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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Catey Sullivan - For the Sun-Times

A torrent of revenge is unleashed in A Red Orchid’s unflinching ‘Is God Is’

Aja Singletary (left) and Ashli Rene Funches star as twin sisters who embarak on a murderous revenge spree in “Is God Is” at A Red Orchid Theatre. (Fadeout Media)

Watching Aleshea Harris’ “Is God Is” play out in its fast and furious regional premiere at Old Town’s intimate A Red Orchid Theatre is akin to watching Aeschylus filtered through “Kill Bill” and sonically sprinkled with a dose of Spaghetti Western music landing like parmesan on blood. 

There’s also a bit of the Biblical to the piece, directed at a blazing pace by Marti Gobel through a story as wrathful as the Old Testament and populated by a family as unnerving, unforgettable and slaughterous as their forebears at the House of Atreus. 

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