Review
Prenzies’ ‘Cyrano’ entertains, educates equally
Submitted by LadyM on May 20, 2010 - 1:19pmBy David Burke
Quad City Times
Like about 85 percent of the populace, I only know the shorthand version of "Cyrano de Bergerac": Guy with long nose helps friend woo woman who big nose really desires, feeding other guy lines while she's on balcony.
(That and the 1987 Steve Martin movie "Roxanne," which contains a sliver of Edmond Rostand's original storyline.)
French Toast: "Cyrano de Bergerac," at 1616 2nd Avenue in the District of Rock Island, through May 23
Submitted by LadyM on May 20, 2010 - 1:13pmBy Thom White
River Cities Reader
Prenzies make ’Troilus and Cressida’ characters lovable
Submitted by LadyM on March 22, 2010 - 4:33pmby Stephanie De Pasquale
Quad City Times
“Troilus and Cressida” features far more war and betrayal than love, but the Prenzie Players and Maggie Woolley, in her directing debut, have no trouble creating characters the audience can’t help but invest themselves in, despite their dirty deeds.
Shakespeare’s play is set seven years into the Trojan War, but before the infamous wooden horse is made.
Greek Unorthodox: "Troilus & Cressida"
Submitted by LadyM on March 22, 2010 - 4:29pmWRITTEN BY THOM WHITE
River Cities Reader
Very, Very Cool: “The Winter’s Tale”
Submitted by LadyM on November 19, 2009 - 11:18amWritten by Mike Schulz
Original Review
Roughly 10 minutes before the Prenzie Players' presentation of The Winter's Tale gets underway, there's a brief, improvisational scene between the Bohemian king Polixenes (David Furness) and Prince Mamillius (Stephanie Moeller), the young son of the king and queen of Sicily.
From tragedy to comedy to romance, 'The Winter's Tale' has it all
Submitted by LadyM on November 19, 2009 - 11:14amStory Stephanie De Pasquale
Original Review
The Prenzie Players’ season opener, “The Winter’s Tale,” is a Shakespearean comedy that starts off in the vein of a tragedy. It then takes the audience on a roller coaster of emotions as the major characters deal with jealously and death, followed by the comedic relief comes from ad-libbing minor characters and a happy ending.
War Brides: Trojan Women Review by Mike Schulz
Submitted by LadyM on May 25, 2009 - 10:35amThe Prenzie Players' presentation of Euripides' The Trojan Women, adapted by Richard Lattimore, runs just over an hour, and I can't imagine who would want it to last longer than that. There's so much anguish and grief on display, and the material appears so deeply felt by director Jill Sullivan-Bennin's cast, that the production leaves you not just haunted, but shaken; it's questionable whether either the actors or the audience could endure two hours of such extreme emotional states.
Prenzies offer a rough-and-tumble 'Much Ado'
Submitted by LadyM on March 12, 2009 - 3:52pmBy Julie Jensen, celtic@qconline.com
The Prenzie Players" rough-and-tumble production of Shakespeare"s "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Village Theater, Davenport, is theater-in-the-round, a more conventional format than they usually choose.
Directed by Stephanie Burrough, it played to a full house opening night.
Much Ado About Nothing at The Prenzie Players
Submitted by LadyM on March 12, 2009 - 3:26pmby Thom White
It happens to by my favorite work by William Shakespeare, so my expectations for “Much Ado About Nothing” are high.
But then, so too are my expectations for the Prenzie Players.
Bard Optimal: "Much Ado About Nothing
Submitted by LadyM on March 11, 2009 - 10:40amWritten by Mike Schulz
Monday, 09 March 2009 06:45
With the current Much Ado About Nothing, I've now attended 10 presentations by the classical-theatre troupe the Prenzie Players, and perhaps fittingly, it's maybe the most sheerly Prenzie Prenzie production I've yet seen.
