Solid Gold Cadillac
Featuring: John Blick, Rachel Crane*,
Kevin Grubb*, Dean Peerman, Jon C. Sevigny*,
Sara Sevigny*, Neal Starbird, Marika Styles,
Steve Welsh*, and Larry Wiley
*Open Eye Ensemble
by Howard Teichmann & George S. Kaufman
Directed by Chris Maher*
March 5th thru April 5, 2009
Thurs - Sat @ 8:00pm, Sundays @ 3:00pm
at The Athenaeum Theater
2936 N Southport Chicago, IL
Tickets $20
call 312.902.1500
Click here for tickets
Click here for our Press Packet
What the Critics are Saying:
FOUR STARS
Zac Thompson, Time Out Chicago
“Open Eye’s latest gets my vote this week for Show Most Relevant to the Current Economic Climate—and that’s pretty impressive considering it’s working from a script first produced in 1953. It’s impossible not to get a certain vengeful thrill from watching a lone, lowly dingbat merrily—and half-unwittingly—giving the fat cats their due. (Sara) Sevigny brings a kind of giddy, half-mad effervescence, always making sure to show hints of fangs behind the fizz… (as) the engagingly loopy Mrs. Partridge.”
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Zev Valancy, Centerstage.com
George S. Kaufman and Howard Teichmann's 1953 comedy will never be accused of profundity or brilliance, but it's full of diverting silliness--which may be just the thing for these uncertain economic times… The production hits the sweet spot… The characters are fun to watch, the one-liners elicit chuckles and guffaws, and the story unfolds in a charmingly ridiculous manner… The performances are generally on-target with standouts being Sevigny—a force of nature as the guileless but brilliant Partridge—and John Blick as one of the nefarious executives whose wordless reactions are priceless... It gives the audience two hours of laughs--surely a noble mission these days.
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Mary Shen Barnidge, Windy City Times
Maintaining the pace demanded of screwball comedy is no easy task. Director Chris Maher has assembled a cast adept at keeping character and traction at high speeds – among them, Sara Sevigny playing the reluctant reformer, ably supported by Kevin Grubb as her enlightened capitalist swain, Neal Starbird as GP’s chief slimeball and a delightfully acerbic Dean Peerman as our waspish storybook-wielding narrator.
click here for full article
Directed by Chris Maher*
March 5th thru April 5, 2009
Thurs - Sat @ 8:00pm, Sundays @ 3:00pm
at The Athenaeum Theater
2936 N Southport Chicago, IL
Tickets $20
call 312.902.1500
Click here for tickets
Click here for our Press Packet
What the Critics are Saying:
FOUR STARS
Zac Thompson, Time Out Chicago
“Open Eye’s latest gets my vote this week for Show Most Relevant to the Current Economic Climate—and that’s pretty impressive considering it’s working from a script first produced in 1953. It’s impossible not to get a certain vengeful thrill from watching a lone, lowly dingbat merrily—and half-unwittingly—giving the fat cats their due. (Sara) Sevigny brings a kind of giddy, half-mad effervescence, always making sure to show hints of fangs behind the fizz… (as) the engagingly loopy Mrs. Partridge.”
click here for full article
Zev Valancy, Centerstage.com
George S. Kaufman and Howard Teichmann's 1953 comedy will never be accused of profundity or brilliance, but it's full of diverting silliness--which may be just the thing for these uncertain economic times… The production hits the sweet spot… The characters are fun to watch, the one-liners elicit chuckles and guffaws, and the story unfolds in a charmingly ridiculous manner… The performances are generally on-target with standouts being Sevigny—a force of nature as the guileless but brilliant Partridge—and John Blick as one of the nefarious executives whose wordless reactions are priceless... It gives the audience two hours of laughs--surely a noble mission these days.
click here for full article
Mary Shen Barnidge, Windy City Times
Maintaining the pace demanded of screwball comedy is no easy task. Director Chris Maher has assembled a cast adept at keeping character and traction at high speeds – among them, Sara Sevigny playing the reluctant reformer, ably supported by Kevin Grubb as her enlightened capitalist swain, Neal Starbird as GP’s chief slimeball and a delightfully acerbic Dean Peerman as our waspish storybook-wielding narrator.
click here for full article
