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Tag: Susan Wefel

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ELEANOR: AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY (Media Theatre): 60-second review

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper February 11, 2020 No Comments

Pleasant to watch and quite informative, but little seems at stake

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Talking to the Roosevelts: Interview with Eleanor, Franklin, and Sara from the cast of ELEANOR at Media Theatre

Henrik Eger February 6, 2020 No Comments

Henrik Eger spoke to the actors about their roles and the real-life characters behind them.

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Jennifer Summerfield Medea
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MEDEA, A Woman in Crisis: Interview with Jennifer Summerfield

Henrik Eger October 25, 2018 1 Comment

Henrik Eger interviews the star of Hedgerow’s new production of a classical Greek tragedy.

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It Doesn’t Take a Man: Getting to the Bottom of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Brock Vickers May 17, 2017 No Comments

“It doesn’t take a man to play the role of Bottom,” says veteran actor Susan Wefel, who is playing one of Shakespeare’s most ridiculous fools. “It can be a woman.”

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SIDE SHOW (Media Theatre): Coming together on a small stage

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper March 21, 2017 No Comments

SIDE SHOW is a tricky piece, but there was much to savor at Media Theatre’s production

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ROMEO & JULIET (Media): A Rose of any other name

Chuck Schultz February 5, 2017 No Comments

The lights show a bare stage; the set is two dilapidated buildings with scaffolding. The curtains intermittently change from day to night with a transient…

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Gaslighting Done Right: Interview with the cast of Hedgerow Theatre’s reinvented ANGEL STREET

Henrik Eger October 16, 2016 No Comments

Considering a trimmed, contemporized, and feminized version of a classic British drama

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THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES (Hedgerow): Hercule Poirot at your service

Lauren Hartranft March 23, 2016 No Comments

Hedgerow Theater presents an original stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic novel.

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OR (Hedgerow): love, lust, loyalties and loads of laughter!

Lisa Panzer February 3, 2016 No Comments

Set in London, 1660, Liz Duffy Adams’s rollicking historical romp explores the remarkable life of Aphra Behn, a spy, poet, and England’s first professional female playwright.

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Media): Killing Lee’s mockingbird

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper January 30, 2016 2 Comments

In directing Christopher Sergel’s dramatic adaptation of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Jesse Cline is uncharacteristically too reverential about the material.

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BILLY ELLIOT (Media Theatre): Dance Billy, dance

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper November 24, 2015 No Comments

As usual with 2007 musical version of the 2000 movie, the personal scenes are the strength of this production

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DON QUIXOTE (Hedgerow): Cervantes’ knight errant rides anew

Lisa Panzer May 13, 2015 No Comments

The fanciful adventures of knight errant Don Quixote and loyal his sidekick Sancho Panza are refreshingly revived.

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David Nikolas as Maurice Mullinsin A MURDER HAS BEEN ARRANGED at Hedgerow Theatre. Photo by Ashley LaBonde
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A MURDER HAS BEEN ARRANGED (Hedgerow): There’s something spooky backstage

Lisa Panzer February 24, 2015 No Comments

A MURDER HAS BEEN ARRANGED may contain all the usual elements of a typical who-dunnit, but it’s spirit lies elsewhere

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36 years at Hedgerow House and Theater: Longtime fellow Susan Wefel’s life in her theatrical home

Christopher & Jennifer Reynolds February 16, 2015 1 Comment

When Susan Wefel moved into Hedgerow Theatre’s farmhouse in Rose Valley, PA, she was the youngest person in the building. Thirty-six years and dozens of performances later, she’s still going strong.

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“My busy, wacky, wonderful life”: Parents on stage and off stage, THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Media Theatre)

Henrik Eger October 20, 2014 No Comments

The wacky parents of THE ADDAMS FAMILY at the Media Theatre share the joys and difficulties of juggling two lead roles in their lives.

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Wednesday (Lauren Cupples) loves to please with her dinner treats. Photo by Chris Jordan.
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Media Theatre): A weird-family musical

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper October 2, 2014 No Comments

THE ADDAMS FAMILY is such a familiar piece, and beloved by many for various reasons

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