Monstrous Regiment (2014)

Lifeline Theatre

June 1-August 3, 2014

Monstrous Regiment was Jeff Recommended.

“★★★★  The best thing about Hainsworth’s script and director Kevin Theis’ crackerjack staging is that it manages to fully inhabit the realm of the ridiculous while tipping its hat to Pratchett’s essentially humanist/feminist concerns…If there has been a more accomplished comedic ensemble on a Chicago stage this year, I’ve not seen it.” – Chicago Tribune

“★★★★ Kevin Theis has pitch-perfectly directed them with a Mel Brooksian verve…Whimsical summer fun rarely comes as delectably packaged as this!” – Chicago Theatre Beat

“★★★★  Monstrous Regiment’s greatest achievement is the speed with which it immerses you in its universe…Combined with spectacular costumes and spot-on physical comedy, it’s immediately understandable and entertaining.” – Time Out Chicago

 

Moon For The Misbegotten (2012)

Seanachai Theatre Company

March 23- April 29, 2012

Moon for the Misbegotten was Jeff Recommended and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Brad Armacost)

“Director Kevin Theis and his Seanachai Theatre Company cast negotiate the difficult twists and subtle changes of tone with such finesse and grace that you’d think O’Neill had written this tale of a trio of misfits with them in mind.” – Chicago Reader

Henry V (2011)

OAK PARK FESTIVAL THEATER

7/14-8/20 2011

“Oak Park Festival Theatre’s new production of “Henry V,” performed outdoors in Austin Gardens, is spellbinding and powerful. Tightly and intensely directed by Kevin Theis…a thrilling production.” – Oak Park Wednesday Journal 

Cyrano de Bergerac (2009)

OAK PARK FESTIVAL THEATER

7/13-8/15/2009

“The production, tightly directed with keen insight into its complexities by Kevin Theis, offers something for everyone-romance, comedy, unrequited love, jealousy, swordplay, and war. The tragicomedy is well-acted and excitingly staged.” – Oak Park Wednesday Journal

Cyrano de Bergerac (2009)

OAK PARK FESTIVAL THEATER

7/13-8/15/2009

“The production, tightly directed with keen insight into its complexities by Kevin Theis, offers something for everyone-romance, comedy, unrequited love, jealousy, swordplay, and war. The tragicomedy is well-acted and excitingly staged.” – Oak Park Wednesday Journal

 

Picture of Dorian Gray (2008)

 

LIFELINE THEATER

September 12-November 16 2008

Directed by Kevin Theis

Jeff Recommended, nominated for Best New Adaptation and Best Supporing Actor (Paul S. Holmquist)

“Director Kevin Theis is able to bring out the true emotion and humor in the tale as well as create an atmosphere of pounding dread. Theis also manages a couple moments of pure theatrical magic that may cause audience members to gasp in wonder, reveling in the joy of the live theatrical experience.”– Chicago Free Press

 

Picnic (2006)

OAK PARK FESTIVAL THEATER

July 11-August 19 2006

“RECOMMENDED…Under the reserved direction of Kevin Theis, the actors in this open-air production lend depth to personalities nowadays reduced to shallow stereotypes–the beauty, the brain, the spinster schoolteacher– amplifying their very human vulnerability. Audience members will go home with some striking insights into the gender dynamics of the period–or at least a sweetly sudsy romance for a balmy summer night.” – Chicago Reader 

THE MANDAKE: A RENAISSANCE MUSICAL (1999)

 

greasy joan & co.

4/2/99- 4/25/99.

Jeff Recommended and nominated for Best Director and Best Musical Direction

 “Director Kevin Theis sidesteps all the traps that usually ensnare people producing pre-Shakespeare comedies…But every time Machiavelli indulging [in] speechifying, Theis finds some appropriate stage business to spice up the show.” – Chicago Reader