Rising Water Reviews

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...Rising Water demonstrates the effects of the intersection of institutional racism, climate denial, and municipal disinvestment on the lives of real people. It’s a devastation that is very difficult to recover from, and the cofounders of Theatre L’Acadie, who are originally from Louisiana, understand this deeply, which probably explains how they are able to put a human face on such a huge systemic issue."

Stage and Cinema - Not Recommended

"...John Biguenet’s Rising Water, a Pulitzer-nominated drama set in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, unfolds over a single night as a long-married New Orleans couple watches floodwater swallow their home. It’s an intimate survival story designed to ratchet tension minute by minute. Unfortunately, Theatre L’Acadie’s Chicago premiere rarely generates the urgency the premise demands."