cover art by Rich Sparks
about the playwright:
“perhaps
the city’s closest equivalent to a young [David] Mamet”
Chris Jones, The
Chicago Tribune
“one of the most prolific,
intelligent, and innovative playwrights to write in Chicago in years, maybe
decades.”
Jack Helbig, PerformInk
“the bard of midwestern
angst”
Lucia Mauro, Chicago
Magazine
“Make no mistake. This is an
author worth watching, and listening to.”
Michael Phillips, The
Chicago Tribune
about the play:
“Nobody
can accuse Brett Neveu's likable dark comedy THE LAST BARBECUE of being talky.
Most of the time its five characters speak in short, seemingly innocuous
sentences…. They seem largely ill at ease with one another. And it's amazing how
much they convey.”
Anita Gates, The New York Times
“Chicago
playwright Brett Neveu understands the importance of silence: The Last Barbecue
contains some of the most beautiful, pregnant, well-orchestrated silences this
side of Harold Pinter. And like Pinter's pauses, Neveu's contain a universe of
unexpressed feeling, of half-hidden resentments and regrets.”
Jack Helbig,
Chicago Reader
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