Private Lives at City Lit Theater

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...Under Terry McCabe's direction, Don Bender as Elyot and Cameron Feagin as Amanda deftly negotiate their characters' mercurial relationship--passionate, bitchy, tender, whimsical, violently enraged. And Maggie Kettering and George Seegebrecht are excellent as the hapless spouses."

Windy City Times - Highly Recommended

"...In Private Lives, Coward presents us with Elyot and Amanda—married for three years, divorced for five, both recently wedded to second partners, only to discover on their respective honeymoons that they were meant for each other. Pinter's Old Times introduces us to Deeley, a husband racked with jealousy, despite 20 years of marriage, by the pre-marital bond between his enigmatic wife and her girlhood friend, Anna."

Time Out Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

"...Maggie Kettering and George Seegebrecht, as the new spouses, hardly register in the first act yet fare better when they return in the third. Kettering turns Sibyl into a comically whiny proto-Trixie; Seegebrecht’s Victor is too mealymouthed and milquetoast but gets in a couple of killer reactions. Overall, though, McCabe’s revival doesn’t have enough sparkle to match Coward’s Champagne comedy."

ChicagoCritic - Highly Recommended

"...Private Lives is a fine production combining outstanding work from the five actors with Noel Coward’s sophisticated wit, fluid language and smart, quirky plot. It amounts to an intelligent, hilarious night at the theatre. You’ll laugh as you acknowledge the complete honesty of Coward’s words. The play demonstrates Coward’s keen observations of human nature."