Review: ‘Eureka Day’ Is Exactly What We Need Now: a Vehicle for Laughing at Our Own Society’s Predicament

Review: ‘Eureka Day’ is exactly what we need now: a vehicle for laughing at our own society’s predicament

As Oscar Wilde informed us, life imitates art, sometimes more than the other way around.As a striking example of that, we have the preternaturally prescient “Eureka Day,” a clever, crafty and profoundly funny comedy by playwright Jonathan Spector about vaccine policy, first produced in 2018 in Berkeley, California, which is when and where the work is set.Receiving its Chicago premiere in a finely tuned production from TimeLine Theater Company, i…

Review: TimeLine Theater Company’s production of ‘Eureka Day’ is clever, crafty and profoundly funny

As Oscar Wilde informed us, life imitates art, sometimes more than the other way around. As a striking example of that, we have the preternaturally prescient “Eureka Day,” a clever, crafty and profoundly funny comedy by playwright Jonathan Spector about vaccine policy, first produced in 2018 in Berkeley, California, which is when and where the work is set. Receiving its Chicago premiere in a finely tuned production from TimeLine Theater Company,…