Play Reviews

Click the links below to read reviews of my productions.

  1. “Barefoot in the Park” Bag & Baggage, 2026

  2. “Lombardi” Actors Theater of Indiana, 2021

  3. “Alabama Story” Actors Theater of Indiana, 2019

  4. Mink River Project

  5. "'2.5 Minute Ride' Recalls a Drug-Addled Trip to an Amusement Park and a Sobering Journey to Auschwitz" Willamette Week, February 7, 2018

  6. "A Swift and Savvy Ride" Oregon ArtsWatch, February 2, 2018

  7.  "'The Talented Ones' Gets A Lot Weirder Than You Think'" Willamette Week, May 10, 2017

  8. "The Talented Ones' Risky Humor" The Portland Mercury, May 10, 2017

  9. "In 'The Talented Ones,' immigrants find the American Dream elusive" The Oregonian, May 9, 2017

  10. "Roots Run Deep in Triad's 'Crimes of the Heart'" CVNC, April 12, 2015

  11. "Profile Theater Review: 'Fifth of July' revisits 1960s idealism and its discontents" The Oregonian, May 21, 2012

  12. ''At Home at the Zoo'' opens at Profile Theatre this weekend" The Oregonian, January 5, 2012

  13. "Lips Together, Teeth Apart" Willamette Week, Oct 5, 2011

  14. "Lips Together, Teeth Apart" Weekend Reviews The Oregonian, Oct 3, 2011

  15. "'Lips Together, Teeth Apart'" review: Profile Theatre's production both humorous, poignant" The Oregonian, October 2, 2011

  16. "Portland's Profile Theatre and Jane Unger: a Profile of tenacity" The Oregonian, October 1, 2011

  17.  "'Fortinbras,"' starring Leif Norby and directed by Jane Unger, at Profile Theatre" The Oregonian, May 14, 2011

  18. "Human encounters take center stage in Lee Blessing's 'Great Falls'" The Oregonian, October 4, 2010

  19.  "Life's little postcards play for drama. laughs" The Oregonian, March 10, 2008

  20. "3 sisters share more than genes" The Oregonian, March 27, 2007

  21.  "'Lisbon Traviata' plays self out to tragic, operatic end" The Oregonian, January 27, 2005

  22. "'Stendhal Syndrome' is Thought-Provoking Humor" The Oregonian, October 20, 2004

  23. "Playwright behind the scenes" The Oregonian, January 18, 2004

  24. "A Buoyant 'Seascape' at Profile" The Oregonian, January 19, 2003

  25. "Profile director finds a fit with Albee" The Oregonian, November 3, 2002

  26. "'Zoo Story' and 'The American Dream'" The Oregonian, October 25, 2002

  27.  "The Zoo Story with The American Dream" Willamette Week, October 23, 2002

  28.  "Bigamy is a bumpy ride" Portland Tribune, April 20, 2001

  29. "Profile takes smooth 'Ride Down Mt. Morgan'", The Oregonian, April 19, 2001

  30. "No Mercy" Willamette Week, February 2000

  31. "Mirror on Middle America" The Oregonian, November 1999

  32.  "Suddenly Last Summer" The Oregonian, January 1999

  33.  "Taking the 'Road to Nirvana'" The Oregonian, March 24, 1998

  34. "Everybody's Arthur Kopit" October Theatre Almanac, March 1998

  35.  "Winging it with Arthur Kopit" The Oregonian, February 8, 1998

  36. "The Symbolic, the Imaginary, and the Unreal" The Oregonian, February 4, 1998

  37.   "New Theater's Reputation Roars off on 'Wings'" The Oregonian, February 3, 1998