Read the interview with Steve Spencer at Decider Chicago: here.

"...director Vance Smith's cast invests the characters with some real emotional heft underneath the comic desperation. Forster's Amelia is a pungent blend of defiance and downheartedness... Simon is the real star here, though, expertly underplaying his initial menace and finding a sweet balance between Mahoney's slow wits and his tender heart..."
3 Stars, out of four (Read the full review here)

—Kerry Reid, Chicago Tribune

"The militarism and loopy menace of Steve Spencer's script--given a brisk staging by Vance Smith for Black Sheep Productions--calls to mind Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove... Spencer has a fine sense of the ridiculous... and can write movingly of the world's decay."

—Zac Thompson, Chicago Reader

"Steve Spencer’s brilliant new play "Camp Freedom!"... couldn’t be fresher, funnier or more apt... "Camp Freedom!" manages to thematically link everything from Comcast to tree frogs to credit card debt. Under Vance Smith’s smooth direction, not only are potentially one-dimensional characters granted depth, but each moment is simultaneously stretched and pulled for ultimate comedic potential. In the end, there are many reasons to laugh at this shrewd, sharp play, but just as many reasons to take it very very seriously." (Read the full review here)

—Sarah Terez Rosenblum, Centerstage.com

"Spencer offers up some compelling riffs on the sociopolitical mess we’re in. Ricky’s lament about the ecosystem’s refusal to hew to his vision - 'the Gulf Stream refuses to cooperate' - is chillingly wry, while Brad Smith masterfully underplays Jack’s recounting of the world’s incremental erosion and its inverse relationship to his ability to care."

—Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago