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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
Huntington Theatre Company (2019)
"A feast of wit! A superb cast! Breathtakingly audacious. Existential angst has seldom been funnier."
-Don Aucoin
The Boston Globe
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"Extremely entertaining! Joyful wordplay. The audience was in stitches throughout."
-Ed Siegel
90.9 WBUR The ARTery
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Big River
by William Hauptman / Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller
Based on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Heartwood Regional Theatre Company (2019)
"Big River” is great summertime family fare, heartwarming and humorous, and the powerful assembly of voices in this cast does great justice to the score of country and folk, blues, gospels and spirituals."
-Joy Braley
Boothbay Register
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Life Is A Dream
by Pedro Calderon de la Barca / Translation by Helen Edmundson
Heartwood Regional Theatre Company (2019)
"Audiences will find this riveting, challenging and well worth the investment of time. This type of work is rarely available to Midcoast audiences; it’s a summertime event not to be missed."
-Joy Braley
Wiscasset Newspaper
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Once
by Enda Walsh
Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
SpeakEasy Stage Company (2019)
"The ensemble does terrific work, especially considering they are also required to play musical instruments —
a first in the 27-year history of SpeakEasy."
-Don Aucoin
The Boston Globe
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"A miracle...a near-to-perfect production!"
-David Greenham
The Arts Fuse
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"SpeakEasy’s Once is that rare beauty where all the elements coalesce into one freakily gorgeous whole."
-Christopher Ehlers
Dig Boston
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"...uplifting and enjoyable."
-Bobby Franklin
Boxing Over Broadway
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"An exceptional ensemble of fourteen incredible, multi-talented actors, who are also brilliant musicians, bring this enchanting tale to life on stage."
-Susan Mulford
Boston & Beyond
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"Irresistible! Once is worth seeing again and again."
-Joyce Kulhawik
JoycesChoices.com
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Miracle on 34th Street
by Meredith Willson
Roxy Regional Theatre Company (2018)
"Beautifully wrapped...there is enough onstage chemistry between her [Mia Bergstrom] and Stephen Shore (cast as lawyer Fred Gaily) to keep the action moving..."
-Jeffrey Ellis
Broadway World Nashville
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The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
The Fools & Kings Project (2018)
"[On May 9th,] we were privileged to be able to present a Young Adult version of "The Comedy of Errors" to nearly 500 school children as part of our collaboration with Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park!"
-Vanessa Wendt & Melissa Meli
The Fools & Kings Project
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Million Dollar Quartet
by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
The Encore Musical Theatre Company (2018)
"Great Balls of Fire! 'Million Dollar Quartet' rocks the Encore...
Very highest recommendation."
-Ron Baumanis
A2View
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"Shore imbues Cash with the Man in Black's trademark, deep-voiced gravitas."
-Jenn McKee
Encore Michigan
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"Shore gives Cash that older brother solidity. Cash was also more a country singer than a rocker and here Shore comes through on Cash's 'Folsom Prison Blues' and 'I Walk The Line,' at that time a huge breakthrough hit for the Man in Black."
-Hugh Gallagher
AADL Pulp
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It's A Wonderful LifE:
A Live Radio Play
By Joe Landry
Adapted from the 1946 film directed and produced by Frank Capra
Texas Shakespeare Festival (2017)
"'It's a Wonderful Life' at TSF with radio play set for Kilgore stage"
-Chelsea Katz
Kilgore News Herald
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Into the Woods
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine
Heartwood Regional Theatre Company (2017)
"A delight from start to finish — due to a first-rate company of actors...is summer entertainment not to be missed."
-Lisa Kristoff
Boothbay Register
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"From the narrator to the cow, portrayals are spot on."
-Tamara Lilly
The Coastal Journal
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Getting Married
by George Bernard Shaw
Gingold Theatrical Group (2017)
Photo Coverage: Inside Project Shaw's GETTING MARRIED Reading
-Broadway World News Desk
Off-Broadway
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Texas Shakespeare Festival Roadshow
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Greatest Hits adapted by
Meaghan & Matthew Simpson, & The Princess and the Players by Jason Richards (2017)
"Odessa Shakespeare Festival Draws Hundreds to Globe Theater"
-Samantha Mindy
Permian Basin, West Texas News
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"Roadshow brings Shakespeare to life for students across Texas
... Shore will make his TSF debut"
-Chelsea Katz
Kilgore News Herald
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Million Dollar Quartet
by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Roxy Regional Theatre Company (2016)
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET to Raise the Curtain on Season 34 at Roxy Regional Theatre
-Broadway World News Desk
Nashville
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The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
Barefoot Shakespeare Company (2016)
Selected by The New York Times for their New York Today column entitled: 'City Staycation' on August 25th, 2016. "A few ideas that piqued our interest and might pique yours as well..."
