Glenn Koppel

Artist Profile

Glenn, a recently-retired law professor, is excited to be reprising the role of Mr. Woodhouse in Emma, The Musical. Glenn is a Resident Artist at Chance Theater, where he first performed in 2003 as Ko-Ko in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado. Since then he has played Herr Schultz in Cabaret, The Grouch in The Girl, The Grouch, and The Goat, The Vicar in the British farce The Lying Kind, Sorin in Chekhov’s The Seagull, Grandfather in Ragtime, and one of five principal performers in the Kander & Ebb revue World Goes ‘Round. He also appeared in shows in theaters in and around Orange County including the role of Grimsby, Prince Eric’s guardian, in The Little Mermaid, co-produced by the Chance Theater in partnership with the Tustin Area Council for Fine Arts, Nick Valenti in the GEM Theater’s production of Bullets Over Broadway, and Monsignor O’Hara in the Lewis Family Playhouse production of Sister Act.

Productions at Chance Theater

Production Date Role
Jane Austen’s Emma, The Musical November 2024 Mr. Woodhouse
Little Women – The Broadway Musical November 2022 Mr. Laurence
Ragtime June 2019 Grandfather
Jane Austen’s EMMA, The Musical (2018) November 2018 Mr. Woodhouse
The Little Mermaid August 2018 Grimsby
Annie August 2017 Ensemble-Male
Little Women – The Broadway Musical: 2016 November 2016 Mr. Laurence
Little Women – The Broadway Musical 2012 November 2012 Mr. Laurence
Little Women (The Broadway Musical) November 2009 Mr. Laurence
The Seagull September 2009 Sorin
The Girl, The Grouch, 
and The Goat April 2009 Clemon/ the Grouch
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol November 2008 Scrooge / Ensemble
The Lying Kind November 2006 Rev. Shandy
The World Goes ‘Round September 2005 Soloist
Cabaret June 2005 Herr Schultz
The Mikado March 2003 Ko-Ko