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PLAYBILL: Tatiana Wechsler Sings in World Premiere Grace McLean Musical Penelope
Posted September 11, 2023Originally published on PLAYBILL on September 11, 2023 BY LOGAN CULWELL-BLOCK Co-written with Alex Bechtel and Eva Steinmetz, the reimagining of The...

ABC NEWS: A New York nonprofit theater company has made sustainability its mission
Posted September 9, 2023Originally published on September 9, 2023 on ABC NEWS by Jason Potere and Julia Jacobo. The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival has...

CHRONOGRAM: Theater Review: “Penelope” at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
Posted September 7, 2023Originally published on September 6, 2023 in Chronogram by Lynn M. Alaimo. Men go off to war. Women wait. At...

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Reeling From Heartbreak, and Then ‘Penelope’ Showed Up
Posted September 3, 2023Originally published on September 1, 2023 in The New York Times by Laura Collins-Hughes. Alex Bechtel’s new musical, sort of “a pandemic...

Alex Bechtel & Tatiana Wechsler on WAMC
Posted September 1, 2023Alex Bechtel and Tatiana Wechsler joined WAMC’s Sarah LaDuke for September 1st’s episode of The Roundtable! The world premiere of...

Penelope Study Guide by Sean McNall
Posted August 31, 2023Overview Penelope is a groundbreaking musical featuring music and lyrics by Alex Bechtel with a book by Bechtel, Grace Mclean...

Reimagining The Odyssey Through Women’s Voices
Posted August 29, 2023Penelope flips the story of The Odyssey, telling it from the perspective of Penelope, the wife who waits for her...