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Temptation
Michael Criscuolo
“Paranoia is everywhere in Temptation, and it sneaks up on the audience unawares while they're busy laughing. Hill and his company nail Havel's unique absurdist blend of humor and fear perfectly…As Marketa, Jessi Gotta's idealistic, wide-eyed optimism is equally enchanting.”
Sexadelic Cemetery
Michael Criscuolo
“The hilarious moves he gives the cast speak louder than any cheesy dialogue ever could. Fred Backus, Katie Brack, Hope Cartelli, Jessi Gotta, Stacia French, and Richard Harrington all get their turn in the spotlight and each of them makes the most of it. French and Gotta, in particular, do especially strong and impressive work as Dorothy and Sparrow, respectively.”
The Kung Fu Importance of Being Earnest
David Fuller
“... the style of Wilde— that rapid fire use of language as the primary force, where emotions are not so much on the sleeve as they are in the text. This would have heightened the contrast between the play and the stage combat. Jessi Gotta best captures this contrast—her Gwendolyn would work perfectly in a full production of Earnest.”
Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
Martin Denton
"The five actors—let me pause to name them now, and to say that their work here is astoundingly good: Hope Cartelli, Jessi Gotta, Ian W. Hill, Robert Honeywell, and Jeffrey Lewonczyk—pop up in different locations around the room, often dragging set pieces before or behind them, creating miniature installations that define, sometimes with breathtaking brevity, the environment of this or that particular observation or random thought of Schreber's."
Go Ask Alice: Mushroom in Her Hands
Sean Michael O’Donnell
“Jessi Gotta perfectly captures the innocence and impudence of 14-year-old Alice. She takes a flat character and gives it dimension while maintaining Alice’s precocious naïveté throughout. Gotta is a gifted and enchanting actress.”
Mushroom in Her Hands
Liz Kimberlin
“In some terrific casting, four actors perform Mushroom in her Hands. The very beautiful, winsome Jessi Gotta is always Alice;…and Gotta looks great in a white blouse that she is innocently about to pop out of.”
Enjoy the Silence: Bizarre Science Fantasy
Michael Niederman
“Every member of this cast employs note-perfect pantomime to portray a variety of horrific and frightful characters…Bizarre Science Fantasy was one of the more magical – and scary – evenings of theater that I have seen in a long time. All of the performers were more than game in every situation that director Jeffrey Lewonczyk put them in and I found great joy and spine-tingling horror, in being brought along for the ride. I highly recommend this evening of silent theater. Words just can’t do it justice.”
Bizarre Science Fantasy
Martin Denton
“Bizarre Science Fantasy is a triumph of imagination and invention;…Best moment: Gotta, feigning a sedate retreat to the ladies room after Ludlow makes an unwanted advance, comes face to face with one of, re, Them.”
Dear Vienna: Freud’s Road Not Take
Liesl Schillinger
“Glimmers of future greatness are provided when a maid (Jessi Gotta) pulls Freud aside to confide her early memories of abuse,…”
Idiot’s Delight
Stan Richardson
“Director Julie Hamberg and her gifted ensemble get all the laughs honestly and without resorting to caricature, slowly revealing the play’s warm and hopeful heart. The cast is uniformly authentic, affecting, and endearingly theatrical.”
Winner 2004 OOBR Award
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