REPRESENTATIVE LISTING
CHÉRI
A Musical Adaptation of Colette's Novel
Director/Writer/Lyricist/Vocal Arrangements
This Broadway bound adaptation has had four readings (Washington D.C./Toronto/New York) and one Backers' Audition in New York City starring Vanessa Williams and Paulo Szot. It features a score with highlights from Debussy, Chopin, Stravinsky, Saint-Saëns, de Falla and others. In a world of inescapable pain, Chéri must choose between life and love. Broadway dates TBA.
INTO THE WATER
Film
Writer, Original Screenplay
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An aspiring scientist seeks transformation at a secluded lake house, where dreams and reality collide. Lilian (Teri Hansen), a disillusioned accountant, longs to fulfill her childhood wish of becoming a scientist. In an effort to reinvent her ordinary life, she travels to a secluded lake house, where dreams and reality collide. Her transformation is challenged by the onset of mysterious ailments as she clings to science to find answers. Only by letting go does Lilian finally find the life she is seeking.
PIPPIN
Director/Choreographer
Stylistically, “Pippin,” directed by Teri Hansen, harks back to the British Music Hall and American Vaudeville. The vaudeville format has remarkable staying power...“Pippin” unspools on a colorful, circus-like set with a central playing area topped by balconies, swathes of curtains, a movable staircase, sliding starburst panels and a trapdoor for a spectacular opening entrance. Hansen's abilities as a choreographer and director are apparent. (PIPPIN) should not be missed.
~ Judith Reynolds, The Durango Herald
KINKY BOOTS
Based on an audience response that was filled with laughter and some tears the night I attended, Ms. Hansen and Company had succeeded in their telling of this very human and relatable story. From a staging perspective, Ms. Hansen kept the action moving fluidly, using the entire stage to craft evocative pictures. She is also not afraid to let the power of a theatrical moment be communicated with utter stillness for emotional resonance.
VARNER ACT II GALA REVUE
Celebrating 50 years of Musical Theatre
A show-stopping musical revue under the direction of Teri Hansen. I don’t know how Hansen could pick 16 songs from such a wealth of musical history, but they and their cast are to be commended for making it look easy. This show is a glorious respite from the frantic holiday season...
~ Sarah Hovis, Rochester Media