With book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, Shrek The Musical plays the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in a 75-minute performance after which audience members are invited to meet the cast in the theater lobby. The production is directed and choreographed by Rachel Rockwell and stars Michael Aaron Linder as the titular green ogre, Summer Naomi Smart as “Fiona” and James Earl Jones II as “Donkey.”