| My Top Ten Actresses in Non-Musicals Productions plus Honorable Mention of Performances |
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Richard Connema 08:29 pm EST 12/30/13 |
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My Top Ten Regional Productions of 2013--Dramas and Comedies--Plus Honorable Mention of Other Regio ... - Richard Connema 08:23 pm EST 12/30/13 |
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THE TOP TEN ACTRESSES
PRICILLA LOPEZ---“Somewhere”---TheatreWorks---she gave an engrossing performance as Inez, the stage struck matriarch of the family . She drove the drama forward with her dynamo performance
ARWEN ANDERSON--- It was a tour de force of angry, unfocussed grief and desperation of life as the widow of the sergeant in Word for Word production of “You Know When the Men Are Gone”
SIMONE MISSICK was mesmerizing as Camae in TheatreWorks production of “The Mountain Top”. She was feisty and radiant transmitting laugh lines and hammering the sassy-gal routine.
LAUREN ENGLISH as Steph in Neil LaBute’s “Reason to be Pretty” She gave a dynamic performance especially when she reads from her notes on what is wrong with her boyfriend to an unseen group in a food mall. It was a vigorous tour de force of acting in a 7 minute solo scene.
SUSI DAMILANO was superb as Beverly in Mike Leigh’s “Abigail’s Party” presented by San Francisco Playhouse. She owned the stage as the hostess from hell.
REBEKAH BROCKMAN---a wonderful Juliet in Cal Shakes production. She transforms beautifuly into an agreesive 14 year old girl throwing herself into a newfound romance>
JULIA BROTHERS---a excellent portrayal of a cheeky liberal person in Jon Robin Baitz’s “Other Desert Cities”. She delivered the comic lines like a dagger.
MEGAN TROUT---did an excellent job or creating Bonnie in the Shotgun Players production of “Bonnie and Clyde”
SHARON LOCKWOOD gave a tour de force of comedy as Sonia in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” at Berkeley Rep
MONA GOLABEK---who is an incredibly talented pianist and throughout her story she rendered beautiful pieces of Beethoven, Debussy and Chopin. She beautifully told the story of her mother who left the Nazi occupation to live in London during the war.
HONORABLE MENTION:
CONCETTA TOMEI was outstanding as the gutsy Oriana Fallaci in Berkeley Rep production of Fallaci
TAMAR COHN—as the old woman in Eugene Ionesco’s “The Chairs”. It was worth the price of admission to see her and co-star David Sinaiko in this splendid productions by Cutting Ball Theatre Company.
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SALLY DANA gave an excellent portrayal of Regina in the Tide Theatre Production of Regina. She played it with more sympathy than the actresses I have saw in the past playing the same role.
AMY RESNICK shines as the self-proclaimed ball busting Margaret in David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People presented by the Marin Theatre
LORI HOLT is wonderful playing the fading Hollywood movie star in Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Berkeley Rep. Her take on absurd narcissism of the character is perfect.
HEATHER ALICIA SIMMS stops the show with her vividly wild visions in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike presented by Berkeley Rep.
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MARCIA PIZZO gave an impeccable performance as the overly attentive girlfriend Mary Ellen in The Happy Ones at the Magic Theatre.
STACY ROSS rocked as the foreigner Alta. Her accent was perfect and her banter with her husband was hilarious in Central Rep production of The Language Achieve
DANIELLE LEVIN was extremely skilled at using her face and gestures to represent Emma’s inner conflicts in Central Works production of The Language Achieve
MARY BETH FISHER delivered fine, carefully considered performance as the poet Elizabeth Bishop in the Berkeley Rep production of Dear Elizabeth
JOY CARLIN was impeccable as the 70 year old Meg in the Marin Theatre production of Beauty Queen of Leenane
BETH WILMURT subtly conveys Maureen’s paralyzing lack of self-assurance and her mother’s frightening control over her existence in Beauty Queen of Leenane
STACY ROSS gives a consummate performance as the ex-teacher in Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus at the Magic Theatre. Amazingly she is superb in an almost 10 minute opening soliloguy.
CARRIE PAFF is marvelous as the subservient wife Belinda in the Aurora Production of “This is How It Goes”. She displays an aura of splintered confidence that seduces the audience by degrees.
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