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If it weren’t so real, Andy Gershenzon’s saga of surviving the apocalypse could be dismissed as an exercise in extremities. Two "Godot"-like refugees hole up in a concrete cavern. Gus (a loquacious Robert Kauzlaric) is an irritating optimist full of worthless New Age nostrums; his dumpmate Jacob (dour John Byrnes) concentrates on "conserving" himself. Their equilibrium is disrupted by the arrival of perhaps the world’s last female: equally hungry but not as horny, machete-wielding Trish (Lori Myers) is bent on giving herself and the world a second chance-which means two men is one too many. Vance Smith’s staging is taut and true.
—Lawrence Bommer, Chicago Reader
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...witty and always articulate... suggests a writer with some promise. And in Vance Smith's staging for the emerging Black Sheep Productions, there's a very spirited and intense performance from the young actress Lori Myers.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
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...the three-member ensemble is intensely keyed into the slashing humor and shape-shifting moods of their unwashed desperados.
—Nina Metz, NewCity
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Gershenzon has a way with a lyrical phrase.
—Mary Shen Barnidge, Windy City Times
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...it's like Apocalypse Now as penned by Diablo Cody.
—Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago
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