“This memoir is an astonishing trip back into a glorious, formative, character-filled era when Chicago theater was born and nurtured so many grand talents and great works. Eric Simonson was a beneficiary of this fertile territory and, indeed helped shape it. His very personal tale displays his keen observational skills, his stylish writing and his good heart.”

— Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune

The truth is indeed stranger than fiction in this new musical ripped from the headlines! An outrageous ‘true crime’ saga that took the nation by storm, Lawrencia “Bambi” Bembenek's fall from Milwaukee Police Department cop to Playboy Bunny lands her in the slammer, convicted of a murder that she didn’t commit. Or did she?

Reviews of the Minnesota Opera Production

"The production Simonson and his team put together can only be called brilliant..." – Minneapolis Star Tribune

“...right on target, alternately tense and surprisingly funny …” – Denver Post

"Simonson kept the pacing swift and scary without skimping on the emotional resonance." – Wall Street Journal

The Door Kinetic Arts Festival is Eric Simonson’s brainchild, offering performing artists the opportunity to come together, collaborate, develop projects, present work and exchange ideas in the process of developing new work in the exceptionally beautiful and serene atmosphere maintained at Björklunden.

The week-long festival provides Door County residents and visitors a peek at the creative process through film screenings, staged readings, performed works in progress, workshops, and carefully curated cocktails.

Minnesota Opera’s production of “Edward Tulane” brings out the magic of Kate DiCamillo’s novel, “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane,” in a world premiere that opened on Saturday at the Ordway. With colorful, imaginative design, innovative staging and an ambitious score, the tale of a China rabbit’s tremendous journey comes to life with buoyancy and emotion. - St. Paul Pioneer Press

A poetic requiem for the American Dream of living out a person’s passion and talent free from corruption, misanthropy and racism. -Broadway World

A musical gift to opera lovers… to put it in the simplest terms, it is a grand-slam. -Talkin’ Broadway

The Fix holds an engrossing, 2lst-century sonic mirror to a society questioning its identity and core values. -Classical Post

A delicately wrought, gorgeously orchestrated, beautifully sung paean to a lost American dream. -Parterre Box

Psychological thriller television series, based on the podcast of the same name created by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg. Starring Julia Roberts.

This series, loosely based Philip K. Dick's novel of the same name, takes a look at what the world might look like had the outcome of World War II turned out differently.