Erika Shuch stretches to tell macabre tale: “‘Sweeney Todd’ redux this isn’t; Shuch uses the metaphor of consumption to investigate all forms of desire. Jesse Howell and Jennifer Chien retread the ‘eat me’ exchange as a tentative sexual proposition: ‘It’s gonna hurt. … It’s not safe,’ they warn. An ensemble dance to the old standard ‘All of Me’ takes on sinister shadings with the lines ‘take my lips … take my arms.’ Love appears ultimately a matter of consensual pain and unsatisfied appetites as Howell roams the stage like a rabid dog, begging, ‘Do you trust me?'” —SF Chronicle