Young People's Theatre of Chicago snags the world premiere of Dory Fantasmagory, a delightful family show about sibling squabbles and the power of imagination. | kerryreid
at Young People's Theatre of ChicagoDory, or “Rascal,” as she is known to her family, is a six-year-old with a lively imagination, which includes her not-quite-a-monster best friend, Mary. Her older siblings, exasperated by her antics, make up a story about a scary woman who kidnaps “babies”—which to them means a kid sister with imaginary friends. But when Mrs. Gobble Gracker turns out to be real, things get complicated.
The intimacy of the upstairs space at the Greenhouse Theater Center serves this winsome story well, particularly for the moments when Dory and Mary break the fourth wall to address Dory’s “studio audience.” These sections in particular may remind my fellow oldsters of Gilda Radner’s sketches from the early days offeaturing Judy Miller, a hyperactive Brownie performing her own variety show in her bedroom.
The five-member cast negotiates the shifts from everyday kid squabbles to confronting the fantastical with aplomb. Hlava and Park’s relationship is filled with high-energy antics that never feel forced—I never felt like I was watching adults pretend to be kids. Tamsen Glaser is particularly fine in the dual role of Dory’s mother and the comically fearsome Mrs. Gobble Gracker. Alex Benito Rodriguez as Dory’s brother, Luke, and Mr.
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