SHAKESPEARE FROM THE CORE
est. 2011
DIRECTING
TESTIMONIALS AND REVIEWS
​​​"Director Christopher Marino presents the farce in a cabaret-punk style, cleverly using a traveling sideshow motif to create an exciting, bizarre atmosphere." - Chicago Reader ​
​If you are looking for an entertaining story filled with lots of congenial confusion, a bit of clowning, and an audacious, action-packed theatre experience, then head over to Piccolo Theatre.- Splash Magazine​
​Marino’s dynamic 13-member cast has talent to spare. Their work, in the narrow confines of the historic Evanston Arts Depot, brings the performers and the fun up close to the audience. - Chicago Sun Times​
​"Piccolo literally brings Shakespeare into your face; the actor’s soliloquies are as impressive for their length as they are for their interpretation by this high-energy cast. The action, which is never slow, reaches madcap proportions; by the final scene I felt as though I’d spent the last couple of hours on roller skates!" -Chicago Theatre Beat ​
​"All in all, it’s an intelligent and gleeful production of a very funny classic." -Centerstage​
"But then the play is a laugh machine. Just wind it up and let it loose. Keep the right pace and for good measure throw in a monkey on a remote-controlled scooter to deliver essential messages and Shakespeare does the rest."- Chicago Stage Style​
