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SOPRANO
- Saundra DeAthos
- MEZZO-SOPRANO
- Stephanie Rodousakis
- TENOR
- Michael Boley
- Harold Meers
- BARITONE
- Greg Frens
- Ryan Kinsella
- David Templeton
- BASS
- Bradley Smoak
- CONDUCTOR
- Louis Salemno
- Allan R. Scott
- STAGE DIRECTOR
- Alexander Gelman
"In Alexander Gelman's Organic Theater Company production, its charms unfold with quiet insistence and understated warmth. There's nothing flashy in the bare-bones staging — a stationary bicycle is the main visual clue to Theophilus' "road to nowhere" journey, in which he learns that being connected to others is the real adventure in life."
(CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
"Director Alexander Gelman’s production with Organic Theater Company is whimsically minimal and strikes all the nuances of Wilder’s tale with great wit and charm. Wilder and Burnett’s story gets told most refreshingly. This lovely Organic production merits an outing, especially for Wilder fans."
(CHICAGO THEATER BEAT)
“Rotating in repertory with a praiseworthy dramatization of Thornton Wilder’s “Theophilus Green,” Yevgeni Schwartz’ playful adaptation “The Naked King” weaves together three popular fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Though forcibly funny, Alexander Gelman’s Organic Theater Company staging respects the goofy-giddy spirit of Schwartz’ concoction. Often enough, the tale-spinning takes off.”
(CHICAGO STAGE STYLE)
"Alexander Gelman's Organic Theater production is just as clever, using very few props to conjure a great many things. His young actors are personable, too. Some of Wilder's depth is lost. Still, what's left is often charming."
(CHICAGO READER)
“Gelman’s fluid, seven-member cast whip up some intoxicating, period-perfect storytelling, propelling the pell-mell plot with all the briskness, brightness, and timing it deserves.”
(CHICAGO STAGE STYLE)
