Roots In The Alley at Adventure Stage Chicago

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

"...Adventure Stage's latest production continues their admirable mission to develop and present original works of art aimed specifically at adolescent audiences. Once again, under the inspirational artistic directorship of Tom Arvetis, this wonderfully creative company has collaboratively written and presented another dramatic story about heroic young people who, through a series of eye-popping adventures, learn the secrets of their own heritage. This is another exhilarating dramatic experience by one of Chicago's topnotch theatre companies that should not be missed."

NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...Much like how good comedy tells a compelling story and makes audiences laugh, dedicated youth-oriented work has to work overtime to make up ground lost by slack and lazy representations of young people while also telling stories that keep pace with their high gear imaginations and also reaching the adults who are the gatekeepers of history and identity. That it’s possible to experience “Roots in the Alley” and not notice all the things this production is doing is a marker of its success. If it reminds you of magic it’s because, in so many respects, it is magic."