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As Ever, Theatre’s Teen Council Programs Point the Way Forward
November 16, 2021 | American theatre magazine
“Mosser said the company works to educate students on how government and public policy affects the arts, especially important for an art form continually advocating for funding that matches its more than $2.8 billion contribution to the country’s economy.”
A Fourth State of Opera
May 30, 2023 | Play On Milwaukee
“When the most imaginative and daring stage directors in our fair city, Jill Anna Ponasic and Brian Rott, team up with Chicago-based artist Jeffrey Mosser to tackle opera, you can be sure something amazing will happen. Fully engaging with these works’ silliness and outdated norms, they transform them into a pleasingly disorienting spectacle, playful and feather-light….”
“It’s indescribably refreshing to see something again that’s so truly, daringly experimental, while at the same time utterly playful and unpretentious.”
Omnia Vincit Amor: Dreaming New Possibilities for Opera
June 2, 2023 | World Premier Wisconsin
“…the alleged “problem” with so many canonical works might have less to do with the art itself than with the stuffy and hidebound assumptions with which we approach it.…what are we in Wisconsin without fearlessly imaginative companies like MOT and Quasimondo, daring to dream a better version of who we are so that we might create a better version of the world?”
MOT and Quasimondo Attempt the Impossible Through Opera
May 27, 2023 | Gwendolyn Rice
“…the fearless exuberance and artistic risk-taking that is evident in Impossible Operas is a perfect fit for the state-wide festival of new work, World Premiere Wisconsin. Attempting the impossible is a glorious goal for the performing arts.”
Snuggly operatic Shadows
may 26, 2023 | The Small Stage
“In Impossible Operas, Milwaukee Opera Theatre and Quasimondo Physical Theatre deliver a surreal, witty, and emotionally rich evening of operatic storytelling. Framed by Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, Bluebeard (Kirk Thomsen) and Judith (Jessi Miller) guide audiences through a whimsical series of shadow puppet vignettes and iconic operatic excerpts—from Wagner to Prokofiev—all tied together with charm, humor, and heart. Featuring stunning vocals and haunting visuals, this inventive production reimagines classic opera in delightfully unexpected ways.”
You on the Moors Now At UW-Milwaukee’s Department of Theater
March 13, 2024 | An Intuitive Perspective
”Mosser… has assembled an incredible cast from the theater department, and they all play their characters to the hilt! And he has them playing the humor as over the top as possible….”