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The Emily Dickinson Project
"...an entrancing immersive experience that confounds expectations and sizzles with energy and imagination." - Chris Rohmann, Valley Advocate
"...an entrancing immersive experience that confounds expectations and sizzles with energy and imagination." - Chris Rohmann, Valley Advocate
Romeo and Juliet
“…[P]erformed… on a bare platform under majestic evergreens. Brianna Sloane’s adventurous production strikes a comparable asymmetry:.. liberally cross-gendered (many women in male roles, but also Glenn Proud as both a skinhead Tybalt and a burlesque, bearded Nurse) and a first half, bathed in sunset, that reaches audaciously for laughs before turning darker. Macmillan Scott Leslie is an effervescent Romeo and Kate Hare a smart, strong-willed Juliet, both of them utterly believable as youngsters swept away by passion…” -Chris Roman, Valley Advocate
“…[P]erformed… on a bare platform under majestic evergreens. Brianna Sloane’s adventurous production strikes a comparable asymmetry:.. liberally cross-gendered (many women in male roles, but also Glenn Proud as both a skinhead Tybalt and a burlesque, bearded Nurse) and a first half, bathed in sunset, that reaches audaciously for laughs before turning darker. Macmillan Scott Leslie is an effervescent Romeo and Kate Hare a smart, strong-willed Juliet, both of them utterly believable as youngsters swept away by passion…” -Chris Roman, Valley Advocate
Comedy of Errors
“You’d think two sets of identical twins running around Ephesus, mixing up everything and everybody, was crazy enough. But in Brianna Sloane’s production of The Comedy of Errors for Hampshire Shakespeare Company, that mixup does an additional 180. All the men’s parts are played by women, and vice versa. In Shakespeare’s chaotic tale, twin boys and their twin servants, separated at birth, are reunited, but not before they’ve baffled, befuddled and exasperated an entire town and each other. Oh, and all 20-some characters are played by just seven actors, swapping roles as fast as the madcap action.” - Chris Rohmann, Valley Advocate
“You’d think two sets of identical twins running around Ephesus, mixing up everything and everybody, was crazy enough. But in Brianna Sloane’s production of The Comedy of Errors for Hampshire Shakespeare Company, that mixup does an additional 180. All the men’s parts are played by women, and vice versa. In Shakespeare’s chaotic tale, twin boys and their twin servants, separated at birth, are reunited, but not before they’ve baffled, befuddled and exasperated an entire town and each other. Oh, and all 20-some characters are played by just seven actors, swapping roles as fast as the madcap action.” - Chris Rohmann, Valley Advocate
Robin Hood: The Panto!
Recommended! A Must See Show! "The audience was rolling the aisles from beginning to end, and there's not a moment of boredom for children or adults." – Lisa Findley, CenterstageChicago.com
"A Hoot and a Holler!" – Katy Walsh, TheFourthWalsh.com
"Performed with unstoppable gusto and unfailing impudence....this is louder than life and beautifully burlesque." – Lawrence Bommer, Steadstyle Chicago
"Pure, unadulterated silliness." – Paige Listerud, Chicagotheaterblog.com
"Really. Go. Take the kids. Take anyone who needs a good laugh. For your helping of holiday cheer, this is the genuine article." – Patricia Simms, LASplash.com
"You will laugh throughout. And if you're lucky enough to have kids in the audience, with you, it will be even better." –Lisa Findley, CenterstageChicago.com
Recommended! A Must See Show! "The audience was rolling the aisles from beginning to end, and there's not a moment of boredom for children or adults." – Lisa Findley, CenterstageChicago.com
"A Hoot and a Holler!" – Katy Walsh, TheFourthWalsh.com
"Performed with unstoppable gusto and unfailing impudence....this is louder than life and beautifully burlesque." – Lawrence Bommer, Steadstyle Chicago
"Pure, unadulterated silliness." – Paige Listerud, Chicagotheaterblog.com
"Really. Go. Take the kids. Take anyone who needs a good laugh. For your helping of holiday cheer, this is the genuine article." – Patricia Simms, LASplash.com
"You will laugh throughout. And if you're lucky enough to have kids in the audience, with you, it will be even better." –Lisa Findley, CenterstageChicago.com
Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry
"Despite the show's faithfulness to comedy, these women have done a truly remarkable job packing poignancy into purposely brief, shining moments...Huzzah!"- Brian Murphy, Evanston Roundtable
"This howl of a play, which reincarnates all of Henry VIII's wives, has a smart, over-the-top, witty script...jolly good fun!" –Tom Witom, Pioneer Local
"One part cabaret, one part biography, and a whole lot of comedy...the actresses all deliver outstanding performances. " –Keith Ecker, ChicagoTheatreBlog.com
"Despite the show's faithfulness to comedy, these women have done a truly remarkable job packing poignancy into purposely brief, shining moments...Huzzah!"- Brian Murphy, Evanston Roundtable
"This howl of a play, which reincarnates all of Henry VIII's wives, has a smart, over-the-top, witty script...jolly good fun!" –Tom Witom, Pioneer Local
"One part cabaret, one part biography, and a whole lot of comedy...the actresses all deliver outstanding performances. " –Keith Ecker, ChicagoTheatreBlog.com
Perseus and Medusa, Or, It's All Greek to Me
"In Chicago, the only example of British Panto is Piccolo's Holiday show...Piccolo squeezes 13 actors onto its tiny but highly colorful stage, and they are deft at the physical business, throw-away jokes, and pleasant, too-brief songs by Tyler Beattie...a delightful time."- Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times
"The slapstick-filled production plays like a bawdy cabaret, with sexual innuendo and gender-bending peppering the piece... [The directors] really shine in the fight sequence between Hermes and the villainess Nestor, which is a well-orchestrated example of stage combat and puppetry." - Keith Ecker, ChicagoTheatreBeat.com
"In Chicago, the only example of British Panto is Piccolo's Holiday show...Piccolo squeezes 13 actors onto its tiny but highly colorful stage, and they are deft at the physical business, throw-away jokes, and pleasant, too-brief songs by Tyler Beattie...a delightful time."- Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times
"The slapstick-filled production plays like a bawdy cabaret, with sexual innuendo and gender-bending peppering the piece... [The directors] really shine in the fight sequence between Hermes and the villainess Nestor, which is a well-orchestrated example of stage combat and puppetry." - Keith Ecker, ChicagoTheatreBeat.com