soul."

ChicagoCritic - Recommended

"...The Wooden Breeks charms us with its verbose script, wit and humor as it tells a complex unpredictable fable in a mystical world of superstition set in a 18th Century comically miserable town in rural Scotland. We commiserate in the trials of these weird Dickens-like characters."