| Share your thoughts on WELL
by Chelsea Keenan on 11/24/2008 06:57:00 PM
The Chicago Area premiere of WELL has begun performances. The show is Jeff Recommended and has received many praises from local press. Now, share your own thoughts, questions and reviews here!
"Kron's deconstruction is well-served by Kiely's intelligent production. [Mary Ann] Thebus glows with the maternal energy that can make parents objects of adoration and frustration."
- Kris Vire, TimeOut Chicago
"HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Exceptionally fine production.. Kiely's direction is spot-on... cleverly structured, emotionally complex...Well deftly mixes pathos and laugh-out-loud moments. "
- Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
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| | | | | "The talented cast is infectious. Lia D. Mortensen, playing Lisa Kron, delivers some of the most connective, engaging and funny narrative directly to the audience that I have ever experienced. The enthusiastic ensemble is delightful and Mary Ann Thebus is nothing short of brilliant as Ann Kron, Lisa's mother."
- Venus Zarris, Chicago Stage Review
"Well has much of value to say about illnesses that are difficult to define and understand. And Kron's connective tissue between individual and community health is unusually deep and wise."
- Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
| | Labels: Chicago theatre, Well
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This play has so many facets and ingredients that it is sure to stimulate interest in any theater attendee. For me personally, the relationship of mother and daughter struck home. A difficult relationship that is a work in progress as it moves slowly toward a reconciliation of sorts. A winner of a play that should only get better with repeated viewings as the many layers of meaning, comedy and relationship are more closely examined.
The show is a fascinating exploration of who is sick and who is "well", heightened by the delicate relationship between mother and daughter and set against the question of what is real and what is performance.
David Hart
This show is great! Funny and touching.
What a coincidence that I saw this show. Back in 1972 through 1974 I worked in the dietary dept at Henrotin Hosp. The memories of serving the food on the trays to the allergic patients flooded back .
What a wonderful show! I laughed out loud and cried. The relationships are real and the ideas of hope and racial harmony certainly ring true today! Not to be missed!!!!!
very provokative, informative,funny,sensitive,will make me think of many issues it touched upon.
thank you
How courageous of you to put on such an innovative play. Loved every moment of it except the times when someone opened the rear door and it made such a loud noise. Keep up the great work.
We loved the play. The cast was perfect. Please do something about the exit door--it was so distracting to hear it opening and closing during the performance.
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