The Music of Fryderyk Chopin
Book by Hershey Felder

Directed by Joel Zwick

Scenic Design by Yael Pardess
Lighting Design by Richard Norwood
Costume Design by Boguslaw
Sound Design by Benjamin Furiga
Projection Design by John Boesche

Production Stage Manager: Morgan Cromwell
Production Manager/Technical Direction: Matt Marsden
Production Consultant: Jeffrey Kallberg, Ph.D.

Created by the same team that brought George Gershwin Alone to life, Monsieur Chopin begins at Fryderyk Chopin’s salon at 9 Square d’Orléans in Paris.  Monsieur Chopin will teach a piano lesson that actually took place on 4 March, 1848, just days after the February 1848 revolution. As Monsieur Chopin’s piano lesson unfolds, he reveals secrets about the art of the piano and composition, as well as secrets about himself.  Considered by his contemporaries, and now by history, as the true “Poet of the Piano,” Monsieur Chopin features some of the pianist-composer’s most beautiful and enduring music.

“Hershey Felder carries a rapt audience along on a wave of true, powerful, and wordless passion.” – Boston Globe

“It’s quite amazing, but Felder is making great classical music popular again. “Monsieur Chopin” is not only an extraordinary opportunity to learn about the musician and man, but an exquisite opportunity to experience the most enchanting compositions of a musical genius. — Chicago Daily Southtown

“Felder conjoins the worlds of high art and popular entertainment in a way that few others can even think of.  Emotionally charged and glorious.” — Chicago Sun Times

“Monsieur Chopin is a passionate and personal theater piece created by one of the few artists who could conceivably perform it. Bravo, indeed.” – Hartford Courant