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Desdemona
"...producing this offbeat (and
at times off-color) play is a clear, entertaining demonstration of the
burgeoning Baltimore Shakespeare Festival's willingness to stretch its
horizons and those of its audience."
- J. Wynn Rousuck, Baltimore Sun
"As the title character, Tara
Garwood, reminds me of a cross between
Julia Roberts, Gwyneth Paltrow and Goldie Hawn (Oscar winners, all),
which in many ways makes her Desdemona more easily approachable for the
audience. What a great role for a young woman, too. She gets to
do it all, high comedy, deep pathos, physical comedy, and even a fake
orgasm! Cleverly, Garwood keeps us guessing - is she
carefree? Is she a foolish little girl? Is she a discontented
wife? Or is she smarter than we think she is? It is that
unknowing that really makes this play interesting..."
- James Howard, BroadwayWorld.com
An Experiment with an Air Pump
Potomac Stages Pick, AllArtsReview4U.com Critic's
Choice
"...smart, intellectually
engaging..."
- Bob Mondello, Washington City Paper
"...an absorbing evening of stylish
theater which takes a fine play and
gives it a superior production that enhances its strengths."
"...strong performances all around..."
- Potomac Stages
"Turn in all of your future theater
tickets in exchange for ones for
the sterling production by the Jouneymen Theater at Clark Street
Playhouse of Shelagh Stephenson's 'An Experiment With An Air Pump'"
"The cast of seven (also a significant number) are the
most engaging of
any present play and the skilled actors are magnificent especially
those in period double roles."
"This is a highly recommended show that should garner
many award
nominations."
- Bob Anthony, AllArtsReview4U.com
"The performances... were uniformly
excellent. Of particular note were
the four actors who took on duel roles."
- Tim Treanor - DCTheatreReviews.com
Vlad Dracula
A Washington City Paper Pick of the Week
"Lucy, played by Elizabeth
Simmons, and Mina, played by
Tara Garwood, both had lovely voices with a quality that made an easy
and pleasant delivery. Aside from the pleasant nature of their voices,
both ladies were forceful, but demure. Simmons and Garwood were able to
arouse passion, summon fear, and draw sympathy from the audience."
- Carol Lewis, Frederick Gazette
Cinderella
"Tara Garwood, also making her
Classika debut, had a
freshness of performance in the title role, not unlike some of Drew
Barrymore's best work"
- Matt Reville, Arlington Sun-Gazette
Youth or Dare 2004
"Tara Garwood, a seasoned local
theatre actress and choreographer, hams
it up as the obstreperous Clara, who learns a lesson about compassion."
- Leonard Hughes, Washington Post
The Tempest
"... with this thoroughly
enchanting production the
Baltimore Shakespeare Festival puts the audience under its spell."
"Tara Garwood is simply divine as Miranda, giving the
character spunk
when many portray her as a goody-goody."
- Anna Ditkoff, Baltimore City Paper
"... Tara Garwood as Miranda
delivers a fully satisfying, nuanced
performance. Her ingenue is spirited and energetic, with a capacity for
rapture that never is cloying."
- Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun
Fear and the Pope
"Tara Garwood provides energy and
intensity as the spirited lead in the
piece"
- Potomac Stages
"The nine actors all deserve special
mention, but time doesn't
allow. Go see this energetic wonderful troupe of talented young
adults."
- Rich Massabny, Arlington Weekly News,
Channel 69
Troilus & Cressida
#3 in Baltimore City Paper's Year on Stage 2004 (10
best shows of the year)
"... it was the biting
performances of Tara Garwood as
foul-mouthed Thersites and Valerie Fenton as besotted slut Cressida
that raised the bar for area Bard stagings."
-Gadi Dechter, Baltimore City Paper's Year on Stage
"... a sharp and saucy production,
often naughtily funny, and a
testament to the intelligence and promise of the 2-year-old ensemble."
"Tara Garwood is delightful as the foul-mouthed
Thersites, and a
perfect foil to her meathead master, Ajax, comically depicted by Thomas
Meaney as a sort of dumbed-down Stanley Kowalski."
- Gadi Dechter, Baltimore City Paper
Comedy of Errors
"In one of the play's funniest
scenes, Antipholus
attempts to seduce the nebbish Luciana, and after pulling off her hat
begins stroking her long, tumbling hair while she makes a plethora of
mortified (but not exactly disapproving) faces."
"Several scenes that feature the verbal sparring of the
two sisters
(Adriana and Luciana) show off the deft acting skills of actors de
Vries and Garwood and remind us why Shakespeare has been praised for
his strong female characters throughout the centuries."
- The Howard County Times
"There is not a weak performance
from the lot. It is an ensemble full
of energy where all the actors invest great passion in their roles."
- R.N. Marshall, The Baltimore Sun
The Robber Bridegroom
"...Tara Garwood, with the best
singing voice of the group as
Rosamund..."
- Bob Anthony, Freelance Arts Reviewer
"Tara Garwood makes Rosamund a
surprisingly independent woman for a
young 1820's girl, not a stereotype at all."
- David Cannon, Montgomery County Sentinel
"Tara Garwood shines as Rosamund"
- Matt Reville, Northern Virginia
Sun-Gazette
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