Richard III presented by Promethean Theatre Ensemble at Factory Theater

Chicago Reader - Recommended

"...Putting on a play about a tyrant at this moment may either be too on the nose or just timely, depending on your point of view, but in either case, I was moved listening to Feagin reciting words that simultaneously bring Richard his greatest triumph and seal his fate. The Richards of our time possess neither his self-awareness, nor are likely to get their just deserts, as he does. The rest of the cast acquits themselves just fine, but it is when Feagin speaks that the play comes alive"

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...For Shakespeare aficionados, Promethean Theatre Ensemble has done a tremendous job in their performance of William Shakespeare's "Richard III" at Chicago's Factory Theater."

Chicago Theatre Review - Recommended

"...Overall, this was a straightforward, well-executed production of Richard III. I found myself thinking first about watching a political order damaged by people willing to lie and cheat their way to the top and what insight that may have for the current world. Then I remembered that Shakespeare wrote it to make the political order of his day look good, which of course means making the predecessor look bad, and wondered about what insights were there as well. Anchored by Cameron Feagin's thoroughly evil but ultimately still human performance, I thoroughly enjoyed this production."

Chicago On Stage - Highly Recommended

"...For the second time in the last several months (after a turn as JFK in CityLit's excellent Thirteen Days), actress Cameron Feagin has taken on an iconic male role and absolutely made it her own. Richard is a difficult, complex role, a self-conscious villain who doesn't even try to explain away his evil deeds but rather relishes them. From the first scenes, we know that he is despicable: he proclaims that he has already killed two members of the royal family and begins his grand plan to kill more of them and grab the crown for his own."

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...So you don't come to "Richard III" for history lessons-you come for fun, and political violence, and some iambic pentametered scenery-chewing. It's a portrait of a fifteenth-century serial killer, and you want a Richard you can both hate and secretly cheer for, since he's the most interesting person in the room. Any production's Richard has to be powerful enough to carry the show, and keep the audience awake during the confusing bits of "War of the Roses" exposition."