The Half-Life of Memory presented by Cold Basement Dramatics at Storefront Theater

Chicago Tribune - Recommended

"...It's a heady and sometimes unwieldy storyline, despite Sophie Blumberg's sturdy directorial hand. But it's also encouraging to see a new play that takes risks in playing with history and science in an imaginative and compassionate light. Lindner and Cold Basement Dramatics are both on my radar now."

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...Lindner shows impressive flair as a writer, but as a dramatist he's lost, unwisely setting the play inside Salek's unmoored imagination, where metaphors run amok and plot points run aground. As Salek, Chicago newcomer Mark Maxwell delivers such a grounded, graceful, emotionally compelling performance that his every choice seems to make perfect sense, even if little else in the play does."

Gapers Block - Recommended

"...Director Sophie Blumberg does an excellent job of making these muddled times, characters and dreams hold together. The cast is generally very good, especially Maxwell and Barati as Salek and the nurse. Walsh-Davis as Helle is wistfully loving and flirtatious. Death is eerily represented by Shozzett Silva as the Eyeball Man. The four physicists present interpretations, rather than caricatures, of the people they represent. Dale does well as Oppenheimer with his pipe and the light-colored vested suit he's seen wearing in many photos; all that was missing was the trademark Oppie hat. Sappington usually walked with the limp Teller had since a teenaged streetcar accident. Only Sater's Einstein wig left something to be desired."