Refrigerator presented by First Floor Theater at The Den Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

"...But the interplay here too often feels self-conscious, as if the characters themselves have been transformed into Cyranoids for a playwright’s intellectual and political disquisitions. What makes the most powerful dystopic stories work is that we care, at some point, whether or not redemption or escape is possible. (It’s why the final image of Jonathan Pryce’s Sam in “Brazil,” humming away as we realize his own escape is a delusion, haunts me decades later.)"

Chicago Reader - Recommended

"...This is an angry and timely piece of theater about the precarious state of our imminent future. No academic's obtuse theorizing is required for a deep recognition of the point."

Time Out Chicago - Recommended

"...Director Hutch Pimentel, likewise, has delivered a production that’s hard to love but easy to admire. The performances are solid all around (Rivers and Cutler are particularly good), and the cast handles Baisch’s dialogue with aplomb. Meanwhile, the design is fantastic. William Boles’s set is a decaying marvel, while Sid Branca’s retro-video design, Thomas Dixon’s sound, Jared Gooding’s lighting, and Amanda Cantlin’s gory effects create an an unnerving, Cronenbergian ambiance. Refrigerator might be lacking a bit in the heart department, but it’s got enough brains—and buckets of other bodily fluids—to get by just fine."

Third Coast Review - Somewhat Recommended

"...Pimentel's direction moves the action along and features good performances by the whole cast, especially by Andrew as Roland and Rivers as Mitchell. Jared Gooding handles lighting design with sound design by Thomas Dixon and video design by Sid Branca."