Articles tagged with: Mike Tutaj
‘Grounded’ at American Blues Theater: Boom! goes the rocket blast, and pilot’s life implodes
![‘Grounded’ at American Blues Theater: Boom! goes the rocket blast, and pilot’s life implodes Gwendolyn Whiteside portrays the Pilot in the American Blues Theater production of George Brant's 'Grounded.' (Johnny Knight)](https://chicago-on-the-aisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Gwendolyn-Whiteside-portrays-the-Pilot-in-the-American-Blues-Theater-production-of-George-Brants-Grounded.-Johnny-Knight-125x125.jpg)
Review: The pilot, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, is a proud lone wolf, happiest up there in the wild blue yonder, at the controls of an F-16 homing in on targets in the midst of a Middle East war. Yet there’s a mentionable wrinkle. The Pilot in playwright George Brant’s monodrama “Grounded” is a woman. Gwendolyn Whiteside, the producing artistic director of American Blues Theater, suits up and steps out front to portray a human being who thinks she knows herself – only to discover her true humanity in both the sweetest and the most devastating terms. ★★★★