Veal Reviews

Chicago Sun Times - Recommended

"...Penned by first time playwright Jojo Jones, "Veal" takes the idea of nostalgia and stretches it to the most absurd limits. Jones asks existential questions about power dynamics, memories and ultimately questions reality itself - can we trust our own memories? Does it even matter if our memories are real if they manifest into serious consequences in adulthood?"

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

"...At some time in the future, a band of rebels have staged a successful coup against the United States. The prevailing system of order has been violently overthrown. Cities are razed to the ground, with surviving citizenry housed in camps. Food is scarce. Medicine is scarcer. And in a shiny new palace, bedecked in a shimmering white gown, a young woman named Chelsea is installed as the Queen of North America (one assumes that Mexico and Canada have been overtaken by the revolutionaries)."

Chicago Stage and Screen - Highly Recommended

"...Jojo Jones' new play Veal is a terrifying and funny work about the viciousness of middle school. It is a must see if you are up for a wild ride of great theatre. Because of where we are at as a society, it's a devastating commentary on our culture."

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...If you are looking at interesting theater, A Red Orchid may have just what you are seeking. As they begin their 33rd season, they are bringing a World Premiere written by JoJo Jones, entitled "Veal". I suppose many people seeing that title might just be thinking meat, but the "meat" in this play is the actual subject matter. Try to imagine that our country has been through a revolution. During that revolution, there was a coup. A fairly violent coup and following this violent coup, a young woman named Chelsea (Alexandra Chopson) becomes Queen of North America."

Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended

"...Jojo Jones' World Premiere is extremely interesting and highly entertaining. There's a certain amount of mystery that permeates the atmosphere of the play, and we are never truly sure about where the events are heading. But this is a fascinating fable about getting what you give and pent up retribution for the past. Upon leaving this often amusing, sometimes frightening 90-minute one-act, the audience can only ponder that old adage that, when it comes right down to it, Karma can be a bitch."