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Recent Reviews
PRAISE FOR
BURYING MISS AMERICA

FOUR STARS ... New Leaf's tight production of Brian Golden's new play delivers ideal American realism: seamless movement from emotional peak to trough, focus on familial dynamics, and a yearning to understand the past as turnkey to the present.

- Ryan Dolley
TimeOut Chicago


Burying Miss America is one of the best plays I've seen this season.

- Lauren Whalen
Chicago Theatre Beat


PRAISE FOR
LIGHTHOUSEKEEPING

JEFF RECOMMENDED

"... a beautiful call for unabashed, wide-eyed optimism in the face of darkness."

- Neal Ryan Shaw
New City


"The acting is sensational ... young Caroline Phillips is terrific, [Tien Doman] is terrific ... they are simply cradled by the set and the sound design."

- Kelly Kleiman
WBEZ's Dueling Critics


PRAISE FOR
REDEEMERS

"RECOMMENDED ... what really makes the show are Dardai's writerly digressions that snake through the air like curlicues, each a droll observation about miserable winters, the psychology of bartenders or children who try your patience ... he and director Jessica Hutchinson have pulled together a nice little piece that captures the off-kilter relationships that spring up among work friends."

- Nina Metz
Chicago Tribune


"RECOMMENDED ... Jessica Hutchinson's sharp, site-specific staging for New Leaf Theatre has the trio telling their story -- part confession, part self-justification -- to their fellow patrons (us) at a pizzeria. A clever reversal of a classic becomes a shrewd and probing exploration of the corrosive effects of withholding forgiveness."

- Zac Thompson
Chicago Reader


May 2012
Arcadia
by Tom Stoppard
directed by Jessica Hutchinson

December 2011
Redeemers
A Holiday Celebration & Reading
by Bilal Dardai
directed by Jessica Hutchinson
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
September 2011
Burying Miss America
A World Premiere
by Brian Golden
directed by Jessica Hutchinson
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR
June 2011
Lighthousekeeping
A World Premiere
by Georgette Kelly
based on the novel by Jeanette Winterson
directed by Jessica Hutchinson
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
November 2010
Redeemers
A World Premiere
by Bilal Dardai
directed by Jessica Hutchinson
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR
April 2010
Curse of The Starving Class
by Sam Shepard
directed by Kyra Lewandowski
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
October 2009
The Man Who Was Thursday
A World Premiere
by Bilal Dardai
based on the novel by G. K. Chesterton
directed by Jessica Hutchinson
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
April 2009
The Long Count
A World Premiere
by the New Leaf Company
curated by Marsha Harman
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR
January 2009
Touch
by Toni Press-Coffman
directed by Jessica Hutchinson
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR
October 2008
Six Years
A Chicago Premiere
by Sharr White
directed by Jessica Hutchinson
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR
March 2008
Girl in the Goldfish Bowl
A Chicago Premiere
by Morris Panych
directed by Gregory Peters
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR
October 2007
The Dining Room
by A.R. Gurney
directed by Jessica Hutchinson
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR | REVIEWS
April 2007
Vox Pandora
World Premiere
by Bilal Dardai
directed by Jessica Hutchinson
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR | REVIEWS
January 2007
The Permanent Way
The First U.S. Production
by David Hare
directed by Brandon Ray
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR | REVIEWS
September 2006
The Master Builder
by Henrik Ibsen
adapted by Matthew Ira Swaye
directed by Adam Webster
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR | REVIEWS
March 2006
Accelerando
by Lisa Loomer
directed by Brandon Ray
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR | REVIEWS
September 2005
Limbo Tales
by Len Jenkin
directed by David Chapman
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September 2005
In The Spotlight 2005
One-Act-Festival

PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR | REVIEWS
March 2005
As It Is In Heaven
A Chicago Premiere
by Arlene Hutton
directed by Brandon Ray
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR | REVIEWS
October 2004
Brilliant Traces
by Cindy Lou Johnson
directed by Tanya Ray
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR | REVIEWS
April 2004
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
A World Premiere
by Susan Vreeland
adapted by Morgan Leavitt
directed by Morgan Leavitt
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR | REVIEWS
October 2003
Reckless
by Craig Lucas
directed by Brandon Ray
PRODUCTION PHOTOS | PR | REVIEWS
May 2003
In The Spotlight 2003
One-Act-Festival

by Brandon Ray
directed by Lila Stromer
REVIEWS
October 2002
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
by Steve Martin
directed by Brandon Bruce
REVIEWS
August 2002
Off the Hook and Hidden In This Picture
by Ronan Marra and Aaron Sorkin
directed by Brandon Bruce
May 2002
Top of 16 and Take Five
by Ken Dashow and Westley M. Pederson
directed by Lisa Baney
September 2001
The Dreamer Examines His Pillow
by John Patrick Shanley
directed by William Mayer






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