Stage reviews:
“Kristian Truelsen’s Matthew is a real sweetheart, and has great father-daughter chemistry.”
“[Anne’s] verve helps to uncover an unexpressed playfulness in Matthew Cuthbert, played with affable charm by Kristian Truelsen… In this production, Matthew and Marilla win over the audience’s affections as quickly as they win over Anne’s.”
“Kristian Truelsen plays an excellent Matthew, endearing himself to the audience. Truelsen sings his songs, such as “Humble Pie” and “The Words” where other Matthews just talk them.”
“Kristian Truelsen as Matthew can make you laugh and break your heart without missing a beat.”
“The interpolation, from another Cole Porter score altogether, of “From This Moment On” does nothing for the show… This is no reflection on the actor, Kristian Truelsen; he’s excellent.”
“Kristian Truelsen is another standout as Col. Pickering.”
“…this is a vivid company of actors…Kristian Truelsen makes a remarkable Tobias, at first quietly lost in a sea of confusion, then blundering to the forefront to try to do what he sees as right…Truelsen finds in Tobias something good amid the helplessness. It’s his ham-fisted stab at change that is the play’s shard of hope.”
“Ouellette has a savvy cast on his hands, and he has used them beautifully, from the head of the household, Maj. Petkoff (Kristian Truelsen), an imposing man who leads with his impressive mustache…Truelsen is a stitch as the genial Petkoff, who is happiest when he can sit in a corner and be left alone.”
“an ebullient restaging…stars the fraternal team of Kristian and Doug Truelsen, two of [Orlando’s] most accomplished thespians. The years have only increased the proficiency of the Truelsens’ performances. Both turn in masterful portrayals…with protean expertise and practiced style…”
“So there’s hearty King Mark (Kristian Truelsen), a little less than astute but benefiting always from Truelsen’s mellifluous voice, which turns the foolish king into a fool with warmth and weight… Those five [members of the cast] make splendiferous work of Rathvon’s language…”
“Very funny, with Truelsen getting excited, and berating the audience, and making connections to coincidences that were never meant to connect… With his balding pate and flyaway hair, which sticks up in all directions as his story progresses, Truelsen recalls Back to the Future’s Doc Brown, and the Librarian and the crazy inventor certainly have the same wild-eyed zeal. But in Truelsen’s hands, this is a more refined soul…It’s a lovely, inventive performance, and it’s one that grows more poignant as the play goes on.”
“[Truelsen is] adept at channeling Stoppard’s finely crafted dialogue.”
“No one at the Orlando International Fringe festival this year is better than Anne Hering and Kristian Truelsen at creating an all-encompassing world—a Sondheim world of joy and pain and ambivalence that makes you long for it to stretch on forever…two astute performers…both of them warm, engaging actors and mellow-voiced singers… marvelous at finding the bittersweet joy of a Sondheim lyric and a Sondheim line…If there’s any justice in the universe, some local theater will find a way to make this production live on and on and on.”
Anne of Green Gables—The Musical (2011)
“A Matthew for the ages.”
—Don Harron; author/lyricist, Anne of Green Gables—The Musical
“Kristian Truelsen’s Matthew is a real sweetheart, and has great father-daughter chemistry.”
—The Globe & Mail
“[Anne’s] verve helps to uncover an unexpressed playfulness in Matthew Cuthbert, played with affable charm by Kristian Truelsen… In this production, Matthew and Marilla win over the audience’s affections as quickly as they win over Anne’s.”
—The Buzz: Arts & Entertainment on Prince Edward Island
“Kristian Truelsen plays an excellent Matthew, endearing himself to the audience. Truelsen sings his songs, such as “Humble Pie” and “The Words” where other Matthews just talk them.”
—EntertainThisThought.com
“Kristian Truelsen as Matthew can make you laugh and break your heart without missing a beat.”
—UrbanMoms.ca - “Cocktails &am; Curtain Calls”
Kiss Me Kate (2010)“The interpolation, from another Cole Porter score altogether, of “From This Moment On” does nothing for the show… This is no reflection on the actor, Kristian Truelsen; he’s excellent.”
