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About Theatre Above the Law

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Amicable

“...director Tony Lawry’s production brings out some pretty compelling performances...”
— Chicago Reader (on AMICABLE 2019)
 

Other Productions

This superb production moves nimbly from humor to heartbreak with spartan means, and the excellent cast juggle multiple roles effortlessly. Using little more than a patch of AstroTurf and a few chairs, they evoke entire worlds. This is likely the best storefront play I’ve seen all year.
— Dmitry Samarov, The Chicago Reader (on "The Ages of Man" 2017)
Directed with wit and finesse by Tony Lawry, the play manages to encompass in its hour length the entirety of a life, from squalling birth to semi-welcomed death, played out along a rigorously sequential chain of board-game squares.
— Hugh Iglarsh, Newcity Stage (on "Adaptation" 2020)
Some of the topical references (SNCC, for example) feel dated. But Tony Lawry’s smartly paced production in the tiny Jarvis Square Theater, where set designer Charlotte Lastra’s board-game squares fill the stage floor with roadblocks such as “extramarital affair” and “social infraction,” provides steady laughs over the 60-minute run time. As the Game Master, sixth-grader Delilah Lane is a deadpan delight
— Kerry Reid, Chicago Reader (on "'Adaptation" 2020)