The Pirates of Penzance presented by Saltbox Theatre Collective at Stage 773

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...This charming ambivalence extends to the show's story and characters. Frederic, the show's good-hearted protagonist, wins us over with his overly correct, very Victorian sense of propriety even as he's lampooned for the awful choices he makes for the sake of duty. Likewise, the show's pirates are lovable rogues, at once endearing and threatening, bloodthirsty and cowardly."

Chicagoland Musical Theatre - Highly Recommended

"...The show is utterly silly from bow to stern, and that’s by Fruits’ design. It’s an imaginative feat of irony that would probably tickle the playwrights themselves. In modernizing and manipulating the play, the cast has actually written a love letter to the show’s spirit.x

Picture This Post - Highly Recommended

"...How perfect! This air of community theater mixed in with the pros does not in any way detract. Rather, for this writer at least, this adds to the feel of buffoonery so integral to the very soul of this Gilbert & Sullivan farce. Add to the mix some Chicago circa now improvised libretto add-ins, and your biggest challenge becomes how to give your aching smile muscles a rest!!!"