X
by Alistair McDowall
September 22 - October 27, 2019
Sideshow Theatre Company
Victory Gardens Theater
scenic designer Yu Shibagaki
costume designer Noël Huntzinger
lighting designer Jordan Kardasz
sound designer Michael Huey
projections designer Paul Deziel
First, they called it X. Then, the called it Pluto. Now, they're not calling at all.
Billions of miles from home, a lone research base waits to receive another message from Earth. It’s been three weeks. It’s never been this long. The crew attempts to maintain normal operations, but as the silence grows louder, the darkness outside the station starts to creep in.
Press
★★★1/2 (out of 4)
"Sideshow’s production has left me haunted by the images and ideas that arise on the former Planet X... Green shows incredible skill."
Chicago Tribune
“Highly recommended! So enjoyable... a stylish stew pot of anxiety and silence, served by a great cast... a sense of narrative experimentation that’s as dread-inducing and disorienting as it is philosophical."
New City
"X is ideally matched to Sideshow Theatre Company and director Jonathan L. Green, who give it just the right glossy sterility for a story that goes right to the question of how our minds process input. There’s not a weak second (or hour? or decade?) among the cast."
Storefront Rebellion
“Highly recommended! How often do stories that seek to unsettle and terrify also reach for your heart strings? X’s crackerjack ensemble sticks the landing with aplomb."
Picture this Post
"Eerie, astounding, jaw-dropping... the real stars of this presentation are [the] technical team."
Chicago Theatre Review
