How Can You Run With A Shell On Your Back? at Marriott Theatre

Centerstage - Highly Recommended

"...Much of the credit for this production goes to Michael Mahler’s and Alan Schmuckler’s clever script and score for young audiences. It’s a show that not only entertains, but introduces youngsters to classic literature while also teaching them valuable lessons about growing up. Dominic Missimi and Ericka Mac have staged and choreographed this in-the-round production with wit and sass. Peopled with familiar characters, a catchy score and spirited choreography, this production easily wins the race"

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...The premise of the show is that six students are in detention ( sort of like a juvenile “Breakfast Club”) which is being attendd to by a substitute teacher played to perfection by Mark Kaplan ( one of Chicago’s best character actors) who truly would rather be somewhere else, but as he gets these six students attention using the fables of Aesop, “Androcles and the Lion”, “The Ant and The Grasshopper”,”The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and of course “The Tortoise and The Hare”, the detention kids take on these roles and bring these fables to life, not only learning about the stories, but about themselves and their peers."