WBEZ: "A Jeff recommendation is the first step. If your production isn’t recommended for somethingon opening night, you can’t be nominated for an award—or get one. So it’s no surprise, looking at this year’s Jeff-recommended productions, to see that the roster is long and inclusive.
That makes certain curious omissions even curiouser. Like Steep Theatre’s Festen, a production that’s gotten rave reviews—and is sold out through the end of the run, no surprise given the incredible acting, direction, and stagecraft.
But Festen is about incest. Could the problem—for the Jeff committee, anyway—have been the subject?
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