"What is most arresting about Six Years is the slow-burn of its words. White is experimenting with dramatic dialogue in a way that few young writers dare to... taking real risks and reinvigorating our repertory of contemporary drama with muscular ideas and imaginative fervor."
- Randy Gener American Theatre Magazine PRAISE FOR GIRL IN THE GOLDFISH BOWL
"Kaitlyn Bird ... [gives] a very charismatic performance ... [New Leaf] always chooses intelligent plays and they go out of their way to choose ... unusual scripts that we haven't seen before."
- Jonathan Abarbanel & Kelly Kleiman 848's Dueling Critics, WBEZ-FM Chicago Public Radio "[Y]ou'll ... admire the quicksilver performance late-twentysomething Kaitlin Byrd is giving as a legitimately precocious ten-year-old ... a performance that has to be difficult to execute but couldn't be easier to watch."
- Christopher Piatt TimeOut Chicago PRAISE FOR THE DINING ROOM
JEFF NON-EQUITY AWARD NOMINATIONS BEST ENSEMBLE 2008 BEST DIRECTOR - JESSICA HUTCHINSON
"ONE OF THE 10 BEST SHOWS OF 2007... ... this staging achieved real magic ..."
- Christopher Piatt Time Out Chicago "a charming site-specific staging... The capable cast ... manage their multiple roles with steady and understated wit ... particularly noteworthy performances from Steve Wilson and Marsha Harman. "
- Kerry Reid Chicago Tribune
by Sharr White directed by Jessica Hutchinson
Featured at the 2006 Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Six Years follows a single couple through the most metamorphic years in our country's history. In 1949, Meredith and Phil Granger are picking up the pieces of their lives after the hardships of World War II. We return to them every six years until 1973, following them through prosperity and upheaval, hope and fear, love and loss. This play speaks to a question that faced our grandparents, our parents, one which we're still striving to answer: how does our nation of families hold together through the push and pull of progress?
Find out more about Six Years on our blog, with updates and stories from the company, cast and crew. Also be sure to check out the latest episodes in our behind-the-scenes podcast!
