Articles tagged with: Victory Gardens Theater
Theater 2013-14: Victory Gardens, predictably unpredictable, gets rolling with two premieres
![Theater 2013-14: Victory Gardens, predictably unpredictable, gets rolling with two premieres 'Appropriate,' by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, opens Victory Gardens 2013-14 season](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Appropriate-by-Branden-Jacobs-Jenkins-opens-Victory-Gardens-2013-14-season-125x125.jpg)
17th in a series of season previews: Victory Gardens is a theater company built on new plays, says artistic director Chay Yew: “Our audiences comes expecting to see the unexpected.” Thus the 2013-14 season opens Nov. 15 with the “co-world premiere” of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Appropriate,” about three adult siblings circling – and colliding – over the division of their deceased father’s estate. And that’s followed by the world premiere of Marcus Gardley’s “The Gospel of Lovingkindness.”
‘The Whale’ at Victory Gardens: A daughter’s outsized rage, a father’s thin hope of grace
![‘The Whale’ at Victory Gardens: A daughter’s outsized rage, a father’s thin hope of grace Dale Calandra as morbidly obese Charlie in his last days in "The Whale" by Samuel D. Hunter directed by Joanie Schultz at Victory Gardens April 2013 credit Michael Brosilow](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Dale-Calandra-as-Charlie-in-The-Whale-by-Samuel-D-Hunter-at-Victory-Gardens-directed-Joanie-Schultz-April-2013-credit-Michael-Brosilow-125x125.jpg)
Review: ★★★★
Amid flounces and bustles, good vibes bring rosy cheeks
![Amid flounces and bustles, good vibes bring rosy cheeks In the Next Room at Victory Gardens](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Victory-Gardens-Next-Room-2-125x125.jpg)
High-voltage effects “In the Next Room” at Victory Gardens. 4 stars