Port Of Entry at Albany Park Theater Project

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

"...If you go and see this show — and you truly should, for it is beautiful and fresh and a work of reconciliation — you’ll never again travel through Albany Park without turning your head and looking up anew at its windows."

Chicago Sun Times - Recommended

"..."Port of Entry" upends the conventions of traditional drama and all but destroys the fourth wall in its evocative exploration of newly arrived immigrant and refugee families to Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood."

Chicago Reader - Recommended

"...But though the adult artists are clearly the ones providing the supportive framework, it’s the APTP youth ensemble who make this singular work sing (sometimes literally!) It’s a deceptively difficult task, as they must not only subtly clue us into where to sit and move through the space, but also make us feel at home with the close quarters and the participation. The youth are creating these stories from fresh excursions into ethnography by interviewing their families, as well as drawing upon the deep well of immigrant tales that APTP has explored in the past."

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

"..."Port of Entry" is a unique two hour production that is more composed than written and the stories are real, taking place over almost a century. We begin our journey in the lobby of what used to be a moving and storage company located in Albany Park at 3547 West Montrose. We are separated into groups of 8 ( there are a total of 28 people allowed per performance). We watch as families from different countries, enter with suitcases and boxes, It is a courtyard with three entrances to different sections of the apartment building. I remember my first apartment was built that way and in fact was reminded of that building on Sheridan Road at Estes."