Press
Perfect at the side project
(w/ T. Whittington)
Reviews of Perfect at the side project (Chicago):
“Eva Gil as Natalie’s socially desperate classmate, emerges as a real kid blundering her way through a teenage wasteland. You almost wish there was a play just about her.”
~Nina Metz, The Chicago Tribune
Review of Equivocation at Athens West Theatre Company (Lexington, KY)
"Eva Gil as Shakespeare's daughter Judith is a deadpan contrast to her excitable father, but it is her cool and clever head that prevails in the end."
~Candace Chaney, Kentucky.com
Reviews of A View from the Bridge at Redtwist Theatre (Chicago):
“Eva Gil brings naive charm and unexpected spine to Catherine.”
~Kerry Reid, The Chicago Tribune
“Catherine (Eva Gil), a young woman who is sure to break a lot of hearts. Eva Gil knows just when to sniffle and shed a tear as the young woman, old enough to make up her own mind, but not wanting to hurt the people she cares about.”
~Ruth Smerling, TheatreWorld Internet Magazine
(w/ Justin D. Quackenbush)
Reviews of Other Desert Cities at Vermont Stage Company (Burlington)
"Eva Gil, as Brooke, is adept at the comedy and cunning in her ability to deflect the family’s slings and arrows. When her mother dishes out a dig at her writing career or politics, Gil has Brooke pretty much shelter in place — she neither cringes nor explodes, but instead answers with wit that’s never laced with anger. Gil’s Brooke is too smart to lose control, and too fresh from her breakdown to risk real rage. Her liveliness onstage, and especially her banter with her brother, read authentically."
~Alex Brown, Seven Days
"Eva Gil was Brooke. The New York-based actress effectively brought the audience along with her as she was transformed from feisty, self-righteous and sure in her new self to adding the dimension of human knowledge. Directed by Mark Alan Gordon, the Vermont Stage production...proved polished and powerful as well as most entertaining. This was due to expert staging and a particularly fine cast."
~Jim Lowe, Vermont Today
"Eva Gil, as Brooke, is adept at the comedy and cunning in her ability to deflect the family’s slings and arrows. When her mother dishes out a dig at her writing career or politics, Gil has Brooke pretty much shelter in place — she neither cringes nor explodes, but instead answers with wit that’s never laced with anger. Gil’s Brooke is too smart to lose control, and too fresh from her breakdown to risk real rage. Her liveliness onstage, and especially her banter with her brother, read authentically."
~Alex Brown, Seven Days
"Eva Gil was Brooke. The New York-based actress effectively brought the audience along with her as she was transformed from feisty, self-righteous and sure in her new self to adding the dimension of human knowledge. Directed by Mark Alan Gordon, the Vermont Stage production...proved polished and powerful as well as most entertaining. This was due to expert staging and a particularly fine cast."
~Jim Lowe, Vermont Today
Reviews of Tallgrass Gothic at 5th Floor Productions (Chicago):
Laura in Tallgrass Gothic
"The mostly young actors likewise never succumb to twitchy self-consciousness, but retain a concentrated focus their every onstage moment."
"...superlative ensemble work..."
~Mary Shen Barnidge, Windy City Times
"...the feeling of simultaneous claustrophobia and wide-open emptiness is beautifully evoked both by the simple set (a dirt-platform "cornfield" and a metal bed) and the way the actors inhabit it." "...the production provides a potent emotional
punch. We'll be watching for this group."
~Ruth Welte, TimeOut Chicago
Review of The Typographer’s Dream at 5th Floor Productions (Chicago):
Anneliese inThe Typographer's Dream (with S. Kinsey and M. Lesser)
"Adam Bock’s 70-minute puzzle play delivers a ton of unprocessed truth in the format of a panel program by a typographer, a geographer and a stenographer. Matt Schwader’s emotionally orchestrated staging keeps it intriguing. It’s topical too: How many people are miserably married to their jobs, rationalizing servitude because every alternative looks worse? Schwader’s deft trio richly explore that ambivalence but they also honor the ethic of workmanship that can [turn] drudgery into a calling."
~Lawrence Bommer, Chicago Free Press
Review of The Cherry Orchard at The Cleveland Play House/CWRU (Cleveland):
The Cherry Orchard (with Kim Krane, Andrew Gorell, Michael Herbert)
"The student actors are superb. But do not let the term "student actors" deceive you. These actors are as professional as they come. Last season’s tour de force production of Cloud 9 was performed by this same group."
~FleetotheCleve.com