Chicago Premiere
by Lucy Prebble | directed by Rachel Rockwell
NORTHBROOK STAR FEATURE
Myrna Petlicki talks to actors Terry Hamilton and Sean Fortunato about their roles in Enron for the Northbrook Star, a Chicago Sun-Times publication. "Fortunato said that preparing for his role caused him to view the individuals 'in a personal light as opposed to looking at this just as a scandal or just as the way it affected the country — which was eye-opening.'”
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"A volcanic Chicago debut ... This show should be mandatory viewing for anyone concerned about the economic, political, moral, social and mental health of this country ... Enron is every bit as entertaining as it is riveting."
CHICAGO READER
“Recommended ... Rachel Rockwell's production for TimeLine Theatre is brisk and razor sharp — part vivisection, part burlesque.”
CHICAGO THEATER BEAT
"Highly Recommended ... Lucy Prebble’s take on the Enron debacle takes a potentially dry tale of balance sheets, stock splits, and advanced math down to a human scale that’s as salacious as a well-done soap opera and as easy to understand as a big ol’ bounced check.”
NEWCITY
"Recommended ... I was skeptical about the theatrical potential of illicit number crunching. But Rachel Rockwell's brisk staging, while visually heavy-handed, keeps the piece from reading like a balance sheet. ... Together, they teach us new lessons about greed's peaks and ravines."
CHICAGO PRIDE
“Enron is an important piece of theatre and should not be missed. Enron as told by Prebble and Rockwell, holds a mirror up to our society and challenges us to engage in a conversation in how this could have happened, even when the writing was on the wall for all to see.”
AROUND THE TOWN CHICAGO
"Highly Recommended ... This is classified as a tragedy, but is filled with some comic moments and with the use of corner TV monitors, we watch some of the history unveiled and explained in terms that are very understandable ... 2 hours and 20 minutes of excitement and fast-paced storytelling."
MAKE IT BETTER
“Director Rachel Rockwell and her gifted cast and crew made this show a roller coaster ride from start to finish, bringing the most abstract of business dealings to life through playful personifications.”
CHICAGO CRITIC
“Recommended ... Enron has some unique, quite theatrical staging to underscore the dynamic story of Enron Corporation ... [Director Rachel] Rockwell’s engaging production makes the rise and fall of a business giant come to life ... Smart, sharp dialogue with entertaining theatricality gave those dry topics life and clarity."
CHICAGO STAGE STYLE
“The Chicago premiere of Enron by Lucy Prebble and directed by Rachel Rockwell at TimeLine Theatre Company in Chicago is a must see. Not only is it educational it is eye opening to get an inside look at how this infamous scandal took place."
BERKSHIRE FINE ARTS
"Prebble’s cleverly-crafted play and the superb direction of Rachel Rockwell, who always keeps the characters this side of caricature, make Enron not just a wakeup call to the average investor, but a fully developed portrait of people who spend their days developing new paradigms and figuring out how to assess value based only on an idea."
ON THE BLOGS
- Chicago Sun-Times "Our Town" - "The moment the show opens with the first of many clever visual metaphors, it's clear Enron will defy expectations ... Director Rachel Rockwell’s rendering hits all the right notes. No less cutting for its compassion, Enron’s incisive look at the people who comprise a behemoth contextualizes an epic 1990’s event still eerily pertinent today."
- The Fourth Walsh - "The entire ensemble comes together to illustrate business as unusual. This Enron team is a sound investment. They succeed in giving the people their money’s worth."
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