Theater Oobleck was co-founded by Jeff Dorchen, Mickle Maher, David Isaacson and Danny Thompson.
In her Backstage article "Oobleck Rising[3]", Kerry Reid defends Theater Oobleck's "no director" philosophy from the skepticism expressed by Sid Smith, an entertainment writer for the Chicago Tribune.
Reid cites a quote from Smith's 1988 review (titled "An Audacious Gust Of Undergraduate Air[4]") of the Oobleck production Three Who Dared: A Play on the Movies, "The players boast in the program that they work without a director.
They desperately need one..." to which Reid responds, "... non-hierarchical methodology wasn't the reason to love Oobleck.
Previous plays performed by Theater Oobleck include The Strangerer,[5] Strauss at Midnight,[6] and Hunchback Variations.