ONCE
BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE | NOVEMBER 2019
SHOW REEL
REVIEWS
“If you missed out on “Once,” or merely want to see whether it’s as good as you remember, Pennsylvania’s Bucks County Playhouse is giving it a warm-hearted revival directed by Travis Greisler that’s as satisfying as the original production, maybe even more so.
Instead of setting “Once” in a pub, which is where the original production took place, Mr. Greisler and Nate Bertone, the scenic designer, have placed their cast inside a large room that looks at first glance like a music store but turns out on closer examination to be the inside of a giant guitar, a truly inspired touch.
Mr. Greisler’s staging and Misha Shields’s choreography are woven together so tightly and imaginatively that you can’t be sure at any given moment who did what.”
Photos by Joan Marcus
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Travis Greisler
Choreographer: Misha Shields
Music Director: Will Shuler
Associate Director/Choreographer: Eugenio Contenti
Set Designer: Nate Bertone
Lighting Designer: Travis McHale
Costume Designer: David Withrow
Sound Designer: Bart Fasbender and Sam Kusnetz
Stage Manager: Lori Doyle
Casting: Geoff Josselson
Director of Production: Matthew Given
Dialect Coach: Amy Jo Jackson
Producers: Robyn Goodman, Alexander Fraser, Josh Fiedler
Cast
Matt DeAngelis as Guy and Mackenzie Lesser-Roy as Girl.
Featuring Ryan Halsaver as Eamon; Jacob as Andrej; Lauren Wright as Reza; Tina Stafford as Baruska; Seth Eliser as Svec; Jenn Chandler as Bank Manager; Brandon Ellis as Billy; Andy Paterson as Da; Elizabeth Flanagan as Ex-Girlfriend; and Joseph Valle-Hoag as Emcee.