Victorian murder mystery: Elizabeth Cree at Chicago Opera Theater

By Katherine Syer, 12 February 2018

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“Katherine Pracht navigates Lizzie's transformation from misfit to mastermind with disturbing focus”

Reviewed at Studebaker Theater, Chicago on 10 February 2018

Puts, Elizabeth Cree

Geoffrey McDonald, Conductor

David Schweizer, Director

David Zinn, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Katherine Pracht, Elizabeth Cree

Christopher Burchett, John Cree

Richard Troxell, Dan Leno

Levi Hernandez, Inspector Kildare

Stacey Tappan, Aveline Mortimer

David Govertsen, Uncle

Quinn Middleman, Doris

Jason Ferrante, Little Victor Farrell

Bill McMurray, Mr Greatorex

Samuel Weiser, George Gissing, Solomon Weil

Zacharias Niedzwiecki, Etcher, Karl Marx

Vince Wallace, Mr Lister

Emma Ritter, Jane Quig

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Katherine Syer

Katherine Syer is a Los Angeles-based writer/editor, public scholar, and dramaturg following a teaching career at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and UCLA