THE CONDUCT OF LIFE

“Kevin V. Smith embodies the military might a superpower can rain down upon a small frail nation that has something that the superpower desires. Smith squeezes every possible drop of sympathy out of the audience for this unrepentant, unsympathetic character. Orlando is vile beyond all limit, and somehow Smith gives us the man who is also that monster. Smith strongly plays to the immaturity required in someone who can treat a person like a thing to be used in accordance with the slightest whim — chilling, sickening, a performance you cannot turn away from nor shut your eyes to.” Chicago Stage Review

“Kevin V. Smith is intense.” Chicago Critic

“Kevin V. Smith’s performance as the interrogator is chilling.” Chicago Reader

“The ratcheting intensity of Smith’s and Olson’s performances keeps our attention.” Time Out Chicago

“Some devilry must have extracted the soul from Kevin V. Smith’s Orlando in The Conduct of Life. Smith’s brutal, megalomaniacal military interrogator was riveting and vile.” Chicago Stage Review: “2009 : My Year in the Audience”