"If you're going to spend some time kicking the tires of America's two most popular vehicles for self-esteem and identity — a church service and the self-help industry," says Kerry Reid, "then using an actual church building makes perfect sense. Director James Palmer and set designer Michael Mroch use St. Peter's Episcopal Church to great advantage, placing the audience in the middle of the action. Toss in focused performances that mostly manage to avoid playwright Young Jean Lee's verbal traps, and you've got one of the more arresting evenings of theater going on right now."

Continue reading Kerry Reid's Tribune reviews of "Church/Pullman, WA" ★★★ at Red Tape Theatre and "Closer" ★½ at Heartland Studio here.