THE KINGDOM OF GRIMM
A Musical Based on Three Stories by the Brothers Grimm
Published by Dramatic
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John Smythe and Talon Beeson in Chicago Playworks'
production of The Kingdom of Grimm. |
"A new musical from DePaul's Chicago Playworks enchants theatergoers."
—Time Out Chicago
"An A+ for kids and an A for parents."
—Chicago Parent
"There's nothing grim about Grimm, and the DePaul play's lesson are positively positive."
—The Catholic New World
DROWNING SORROWS
A Play
Published by Dramatists
Play Service, Inc. |
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| Kenn
E. Head, John Judd and Keli Garrett in the Victory Gardens Theater's
production of Drowning Sorrows.
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"A specialty of playwright Douglas Post: a philosophical
mystery ... working in territory that Alfred Hitchcock explored
... Post weaves in deeper considerations on memory, commitment
and the strange ways of the passage of time."
—Chicago Tribune
"Post's play, unfolding in a swiftly moving succession of
scenes without intermission, shines when his sharply drawn
characters trade wisecracks and ironies."
—Chicago Sun-Times
"A kind of dramatic Rorschach test, Post's psychological
puzzler forces audiences to fill in some tantalizing blanks."
—Chicago Reader
"The story twists and turns right up to the ambiguous conclusion."
—Copley News Service
"An intimate and engaging 90 minutes."
—Windy City Times
EARTH AND SKY
A Poetic Thriller
Published by Dramatists
Play Service, Inc. |
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Justin
Deas, Ted Marcoux and Jennifer Van Dyck in the Second Stage
Theatre's production of Earth and Sky.
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"Douglas Post's play is a case of film noir on stage. Hard-bitten
but with a tinge of sentiment ... the devious U-turns in the
plot continue past the ending of this taut new thriller."
—The New York Times
"It is thoroughly engrossing, holding you fast for about
100 intermissionless minutes ... a genuine cop thriller, with
devious plot turns, tough, corner-of-the-mouth, Chandler-and-Hammett-style
dialogue, and enough surprises to startle rabbits out of holes
let alone hats."
—The New York Post
"A winner ... a satisfying whodunnit shot through with sardonic
humour ... psychologically absorbing ... richly poetic ...
a seriously good play."
—Portsmouth News
"A brilliant and remarkable play ... compulsively gripping
... an undoubted success."
—Bournmouth Daily News
"It's final moments might well go down in theater history
as some of the most heartrending of any modern production."
—Bath Echo
MURDER IN GREEN MEADOWS
A Psychological Thriller
Published by Dramatists
Play Service, Inc. |
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| Kate
Spiro and Shelley Thompson in the Nuffield
Theatre's production of Murder in Green Meadows. |
"A thoroughly satisfying thriller on all points."
—WMAQ-TV
"A wonderful evening of sleuth and murder."
—Near North News
"It spins a web of deception, sex, murder and mindgames
as two suburban couples discover their darker sides."
—Chicago Tribune
"A screaming hit ... a tautly constructed plot ... the
people are the action."
—Portsmouth News
"This tale of lust and death in the 'ideal' home is
certain to become a classic."
—Southampton Daily
Echo
BELONGINGS AND LONGINGS
A Play About Love and Furniture
Published by Dramatic
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| Steve
Pickering and Geoffrey Bear in the Organic Lab Theater's production
of Belongings and Longings.
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"An unqualified success. Ostensibly a comedy of manners
on contemporary relationships, 'Belongings and Longings' is
really a reverberating, interconnected mind game, one that suggests
and probes more than it discloses. Post writes with a shrewd
ear for modern banter, a tantalizing affinity for Pinteresque
mystery and a sublime dramatic architecture."
—Chicago Tribune. "Post has subtitled this work
'a play about love and furniture,' but it is more complicated
than that. His willingness, and his ability, to explore the
darker corners of that much traveled —but rarely illuminated
—territory of romantic love and intimacy makes these vignettes
an intense and moving experience."
—Chicago Sun-Times.
DETECTIVE SKETCHES AND OTHER
SHORT PLAYS
Five Comic Plays
Published by Dramatic
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Steve Pickering
and Nancy Heap in the Organic
Lab Theater's production of Detective Sketches.
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"A manic farce of a spoof...using the hard-boiled genre
as a source for a surreal trip and a little lighthearted Brechtian
anti-materialism."
—Chicago Tribune "An unabashed goof on every
hard-boiled detective story from 'The Maltese Falcon' to 'Chinatown.'
That it works is a testament to Post's writing."
—Chicago Reader
"A crowd and critic-pleasing success. The B-movie scenario,
straight from Central Scripting, weaves a web of evil around
a ton of four-star stereotypes; it yields at least two guffaws
a minute. Post hits every chestnut in the gumshoe canon."
—Windy City Times
"Douglas Post's 'Escape From Groovytown' is a mildly
sci-fi, deliciously nasty putdown of yuppie chic."
—Chicago Tribune
"The show ends on a particularly brilliant note with
'At Night in the Asylum,' Douglas Post's work for the ensemble.
It does for an urban high-rise what Edgar Lee Masters did
for the town of Spoon River."
—Chicago Sun-Times
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
A Musical Based on the Book by Kenneth Grahame
Published by Dramatic Publishing Company |
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| Karen
Sheridan, Thomas J. Kelly and Mark Edward Heap in the Organic
Lab Theater's production of The Wind in the Willows.
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"Douglas Post's music and lyrics will go a long way toward
reconciling us to rodents ... the music ranges from sweetly
melodic to snappy ... the title theme is lovely."
—The New York Times
"One of the wisest and most delightful productions to grace
a Chicago stage this season ... Douglas Post has crafted a
poetic, deeply intelligent, and hilariously funny script with
lyrics to match. He has also composed a magical and eclectic
score that runs the gamut from haunting English ballads and
rippling reggae to tongue-in-cheek punk and lilting Latin
congas."
—Chicago Sun-Times
"A charming original score by Douglas Post whose songs warm
the heart while neatly prodding the intellect ... Post has
written a dozen memorable and enigmatic songs, rich in simple
melody and folk style while simultaneously diversified and
hypnotic."
—Chicago Tribune
"A song-dream for audiences of any age ... Post is not afraid
to blend overt, raffish comedy with quiet reflection, even
a sense of spirituality."
—Chicago Reader
"From the elegant title tune to the happy reunion number,
this is clearly a score in search of a recording contract."
—WEVD-AM |
