A CHRISTMAS CAROL

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DRACULA

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"First rate...a genuinely thrilling time at the theater...rich lighting and sound — along with a tiered stage and sometimes-transparent-sometimes-opaque curtains — make the production lush and more mysterious. That deep stage and gauzy curtain are used to great effect in scenes dealing with flashbacks to Jonathan Harker’s torturous sojourn in Transylvania...“Dracula” is a good time at the theater, full of fine performances and satisfying stagecraft. Unlike its namesake, it definitely does not suck."                                    
          -The Arkansas Times

LYSISTRATA

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Samantha McKinnon Brown
“Comical...ribald...Todd Olson and T. Scott Wooten adapted Aristophanes’ original Greek comedy into a piece of comical farce with a metafictional twist. The first section is classical, using a Greek chorus. Then the play time-travels to the Crusades, the War of 1812, the Cold War, the Viet Nam War and finally the Iraqi War. Each war carries on the theme”

                                             -ArtsNetTampaBay.com
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PIRATES OF PENZANCE

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“Impressive…I can recommend it…Gilbert and Sullivan's lighthearted, pleasantly ridiculous operetta will please and amuse…delightful tongue-twisting verse, gently absurd situations, laughable characters and joyous endings…The revved-up music is rousing, the lyrics are challenging…and the various modernizing ideas are fun…Todd Olson's fine direction keeps the stage busy…The most delightful onstage personage is Eddleman as the Major-General, wearing a modern military outfit crowded with medals, he's absurdity itself.”

                                                                  -Creative Loafing

WAR OF THE WORLDS

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“The most impressive part of this "War of the Worlds" is the way director and designer Todd Olson uses music, projected text and images, beams of light and drifting fog to disguise the empty stage. Visually, it's a striking show, with a cutting-edge aesthetic that offers an interesting counterpoint to the quaint dialogue. Instead of going for nonstop camp, Olson tries to evoke a genuine sense of dread.”

                                       -St. Petersburg Times
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