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Grisly “Mortal Risk” Needs a bit of fine-tuning (english)

By Sky • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: 1988, 1988, REVIEWS (in ENGLISH), in ENGLISH

source: Chicago Tribune
section: Tempo
published: September 29, 1988
author: Sid Smith (Entertainment editor)
credit: credit: James Marsters.com – The Unofficial website

“Mortal Risk,” a new play by Chicagoan Ron Mark now at the Chicago Cooperative Stage, is a grisly tale of psychological murder.

The killer, a young sufferer of the rare disorder known as multiple personality, mutilates his victims, raping their dead bodies and gouging their organs for display in their own refrigerators.



Northlight Offers a Parable for ’80s with ’37 Czech Play ‘White Plague’ (english)

By Sky • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: 1988, in ENGLISH

source: Chicago Tribune
published: February 18, 1988
author: Richard Christiansen

“The White Plague,” written in 1937 by Czech author Karel Capek and given its American premiere Wednesday night at Northlight Theatre in Evanston, is something more than a museum piece, something less than a masterwork.



Terrifying ‘Mortal Risk’ stirs outrage – review (english)

By Sky • Oct 16th, 2007 • Category: 1988, 1988, REVIEWS (in ENGLISH), in ENGLISH

source: Chicago Sun-Times
published: October 5, 1988
author: Joe Pixler

Mortal Risk

Todd Kemp (James Marsters), Dr. Ira Abrams (Peter Grahame), Dr. JoHanna Spector (Elaine Behr), Dustin Spector (Franklin Walters), Aunt Hattie Kemp (Helen Flanigan), Robert Bratten (Donald Coates), Sgt. Frank Scarlatti (David Tatosian)