The Jigsaw Bride at First Folio Theatre

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

"...That's a lot of ideas to pack into one drama, and "The Jigsaw Bride" gets a bit talky as a result. But there's much to recommend director Hayley Rice's intensely well-acted, unfussy production, beginning with Angela Weber Miller's striking set. Much of the action unfolds in a library dominated by piles of books, leafy green plants and soaring windows. Angled for dramatic effect, the windows seem to suggest a skewed perception held during 1881 (when the play is set) that women were less able than men and used that as a way to oppress them and deny them opportunities."

Chicago Reader - Recommended

"...Zettelmaier hasn't invented anything new conceptually-go read Emma Donoghue's "Kissing the Witch" for a brilliant example of how the genre adapts to short-story format. That's an aside, not a criticism. The Jigsaw Bride: A Frankenstein Story is at once eerie and clever."

Chicago On Stage - Recommended

"...With the First Folio's Theatre's World Premiere production of Joseph Zettelmaier's The Jigsaw Bride, director Hailey Rice unearths the tropes of classic horror and stitches the pieces of the corpse together with strong acting and sharp theatrical elements, to catch the lightning of Zettelmaier's fresh take on an age-old monster story."