The Woods presented by E. P. Theatre at Athenaeum Theatre

Chicago Reader - Not Recommended

"...First performed in 1977, this David Mamet play appeared at about the same time as American Buffalo. But it's slight by comparison: softer, more conventional, more contrived--the work of an artist not yet ready not to sound like his contemporaries. Still, the tale of a young couple's troubled holiday is unmistakably Mamet-ian in its view of romance as a series of bluffs executed by amateurs so rank they may not know they're bluffing. Directing for EP Theater, Jason Ewers makes rookie mistakes that keep the audience from seeing and hearing his actors, much less connecting with them."

Time Out Chicago - Not Recommended

"...Prejean and Zook play smoldering sensuality and pent-up rage with great ease. But amateurish direction and the cavernous echo chamber of the Athenaeum's first-floor studio gobble them up and swallow them down."

ChicagoCritic - Not Recommended

"...The Woods isn’t one of Mamet’s better plays and under the snail-paced direction by Jason Ewers, The Woods drags and drags on way beyond the point of patience. Add the bland dialogue and two pathetic unlikable characters and The Woods becomes a boring exercise."