Reviews and Articles
For Red Angel
*** Director Joshua Aaron Weinstein calibrates the tension just so... this LiveWire production has it nailed. - Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune
Reader Recommended Joshua Aaron Weinstein's thoughtful and calibrated production in the tiny Side [Project] space (made to feel much more expansive by Anders Jacobson's terrific book-lined set) teases out the tensions with wit and intelligence. - Kerry Reid, Chicago Reader
**** Weinstein’s direction goes a long way toward establishing a plausible arc for this passionate evening of sex and chitchat. - Christopher Shea, Time Out Chicago
For VisionFest 2008
Enter LiveWire Chicago Theatre’s first annual VisionFest, a forward-looking theater festival in search of relevant short plays that speak to one another through a common theme. - Monica Westin, Newcity Chicago
For Soldiers: The Desert Stand
**** This wartime satire began life as a grad-school project for playwright Weinstein in 2004; that it’s still just as relevant (if not more so) four years later justifies its sentiments even further. - Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago
Joshua Weinstein’s sharp, often very funny play uses sometimes penetrating, sometimes tedious spoofs to comment on the current rhetoric of the military and the sexuality and spectacle of violence in America... the language truly sparkles, and the play’s comic sensibility is impressive and in perfect balance with the chilling moments... - Monica Westin, Newcity Chicago
Madeline Long won a 2008 'Outstanding Performance in a Play' After Dark Award for her portrayal of Toma Singerson... [Long’s dead on performance was both mesmerizing and hysterical, leaving the audience delighted long after leaving the theater. Her depiction of a frenetic adolescent was exhilarating, hilarious and amazingly accurate.] - Venus Williams, Chicago Stage Review
For Soldiers: Recruitment
...excerpting from its full-length “Soldiers: The Desert Stand,” “Recruitment” plays on war-department absurdities. Absurdist, yes, but, as they clarify, it’s a “serious play on war.” - Debbie Goldgaber, Newcity Chicago
For A/other Lover
**** There’s plenty to admire about writer-director Weinstein’s short head trip... this sounds a lot like Woody Allen territory, as do Weinstein’s insights... - Tim Lowery, Time Out Chicago