-Jonathan Wolfe
The New York Times
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"Barefoot Shakespeare Company mounts this summer's third free outdoor production of Shakespeare's suddenly voguish sex comedy, in which a swaggering gold digger breaks the spirit of his headstrong bride via starvation, brainwashing and sleep deprivation. Robert Sniffin directs.
POSTED: TUESDAY JULY 26 2016"
-Time Out New York
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Average Score: 86 (out of 100)
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"Watch our friends from Barefoot Shakespeare Company (specifically some cast members of Barefoot Shakespeare Company presents The Taming of the Shrew) summarize The Taming of the Shrew! WARNING: this one gets insane fast. Like, real fast. And it stays at a 10 for the whole video."
-Hot Pepper Theater
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Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
Heartwood Regional Theater Company (2016)
...Shore has a comforting gravitas, a self-deprecating manner, and an easy way of letting important lines sit lightly before they sink in. Once in awhile, a resemblance to Hal Holbrook appeared. He is the glue that holds "Our Town" together and Shore's charm extended into the audience.
-Eleanor Cade Busby
The Lincoln County News
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If you’ve seen it before, you will not be disappointed in this production...
If you’ve never seen it, I’m excited for you to experience it now.
-Tamara Lilly
The Coastal Journal
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Shore is perfectly cast as the Stage Manager...
He has a warm countrified accent and welcoming demeanor, and the way he tells the audience about the place, the people and times (1901-13), you are convinced of his fondness for Grover's Corners and the simplicity of life there.
-Lisa Kristoff
Boothbay Register
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Of Mice And Men
by John Steinbeck
Cardinal Stage Company (2015)
"Stephen Shore was a sunny figure as the magnetic long line skinner, Slim."
-George Walker
WFIU: Indiana Public Media
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"...sensitive and masterful...
Steinbeck lovers will find what they're looking for in latest Cardinal production"
-Matthew Waterman
The Herald Times
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Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmund Rostand
Heartwood Regional Theater Company (2015)
"A piece de resistance"
-Lisa Kristoff
Wiscasset Newspaper
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"Cyrano's best friend, Le Bret, is played with subtlety and realism by Stephen Shore"
-Tamara Lilly
The Coastal Journal
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The Legend of Jim Cullen
Book & Lyrics by Griff Braley, Music Composed by Aaron Robinson
Heartwood Regional Theatre Company (2014)
"Stephen Shore’s Cullen is never a “character,” allowing the audience to feel sympathy for the person he creates."
-Maryli Tiemann
Times Record
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"Last year I described The Legend of Jim Cullen as a masterpiece. This year it is nothing short of a tour de force!"
-Lisa Kristoff
Boothbay Register
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"Stephen Shore as Jim Cullen may not be as physically huge as Cullen was purported to be, but he makes the man real. Shore evokes a kind of sympathy for Cullen, who was a violent criminal. That skill, to make an audience feel pity without a word, but with a glance or a shrug of the shoulder speaks of real talent."
-Eleanor Cade Busby
The Lincoln County News
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Lost In Space
by Dejan Dukovski
-The WhiteListed Theatre Company (2014)
"This heavy WWII drama wouldn't have been so powerful without the comedic duo of the two young actors Eric Paterniani and Stephen Shore. These two actors were able to show the tragicomedy of the human condition during the war and its extreme consequence. Bravo!"
-Marc Villard
TheaterMania
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"Ensemble acting is a joy to see and hear especially when it's bringing life to a well written script. You can tell when actors have respect for each other's craft, they give each other space to perform. In fact when I do attend a play where there is that kind of supremely strong interaction I feel like I too am on stage, in the midst of art unfolding."
-Larry Litt
New York Theatre Wire
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The Emperor and the Nightingale
Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen
Adapted by April Dawn-Gladu, Music Composed by James Woodward
-Georgia Shakespeare Festival (2012)
"Grade: A"
-Atlanta Theatre Buzz
Scorecard and Archives (2012)
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"...this new musical full of humor and compassion will charm children and adults alike with cleverly funny songs, a gorgeous setting, and a story that warms the heart."
-BroadwayWorld.com
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"Georgia Shakespeare’s production is funny and engaging. Best of all, it allows Andersen’s allegory about the bittersweet balancing act between freedom and control to fully emerge on stage."
-Andrew Alexander
Arts Atlanta
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The Great Santa Claus Bank Robbery
A Gospel/Bluegrass Musical by Billy Smith
-Big Country Dinner Theatre (2009)
"...the performance flowed with a grace and movement that would rival Broadway."
-Patrick Ready
Cisco Press
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"It was a magical event. Cisco has something special here. The world has something special here."
-Ranger Times
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"...it made me want to get up and sing and dance too."
-Eastland Telegram
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A Sneak Peek of "Life Is A Dream" by Griff Braley
"Audiences Rave About ONCE" by SpeakEasy Stage
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