FUN HARMLESS WARMACHINE
at The New Colony
October 3 - November 4, 2018
By Fin Coe
Directed by James Fleming
JEFF AWARD NOMINATION - Best Lighting Design - Claire Chrzan
“Director James Fleming keeps Coe's splintered scenes moving at a breakneck pace without compromising psychological nuance... making for a taut, engaging 100 minutes.” - Justin Hayford, Chicago Reader
CRITICS PICK - "On opening night, you could feel the electricity ripple through the room whenever the characters’ rhetoric turned ugly. This was a crowd that was fired up to watch a takedown of entitled male attitudes, and the play mostly delivers on that front. ... Despite the play’s uncomfortable subject matter, the talented ensemble, under the direction of James Fleming, keep things on track." - Conor McShane, PerformInk
“Fun Harmless Warmachine is also seriously good. The whole thing might remind you of an online version of Fight Club. … After its run at Den Theater, it would not be surprising to see Coe’s work reappear at someplace like Steppenwolf Garage or another new voices program.” - Bill Ensler, BuzzNews
"Fun Harmless Warmachine is a riveting, disturbing glimpse into a world most of us don’t know and wouldn’t understand if we did… Fleming’s blocking and choreography cement The Order into a single monolithic and vicious whole" - Karen Topham, Chicago On Stage
Highly Recommended - 5 Stars - “A polished and decidedly dark and rewarding work. […] Coe has constructed a taut and suspenseful script which is smartly written and intensely compact. Fleming has done a remarkable job of taking information and data and presenting it in a completely innovative, visual style.” - Alan Bresloff, Around The Town Chicago
