Ian McLaren Photography
Ian McLaren Photography
REVIEW
A key element to note about this version of “Working” is that it’s set in present-day Kalamazoo. It uses the stories of real-life working people, our friends, neighbors, merchants, and business owners in our community. This concept of “localism” brings a sense of immediacy, authenticity, and relevance to this production.
An example is Dean Hauck, the owner of Michigan News Agency in downtown Kalamazoo. Wearing a red and black checkered shirt, her image appears on a screen upstage as an audio recording narrates her amazing story of internment as a child in the Philippines by the Japanese during World War Two, followed by her ownership of one of the community’s literary centers.
Halfway into the story, actor Shannon Huneryager, wearing the same shirt, strides from behind the screen. She resumes Hauk’s first-person narrative, embodying the spirit and tenacity of a proprietor determined to keep her locally owned business operating in the age of Amazon. — Gordon Bolar, WMUK (Photo by Becky Klose)
REVIEW
Shannon Huneryager is fantastic as the brooding Sonia. Her constant complaining is elevated to distinguished distress when she dresses up for a costume ball as Maggie Smith at the Oscars. – Sue Merrell, Encore Michigan (Photo by Lou Schakel)
REVIEW
Clara is played by Shannon Huneryager with a fine dose of spit and vinegar. This is a performance to see if anyone believes the delusion of the American housewife. Huneryager’s looks and carriage fit the times, seemingly stepping out of a lovely hand tinted photo. She also has a wonderful grasp of the dialogue, with some of the funniest lines in the play. – Scotty Zacher, Chicago theater beat (Photo by The Agency Theater)