Reviews

I, Undertow by Blake Bradford

[Sara Lerner, art dealer Monica LeTourneau] "As the lust interest who travels down to the small town with Justin for a lark (and to secure her latch on him for commission security), Sara Lerner is long and slender in a part that was seemingly written for her (though I don’t really understand why Monica is British, except possibly to make her all the more alien and alienated from anyone else; being a high-brow New Yorker probably would have worked just as fine). Although initially not sure of her place in the family (or even with Justin, for that matter), which is keenly expressed in a bean-snapping scene (literally and figuratively), Monica slowly comes to appreciate the slower pace and the good heart of the Morgan family."

The Anastasia Trials by Carolyn Gage

"...her impasssioned role is the heart of the play.... Sara is slight, has a strong comic air about her, and has a high-pitched voice, so she is actually the perfect one to take this role and turn it on its ear by effectively playing against type (much as the deep voiced Tim Curry played the fey Frankenfurter). Again, this shows the excellent measure of the actor."

The View From Here by Margaret Dulaney

"She has wider ranges of moods of the other characters in the play,from stunned, to scared, angry, loving, and as a caretaker. Sara plays her with dignity and humanity. The audience never wants to laugh at her, but rather with her situation and the way it is playing out."

Robert Barry Francos/ ffanzeen

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