Asheville Citizen Times  The Sunshine Boys  2013  "Sunshine Boys brighten up S.A.R.T."

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Asheville Citizen-Times  The Light in the Piazza  2012  "Musical at S.A.R.T. is rich and uplifting. It’s a must see production."

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AtlantaTheatreFans.com  Freud’s Last Session  2011  "Director Jessica Phelps West has taken St. Germain’s brisk dialogue and effectively paced it in an engaging way. The actors move about the stage in a rhythm that’s hypnotizing as they question each other’s viewpoints."

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution  The Sunset Limited  2010  "Jessica Phelps West is to be commended for orchestrating a harmony of design and  performance that drew me into this conversation and kept me enthralled to the end. I didn’t even notice that the characters were rooted to their chairs until well over the 30 minute mark. It’s a daring choice to limit movement to this extent, and it fully paid off by giving significance to the movements made (as well as heightening the sense of entrapment that dominates White’s life). It is a singular achievement in acting, in design, in concept. It is, indeed, a play to be experienced."

 

accessatlanta.com (Atlanta Journal Constitution)  The Savannah Disputation  2009  "Directed by Jessica Phelps West...it is a solid, well-acted production. More spiritually complicated than it appears to be at first glance, 'The Savannah Disputation' is every bit unsettling as it is entertaining."

 

Theaterreview.com  Tradin’ Paint  2009   "Tightly directed by Jessica Phelps West, this play zips along so fast..."

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Atlanta Journal Constitution  Jesus Hops the A Train  2005  "[Adly Guirgis] knows that in order to depict grace, you must first create a world in which it is utterly lacking. In her electrifying production of 'A Train' at Theatre in the Square, Jessica Phelps West finds such a place. At a moment when Atlanta is brimming with good theatre, Theatre in the Square has delivered another stunner."

 

Atlanta Journal Constitution  Fiddler on the Roof  2005  "Director Jessica Phelps West brings Yente-like attention to every detail of this 27 member undertaking, and the end result is a joyful match of superb acting, exuberant dancing, lovely singing, and inspired puppetry."

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Atlanta Journal Constitution  As You Like It  2001  "...director Jessica Phelps West...has transported the 400-year-old Elizabethan comedy from the verdant Forest of Arden to the dust-and-sagebrush landscape of the wild,wild West...This 'As You Like It' is a clever, accessible and deliciously funny redneck farce that pays homage to an American genre that has all but vanished."

 

Atlanta Journal Constitution  Master Class  2000  "Kathy says Master Class is 'masterful.' She praises director Jessica Phelps West for directing a fast-paced, funny, and emotionally stirring production."

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Marietta Daily Journal  Cat On A Hot Tin Roof  1997  "....director Jessica Phelps West is to be credited for eliciting such complex performances from her actors and tempering the production's more explosive moments with some really fine, quiet ones that often reveal more about the characters and the dynamics of their relationships than the play's bigger scenes."

 

Atlanta Journal Constitution  Funny Money  1996  "The production at Theatre in the Square is a hoot…The key to 'Funny' is how perfectly Jessica Phelps West understands, deep in her thespian bones, the Britishness of this Ray Cooney farce. 'Funny Money' could easily have been counterfeit, but you can take Phelps West’s production to the bank."

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