Me Too, I am Catherine Deneuve at Trap Door Theatre

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...With skill and humor, Notte balances the kids' thirst for self-erasure against mom's panicky but fierce determination to avoid it. Valery Warnotte's lively staging for Trap Door Theatre benefits from a stylishly tacky set by Ewelina Dobiesz and a hammy performance from Beata Pilch, who turns the mother into a perpetually exasperated virago."

Chicago Stage Review - Highly Recommended

"...Their U.S. premiere of Me Too, I Am Catherine Deneuve is no exception. It is not a feel good or feel bad show, but rather a freakishly fascinating filter into a stylized state of extreme disorder. Trap Door Theatre produces plays that push boundaries and broaden the artistic landscape of Chicago theater. It is a marvel to watch this profoundly provocative company consistently create theater that goes so far beyond the pail of dramatic norms, you wonder what fountain of creative chaos they have discovered."

Time Out Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...The result is perhaps the most decorous production imaginable in which a Catherine Deneuve impersonator wields a meat cleaver and (faux) skinned rabbit. Warnotte’s cast, including Beata Pilch as controlling, cake-obsessed Mother and John Kahara as her mostly mute son, piping up only to correct his Maman’s grammar, delivers Notte’s elusive text with an uproarious and often wounded precision. It’s a production whose small moments, such as Marie’s shock when her mother takes to calling her sister Catherine, are likely to linger in the mind like something from a New Wave film."

ChicagoCritic - Recommended

"...Although I did not fully understand the piece, I found myself entertained for most of the evening.  The songs were beautifully sung, particularly the ones by Sadie Rogers, and pieces of dialogue and offbeat quirks kept me engaged.  This is definitely not a show for those that crave a clear cut narrative, but rather one for those who prefer poetic dialogue and moody atmosphere.  This was not an easy piece to pull off so I give extra credit to the folks at Trap Door for doing such a wonderful job with it."