Todd Wojcik Archives - Chicago Reader

A woman in a sundress stands left, her hands coering her ears. To her right, a man holding a guitar is jumping in the air. They are in front of a wall made of wooden slats, with an open trunk set behind them on the right.

Reunion and regret

by Josh Flanders May 12, 2022May 12, 2022

Like several post-pandemic shows in Chicago, the Artistic Home’s production of The Pavilion, written by Craig Wright and directed by Julian Hester, is about an intimate relationship between two people over time. It is also about the creation of the universe, being tethered to the past, and literally burning down sentimentality. High school sweethearts Peter […]

Black woman standing with paper in hand, delivering a speech. Behind her are walls covered with dead vines and suitcases.

Theater Review

Talking democracy to death

by Kerry Reid January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

If you think Congress is inept in a crisis now, just wait till you see what 2465 has in store! In Brendan Pelsue’s dystopian dramedy, Wellesley Girl, the U.S. has been reduced to three (or maybe four, if you count abandoned Wellesley) towns in Massachusetts—the only places on the eastern seaboard where, thanks to MIT […]

Eurydice in white dress on left, and the Nasty Interesting Man on right in shorts and patterned shirt with cap. In background, three figures in white robes.

Theater Review

Artistic Home returns from pandemic hell with Eurydice

by KT Hawbaker November 10, 2021November 10, 2021

The Artistic Home’s production of Eurydice is, to use a word dropped throughout the show, interesting. On one of the first cold Saturday nights of the year, I left the production (directed by Kathy Scambiattera) ambivalent. Sarah Ruhl’s upheaval of the ancient myth is gorgeous and juicy, layered with a disdain for macho mythology and […]