Row After Row
by Jessica Dickey
February 5 - 27, 2018
The Comrades
Chicago Premiere
Apollo Studio Theater, Chicago
Director: Ann Kreitman
Stage Manager: Melanie Kulas
Scenic: Sydney Achler
Costumes: Uriel Gomez
Lighting: Nicholas Coso
Sound/Technical Director: Becca Venable
Photographer: Cody Jolly
Actors: David Coupe, Eric Lindahl, Stephanie Mattos
Reviews…
“At moments, this story feels like a vehicle for big conversation, with one hot-button issue segueing into the next. But each conversation is so vital, and so thoughtfully had, that I quickly stopped dramaturging and just started listening.
This is an exceptional company of actors. As Leah, Mattos dives headfirst into the warranted rage of the perpetually silenced and it is powerful to watch. Eric Lindahl’s Tom is passionate and vulnerable, uncomfortable and exposed. What a joy it is to see a man dig into those things onstage. And through David Coupe’s Cal, we experience a reckoning. We feel the cost of these big, heavy conversations and how profoundly necessary they are. There is something really special happening in the basement of the Apollo. I strongly encourage you to see it.”
— NewCity Stage
