Beverly, Jimmy, Clara and Ruth learn the truth about their statue.
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Nice image used for the play’s ad but wait until the end of the show at Citadel Theatre to decide who the statue is. Even the title is misleading.
The 90 minute show now on stage at the tiny but award-winning theatre in Lake Forest, IL, introduces audiences to the Nowaks of Buffalo, NY.
A close-knit family where mom, Clara (Naomi Hershman, a pious Catholic, two adult daughters, Beverly (Loreli Sturm) and Ruth, (Mindy Shore), and adult son, Jimmy, (Robert Wood Frank, live together, they are all on the edge of going in different directions partially because of a death-bed reveal.
The “kicker” comes near the end of the show when they learn the statue outside that was commissioned by their grandfather is not the Virgin Mary.
Directed by Scott Shallenbarger, the actors voices and actions may seem overblown but half an hour into the show, you get used to this family’s dynamics.
Written by Tom Dudzick (author of “Over the Tavern Trilogy”) the play’s timing fits right in with the spirit of the season.
DETAILS: “Miracle on south Division Street” is at Citadel Theatre, 300 S. Waukegan Rd., Lake Forest, IL, now through Dec. 14. 2025.
Jodie Jacobs