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"I come to revel in this oscillation, simultaneously witnessing the real-life community and the phantasmatic performance built by Knockout’s creative team.."
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"the piece is chock full of layers and complexity, smart composition and plain old good dancing — frustratingly good in its attention to detail."
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‘Knockout’ Brings Iconic Femme Fight Scenes To Steppenwolf In ‘Action-Packed’ Dance Show
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"‘Knockout,’ a new Chicago work, blurs the lines between dance and a feminist fight club"
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An examination into the empowering culture and tension emerging from the long developing collaborative dance piece, Knockout.
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"a serious reminder that as humans with incredible amounts of thought power, we have a great responsibility."
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"within the depths of apathy lies the potential for awakening—a flicker of awareness that reminds us of our capacity for connection, empathy, and renewal."
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“In any case I pivoted to stuff like this:” the Unfinished Collaborations of Dance and Theater in Lucky Plush Productions’ UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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Means of Production (podcast episode)
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Lucky Plush helps two artists deal with their Unfinished Business
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The Map of Now Offered a Virtual Stroll Through Windy City Arts

— American Theatre

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The Map of Now provides an interactive guide to collaboration with a retro look

— The Chicago Reader

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Multiplayer Mode: The Map of Now Gamifies the Virtual Performance Festival

— NewCity Stage

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"Well worth the price of admission alone."

-Big Island Music

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"Rhoads is a master of comedic timing and physical humor ... you come away feeling like you know the people onstage."

— Chicago Tribune

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"This fun-filled, nifty nod at skate culture in the disco era is complete with colorful tweeds and polyester galore"

— Chicago Tribune

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"Refreshing as an Italian ice [and] continuously unexpected"

— Buzz Center Stage

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"a contemplative journey about relationships, communication, and self-empowerment"

— PictureThisPost.com

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"The entire cast really are easily among the best singers, dancers, and actors I’ve seen this season"

— Chicago Theatre Review

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"Lucky Plush has a wonderful trick of producing moments of unison, balance, and coordination that arise like miracles from disorder"

— Chicago Reader

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"Playful shape-shifting [that] descends into an ethereal display of dancers floating in and out of the ensemble"

— PictureThisPost.com

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“skipping like a spinning stone across its surfaces like a perfect piece of pop art"

— Time Out Chicago

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"A piece of tremendous humor, humanity, and smartness”

— NewCity Stage

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"Beautiful, complex, original, and exquisitely choreographed production ... revealing the elusive boundaries between performer and character"

— Buzz Center Stage

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"The Better Half is full of action verbs: flying, leaping, falling, spiraling, dragging, sliding, tumbling, bouncing, springing, lifting, throwing"

— Splash Magazines

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"delicious humor and a dark, poignant undercurrent…both charming and memorably provocative"

— Boston Globe

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"A shocking, challenging, and deeply affecting story from beginning to end"

— Chicago Theatre and Concert Reviews

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"An ambitious accessible fusion of dance and theater that will leave you smiling and thinking long after the play is over"

— Chicagoland Musical Theater

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"A brand of movement-based theater that can be comfortably called, without exaggeration, genius"

— Newcity Stage

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"A window into the choreographic process…but also a meditation on how story begets form"

— Chicago Tribune

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“Smart, funny and up to the minute”

— Chicago Stage Standard

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"Rhoads is a choreographer of all the instincts of a born satirist"

— Chicago Sun Times

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“A head-spinning comic whirlwind…immensely likable and entertaining”

— Chicago Tribune

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"humor-filled Punk Yankees should become required viewing for all art students”

— Chicago Sun Times

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'Punk Yankees’ is like an illustrated comic lecture

— SeeChicagoDance.com

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“A terrific odyssey, full of amusing, varied and tireless dancing by a troupe of dancers who ably double as comics.”

— Chicago Tribune

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“paradoxical, tongue-in-cheek, and subversive…and, best of all, great fun"

— Chicago Reader

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"A visually, kinetically, sonically and intellectually dazzling piece of dance theater”

— Chicago Sun Times

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"Stunning dance in stark contrast to absurd and humorous movement"

— Splash Magazine

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"an enchanted universe [that] skitters between the worlds of television, theater, and the dance studio—and surpasses them all... the ultimate symphony of the ordinary"

— Chicago Tribune

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“a highly intellectual and yet completely accessible dance performance”

— Burlington Writer’s Workshop

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"the dancers move beautifully, athletically, and in equally improbable and choreographed configurations'

— Repeat Performances

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"their collective shrug of surrender is the show’s most incredibly satisfying relief, an overdue recognition of unavoidable truths."
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…the work was so fresh and engaging, there is little doubt Lucky Plush will continue to evolve in its exciting efforts to integrate artistic forms.
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…a physical language full of nuance and humor, yet we feel immediately fluent
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Westsuburban living Q&A 2018
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Players 2018: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago
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PLAYERS 2016: THE FIFTY PEOPLE WHO REALLY PERFORM FOR CHICAGO
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Lucky Plush’s work is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Lucky Plush Productions is 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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