—National Post
“Kristian Truelsen is appropriately officious as General Harrison Howell… Doyle assigns him the song “From This Moment On” …Truelsen carries it off but it is odd to have such a great song sung by such an off-putting character.”—Stage-Door
My Fair Lady (2009)“Kristian Truelsen is another standout as Col. Pickering.”
—Kamloops Daily News
A Delicate Balance (2006)“…this is a vivid company of actors…Kristian Truelsen makes a remarkable Tobias, at first quietly lost in a sea of confusion, then blundering to the forefront to try to do what he sees as right…Truelsen finds in Tobias something good amid the helplessness. It’s his ham-fisted stab at change that is the play’s shard of hope.”
—Orlando Sentinel
Arms and the Man (2005)“Ouellette has a savvy cast on his hands, and he has used them beautifully, from the head of the household, Maj. Petkoff (Kristian Truelsen), an imposing man who leads with his impressive mustache…Truelsen is a stitch as the genial Petkoff, who is happiest when he can sit in a corner and be left alone.”
—Orlando Sentinel
“…Paul Petkoff, played by a most delightful Kristian Truelsen…”—Florida Today
“[Kristian Truelsen] brings his considerable skills of timing and double entendre to the role.”—Ink19
“Kristian Truelsen is also quite funny as the dense Major Petkoff.”—The Ledger/The Reporter
A Couple of Blaguards (2006, 2002)“an ebullient restaging…stars the fraternal team of Kristian and Doug Truelsen, two of [Orlando’s] most accomplished thespians. The years have only increased the proficiency of the Truelsens’ performances. Both turn in masterful portrayals…with protean expertise and practiced style…”
—Orlando Weekly
“Kristian and Doug Truelsen are wickedly funny…”—Southwest Orlando Bulletin
“Kristian and Doug Truelsen make sweet music of the McCourts’ artful yarns in Orlando Theatre Project’s blissful new production of the show…the seasoned Truelsen brothers make sport of the way they devise each new character…”—Orlando Sentinel
“Changing their voices and demeanors with practiced flexibility and style, the Truelsens need only small costume accoutrements…to re-create lovingly a childhood world that couldn’t have been quite as humorous and enjoyable to have lived through as it is to report upon… The Truelsen brothers are evidently enjoying the entire affair, and their ebullient attitudes are infectious… With a couple of blaguards like the Truelsens impersonating a couple of blaguards like the McCourts, all that is needed is to turn up the lights, fill the glasses and get out of the way.”—Orlando Weekly
Trapezium (2005)“So there’s hearty King Mark (Kristian Truelsen), a little less than astute but benefiting always from Truelsen’s mellifluous voice, which turns the foolish king into a fool with warmth and weight… Those five [members of the cast] make splendiferous work of Rathvon’s language…”
—Orlando Sentinel
“Truelsen is sympathetic and lighthearted…”—Orlando CityBeat
“…ferociously funny… Kristian Truelsen reigns once more as King Mark…”—Orlando Weekly
Underneath the Lintel (2004)“Very funny, with Truelsen getting excited, and berating the audience, and making connections to coincidences that were never meant to connect… With his balding pate and flyaway hair, which sticks up in all directions as his story progresses, Truelsen recalls Back to the Future’s Doc Brown, and the Librarian and the crazy inventor certainly have the same wild-eyed zeal. But in Truelsen’s hands, this is a more refined soul…It’s a lovely, inventive performance, and it’s one that grows more poignant as the play goes on.”
—Orlando Sentinel
The Real Thing (2001)“[Truelsen is] adept at channeling Stoppard’s finely crafted dialogue.”
—Orlando Weekly
Marry Me a Little (1998)“No one at the Orlando International Fringe festival this year is better than Anne Hering and Kristian Truelsen at creating an all-encompassing world—a Sondheim world of joy and pain and ambivalence that makes you long for it to stretch on forever…two astute performers…both of them warm, engaging actors and mellow-voiced singers… marvelous at finding the bittersweet joy of a Sondheim lyric and a Sondheim line…If there’s any justice in the universe, some local theater will find a way to make this production live on and on and on.”
—Orlando Sentinel
“The two performers create a pure delight with their impeccable timing and complementary vocal styles.”—Orlando Weekly