Unchanging Love
Written by Romulus Linney
Directed by Gillian Kelly
July - August 2006
Jeff Recommended
Pictured are Betsy McKnight and Gary Houston.
Featuring: Gary Houston, Jason Ahlstrom, George Dickson, Mark Dillon, Victor Doylida, Pete Fitzsimmons, Evelyn Kelly, Betsy Elizabeth Ann McKnight , Justine Serino & Lorelei Sturm
Stage Manager: Lisa Wewerka
Produced by Kathy Scambiatterra
Scenic Design by Kurt Boetcher
Costume Design by Kathleen Cowell
Sound Design by James Murray
Lighting Design by Amanda Clegg Lyon
Properties Design by Brad Sauper
Dialect Coaching by Eva Breneman
Choreography by Melissa Zaremba
What they said about Unchanging Love:
"…[W]hat director Gillian Kelly has accomplished is a feat of significant proportions…they give performances of meaningful range, revealing moments of sly humor that offset the incredible failings of these characters." - Chicago Tribune
“...[A] combination of Arthur Miller in its concern for moral rectitude, and Tennessee Williams in its southern, smoldering gothic melodrama stuff because it’s a play about pervasive corruption…done with the intensity, and clarity, and honesty, and intelligence that you can always count on from Artistic Home...a big piece…you should see it!” “I like the work that The Artistic Home does…go see it...” - WBEZ Chicago
"Artistic Home, Chicago’s delivery system for underrated American classics, continues to best its own ensemble achievements with director Kelly’s charcoal portrait of tribal rural life. Stage vet Houston’s lived-in performance, preternatural in its realism, suggests an amiable man who may be chapped by his decades of survival, but whose unrealistic expectations for his clan are informed by his uniquely American good fortune. Meanwhile, soft, slow-eyed McKnight haunts as a naive kid oblivious to what she’s saying 'I do' to. And her honeyed vocals linger like mountain smoke." - Time Out-Chicago
"What a pleasure to see Gary Houston as the aging lion Benjamin." - Chicago Reader
"There are instances of great immediacy and intimacy in this Artistic Home production..."
- Chicago Free Press
"The Artistic Home mounts another terrific ensemble piece with Romulus Linney’s Unchanging Love...a compelling family saga where greed, cruelty and compassion clash with compassion and innocence...Once again, The Artistic Home proves that a small Equity theatre company can land polished productions in a small venue. See this show!"
- Chicagocritic.com
"Director Gillian Kelly weaves music artfully throughout this stunning piece of theater...This acting ensemble is mesmerizing...Power, defeat, and redemption. You will be enriched and surprised by this production." - Aislesay.com
Directed by Gillian Kelly
July - August 2006
Jeff Recommended
Pictured are Betsy McKnight and Gary Houston.
Featuring: Gary Houston, Jason Ahlstrom, George Dickson, Mark Dillon, Victor Doylida, Pete Fitzsimmons, Evelyn Kelly, Betsy Elizabeth Ann McKnight , Justine Serino & Lorelei Sturm
Stage Manager: Lisa Wewerka
Produced by Kathy Scambiatterra
Scenic Design by Kurt Boetcher
Costume Design by Kathleen Cowell
Sound Design by James Murray
Lighting Design by Amanda Clegg Lyon
Properties Design by Brad Sauper
Dialect Coaching by Eva Breneman
Choreography by Melissa Zaremba
What they said about Unchanging Love:
"…[W]hat director Gillian Kelly has accomplished is a feat of significant proportions…they give performances of meaningful range, revealing moments of sly humor that offset the incredible failings of these characters." - Chicago Tribune
“...[A] combination of Arthur Miller in its concern for moral rectitude, and Tennessee Williams in its southern, smoldering gothic melodrama stuff because it’s a play about pervasive corruption…done with the intensity, and clarity, and honesty, and intelligence that you can always count on from Artistic Home...a big piece…you should see it!” “I like the work that The Artistic Home does…go see it...” - WBEZ Chicago
"Artistic Home, Chicago’s delivery system for underrated American classics, continues to best its own ensemble achievements with director Kelly’s charcoal portrait of tribal rural life. Stage vet Houston’s lived-in performance, preternatural in its realism, suggests an amiable man who may be chapped by his decades of survival, but whose unrealistic expectations for his clan are informed by his uniquely American good fortune. Meanwhile, soft, slow-eyed McKnight haunts as a naive kid oblivious to what she’s saying 'I do' to. And her honeyed vocals linger like mountain smoke." - Time Out-Chicago
"What a pleasure to see Gary Houston as the aging lion Benjamin." - Chicago Reader
"There are instances of great immediacy and intimacy in this Artistic Home production..."
- Chicago Free Press
"The Artistic Home mounts another terrific ensemble piece with Romulus Linney’s Unchanging Love...a compelling family saga where greed, cruelty and compassion clash with compassion and innocence...Once again, The Artistic Home proves that a small Equity theatre company can land polished productions in a small venue. See this show!"
- Chicagocritic.com
"Director Gillian Kelly weaves music artfully throughout this stunning piece of theater...This acting ensemble is mesmerizing...Power, defeat, and redemption. You will be enriched and surprised by this production." - Aislesay.com
