THE EXODUS ENSEMBLE’S CYRANO IS A SMART AND EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION OF ROSTAND’S SWEEPING ROMANCE

Despite their existence in Santa Fe for several years (and glowing reviews from many theatremakers I highly respect), I had, until Friday night’s performance of Cyrano, not made it out to see an Exodus Ensemble show. Partially it was just timing – as a theatremaker and theatre educator, I don’t often lately find myself with a free evening to spend at another company’s show – and partially it was the limited number of tickets available (though I’d made my way onto the waitlist for several previous productions on those occasional instances I did have some free time, I had never before actually managed to snag a ticket, as fewer than 20 are available for any given performance – and to be fair, it must be said outright that all Exodus production tickets are by donation; there is no set price, which is a very admirable model). However, I am very pleased to say that now that I have seen an Exodus Ensemble production, their work does live up to the hype and it is very much worth it to put in the effort to catch one of their shows.