Mercury Fur presented by The Broken Compass at Peter Jones Gallery

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

"...Despite all this cross-pollination, the show works -- largely due to the layered performances of the company and Greg Beam's modulated direction. Buried within the gruesome narrative are pustules of humor, and Beam and cast gleefully lance each one."

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

...Beam's energetic ensemble, led by James Errico and Brian Kilborn, is appropriately intense and scary. And the production moves along so quickly you never have time to reflect that this is sometimes just a very bloody, baldly manipulative melodrama."

Windy City Times - Recommended

"...Maintaining suspense during this squirmy brand of moral instruction is often difficult for young actors inclined toward expressing their own repugnance for these unsavory characters. Under Greg Beam’s direction, however, a cast led by Broken Compass company members James Errico and Brian Kilborn ( featuring a sleek drag turn by Casey Chapman ) immerse themselves in their personae, with never a therapeutic wink to their audience."

Time Out Chicago - Recommended

"...Director Beam’s utterly raw staging is about 70 percent deliberate, with finely instinctive fringe actor–thugs blowing a hole in the wall of the Peter Jones Gallery (which finally hosts a production designed to utilize effectively its interior funkiness). The 30 percent that’s sloppy masquerading as edgy is unfortunate, only considering what Broken Compass asks us to endure."