Chick
by David Grimm, Eugene R. Gaddis

"A museum director's life might not at first be seen as a natural for stage dramatization. But the charismatic A. Everett “Chick” Austin's life is a dynamic work of art unto itself, filled with incident, color and characters, and embracing a time between the wars that represented a period of unequaled cultural excitement in America…Grimm is a writer with lingual dexterity and classic sophistication. Here he displays his cunning, punning wit but he also shows his subject's shadows of zealotry, insecurity, and shame.“ —Variety. ”Written in a light-hearted vein but with eloquence and artistic insight, David Grimm's spin on the Hartford legendary museum director is every bit as entertaining as it is enlightening. Leave it to “Chick” to shake up today's audience even long after his death.“ —Republican American. ”Chick is a patron saint of the arts, and the play is an unabashed, patriotic affirmation of the arts as sustenance of the soul…[Chick's] wit and personality beguile the audience."

— New Haven Register