Artistic Director | Great River Shakespeare Festival
“The play is dynamically staged with constant movement, exciting fight scenes, and nary a dull moment, even scene changes are accomplished fluidly without pause. A rotating mini stage allows for quick transitions between locations, …
StarTribune: Park Square update of ‘Pirates’ is see worthy “Scholz-Carlson’s command of tone is so sure that this Pirates also hits the right notes when it needs to be more tender… With all of the …
Encountering a a great work of art like a sonnet by Shakespeare causes one to engage, to change, to think differently.
"This year's Richard III was one of the best plays I've seen at the Great River Shakespeare Festival—and you know that I've seen a lot of great plays there over the years...." -Bardfilm on Richard III at Great River Shakespeare Festival directed by Doug Scholz-Carlson.
“…considerable credit should go to Doug Scholz-Carlson, whose choreography of the big fight scene looked surprisingly realistic with just a touch of the Sharks and the Jets from “West Side Story.'” -Michael Anthony, Minneapolis StarTribune
“Park Squareʼs dizzy, fizzy staging of “The Liar” is a fine way to say goodbye to the carefree days of summer.” -Dominic Papatola, Pioneer Press “Directed by Doug Scholz-Carlson, the cast is incredibly playful, while …
“Not only is the theater entertaining, engaging, relevant, and well done, but the festival is well organized and provides many other opportunities for entertainment and engagement throughout the charming river town of Winona.” –Cherry and …
“…a celebration of love, forgiveness, and the virtue of living amid the glory of nature…in this Great River Shakespeare Festival Production, it is pure joy.” -Arty Dorman, Talkin Broadway “As You Like It is not …
This new opera by composer Reinaldo Moya and librettist Mark Campbell is based on the novel by Will Weaver. Project Opera, Minnesota Opera’s youth training program for students in grades 4 – 12, commissions Memory Boy …
Doug Scholz-Carlson 