A great, great show. Carolyn Defrin was...amazing...Excerpt from Chris Jones review below...
Chicago Tribune: A stirring, heart-wrenching 'Sparrow' takes flight
Chris Jones
January 15, 2007
To see "The Sparrow," the fantastic new show by the House Theatre of Chicago, is to experience the same kind of goose bumps currently available (at much higher prices) at the Broadway production of "Spring Awakening."
You can smell and taste something new, something passionate, something original, something strong, something fresh, something true and, above all, something young.
And God knows, the American theater needs something young. That's why "Spring Awakening" is rousing theater-loving New Yorkers from their bored stupors. Here in Chicago, we never sunk quite so far into our dotage. But we still need shows like "The Sparrow," the stirring, heart-wrenching original tale of a small-town Illinois teenager with telekinetic powers and gaping emotional wounds, to smack us in our sedentary chops and re-engage with the vital spirit of the Chicago theater.
And here we have it. This show is among the very best original theater pieces I've ever seen in this town. It is a thrilling, riveting celebration of the power of imagination that adults and teens can enjoy, and understand, together.
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