Elling is based on the popular original Norwegian novels by Ingvar Ambjornsen and adapted for the Oscar-nominated film and the stage by Axel Hellstenius and Petter Naess, in a new English adaptation by Simon Bent. Set in the current day, Elling is a comedy about a wildly mismatched pair of roommates trying to embrace life, love, friendship, pizza, poetry, and women.
Denis O'Hare plays obsessive/compulsive Elling. Brendan Fraser, plays the wildly enthusiastic gentle giant Kjell. Jennifer Coolidge plays Reidun, the object of Kjell's considerable affection, and Richard Easton plays Alfons, Elling's unlikely poet mentor.
Thanksgiving Schedule: Mon. 11/22 8pm, Tues. 11/23 7pm, Wed. 11/24 2 & 8pm, Fri. 11/26 8pm, Sat. 11/27 2 & 8pm, Sun 11/28 3pm
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Read TDF Stages' exclusive interview with star Denis O'Hare, who explains how he created his zany character.