:: Mary's Wedding
Written by Stephen Massicotte
Directed by Eric Little
Designed by Tim Daly, Dominique Gallo, Kelly Ross Kerr, Terry Meddows and Sarah Woodworth
Performed by Ben Nordstrom* and Magan Wiles*
(*member of Actors Equity Association)

Johnson Hall Theater
April 2008

Nominated for five Kevin Kline Awards:
Outstanding Director of a Play – Eric Little
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play – Magan Wiles
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play – Ben Nordstrom
Outstanding Lighting Design – Dominique Gallo
Outstanding Sound Design – Kelly Ross Kerr

“Massicotte and director Eric Little deliver their story with a gush of fresh, bubbling imagination. Ben Nordstrom and Magan Wiles, who make sweet chemistry as a farmboy and a small-town belle, are worth that effort.  Physically graceful, emotionally nuanced in delivery and comfortable with the play's stylized elements, these actors portray Mary and her Charlie with tender authority: ordinary, unique and heartbreakingly fragile.”
-St. Louis Post Dispatch

"Magan Wiles and Ben Nordstrom work beautifully together, establishing a poetic rhythm to their characters and their romance that lingers like a morning mist over the play’s ephemeral setting.  Highlighted by superior sound design wonderfully conceived and executed by Kelly Kerr, director Eric Little’s seamlessly paced production takes full advantage of his players’ talent and precise technical support by Kerr, lighting designer Dominique Gallo, costume designer Sarah Woodworth and set designer Tim Day, whose modest alignment of boards at judicious angles supplies all the physical support needed for this fanciful flight of imagination.”
-Ladue News

“Echo Theatre's production of these innocents' romance is flawless on every level...Throughout, Mr. Nordstrom and Ms. Wiles are guileless, and almost always full of youthful certainty... Director Eric Little is gently masterful in filling the stage with gestures and action that's elegant and surprising.”
-Talkin Broadway

“Magan Wiles is sweet and pained as Mary and in her dream, a tough as nails sergeant as Charlie’s superior officer.  Her mannerisms change as does the timber of her voice so it is rare when you wonder which character is speaking. Ben Nordstrom is equally engaging as Charlie.  He touches the soul with his determination to not only be a good soldier but a dedicated love.  Both actors have a chemistry that radiates the stage… Echo again succeeds in telling a beautiful story with passion and care.  It is a night of theater to be enjoyed.”
-KDHX Radio

“Director Eric Little has done everything in his power to add oomph to the show, beginning with the powerhouse acting duo of Magan Wiles and Ben Nordstrom as Mary and Charlie, the loving couple torn apart by World War I... Little transforms the chronological leaps into a strength through the remarkably well-choreographed use of Dominique Gallo's lights and Kelly Kerr's sound design, to create an instant and near-flawless sense of place.”
-The Riverfront Times