Written by Henrik Ibsen Directed by Artistic Director Kathy Scambiatterra November 2004 - February 2005 Jeff Recommended | 
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Featuring: Jason Ahlstrom, Susan Burke, George Dickson, Mark Dillon, Pete Fitzsimmons, Joe Mack, Betsy Elizabeth Ann McKnight, John Mossman, Katherine O'Neill, Maria Stephens, Kate Tummelson & Miranda Zola
Production Stage Manager: Christopher Willumsen Produced by Lorna Johnson & Tera Dunlap Assistant Directed by Lorna Johnson Set Design by Tim O'Hara & Tera Dunlap Costume Design by Michelle C. Mottram Original Music & Sound Design by Aaron Krister Johnson Lighting Design by Christopher Ash Properties Design by D. Jenna Wasmuth Scenic Art Design by Tera Dunlap Wigs & Troll Mask Design by Betsy Elizabeth Ann McKnight Animal Mask Design by Luis Crespo Dance Choreography by Katherine O'Neill "Peer Gynt...is a marvelous piece of work...proving that small can indeed be mighty and that ingenious imagination can easily outstrip big budgets. Director Kathy Scambiatterra, who has done a brilliant job of bringing this difficult work to life, is supported every step of the way by her finely tuned ensemble... It features a stellar, oxygen-depleting star turn by John Mossman in the title role... And her design team has managed to carve out a thrilling stage environment...a wildly energetic and vivid presence from start to finish." - Chicago Sun-Times
"Scambiatterra's gorgeous, glowing sequence of expressionist tableaux, a tone-poem echo of Ibsen's dreamy verse fugue, is one of this production's marvels; another the sheer polish of its large, ensemble...." - Chicago Reader
"Kathy Scambiatterra fully realizes this epic journey thanks to her big imagination that pleases both the intellect and the senses. Her collaborators include a hard-working, devil-may-care ensemble, led by the acrobatic John Mossman in the title role, and an inventive design team that gives this rousing prodution great visual appeal..." - Gay Chicago
"…swift and often engaging…Scambiatterra has delivered an energetically compact storefront edition of Ibsen's insane masterpiece." - The Chicago Tribune |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 09 October 2008 )
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