Reviews

Selected Reviews:

“Jen Anderson makes an excellent “Sugar” — a mixture of candid and self-conscious, empathetic and blunt. Her no-nonsense portrayal commands the stage, and it’s especially helpful when the cynics (one is named “Still Not Buying It”) write in; her thoughtfulness is palpable and believable, making her connections with the various letter writers feel real. “

Chase D. Anderson, NW Theatre
https://nwtheatre.org/2022/03/01/the-thrust-love-sets-the-tone-in-these-shows/

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“Jen Anderson, as Sugar, is convincing as an average everyday mom and as someone who has lived through Strayed’s complicated past. At the end of the show, you want to hug her and then hang out and talk about life.”

Susan Burk, Living Snoqualmie
https://livingsnoqualmie.com/the-valley-center-stages-production-of-cheryl-strayeds-tiny-beautiful-things-be-prepared-to-cry/

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“It’s an excellent cast. I doubt there is a performance in Seattle at this moment any more profound than that of Patricia Haines-Ainsworth as A, especially in the first act where she practically withers away over the course of the hour. Jen Anderson and Megan Twamley fill out the cast as B and C, respectively. The former is weary, but hardened by time. The latter is energetic, selfish, positive about the future. The three balance each other very well, both in script and performance. Patrick Ostander plays The Boy, remorseful yet dismissed.

Three Tall Women glides by, examining legacies of womanhood, expectation, and familial trauma. Buckley and his crew have acquitted themselves perfectly to its realization.”

Drama in the Hood, on Three Tall Women

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“Anderson balanced her rage with her humor well…”

Rich Smith, The Stranger, on “99 Tropes”

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“As this stunning monologue develops, you begin to realize, “What I am watching is incredibly important.” “

Blair Peters, Drama in the Hood, on “Letter from Helen” http://www.dramainthehood.net/2014/03/mythfest/

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“It was an impressive feat of a performance…”

“What I most liked about Jen Anderson’s performance was the complexity of the character’s arc, moving from that initial physical presentation of a body to a much more complete, satisfying, human character. Her face expressed so much vitality and integrity (she disbelieves with much more conviction than GL believes with) that her body ceased to be of any importance quite early on. Her face, her personality, her identity was quite beautiful, and became the true measure of GL’s transformation, and her own.” 

Jerry Kraft, Seattle Actor on “Riding the Bull” http://seattleactor.com/news/modules.php?name=SeattleReview&rop=showcontent&id=444

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“The production is extremely watchable, as are the two actors. Anderson and Brown have a definite chemistry…”

Miryam Gordon, Seattle Gay News, on “Riding the Bull” http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews39_30/page28.cfm

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“Jen Anderson makes a raunchy, dirty-mouthed Lyza Mary who finds Jesus in the oddest places. Even when the story turns dark and difficult, it is shot through with the underlying innocence of the connection between GL and Lyza Mary. The two of them have a sweet heat together, and they range all over the emotional landscape, carrying the audience with them.”

J. Autumn Needles, Edge of The Net, on “Riding the Bull”  http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=theatre&sc2=reviews&sc3=performance&id=122844

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“Jen Anderson is the heavy sidekick; the one who hangs around to be used when needed and tossed aside when the rest of life is going well. Anderson plays a difficult part with deft understanding and does a great drunk. “

Miryam Gordon, Seattle Gay News, on “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews35_48/mobile/page31.cfm