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Irena Batanovic "The Music Lesson" Florida Stage, Manalapan, Florida ** 2000 AND Dorset Theatre Festival, Dorset, Vermont 2002 |
**Carbonell Award for Best Actress |
"...Jessica Peterson is astonishing as the tormented piano teacher..." David Lewis/Manchester Journal, VT, August 2002 "...Jessica Peterson is wonderful as the troubled Irena; so is Kenneth Garner as the resolute Ivan. Both bring humor and depth to their roles." - Bob Couture/Bennington Banner, VT, August 2002 "...Tyrrell has assembled a first-rate acting ensemble, led by Peterson, who won a Carbonell Award (given by the South Florida Critics Association) for her performance as Irena in Manalapan....." - Jeffrey Borak/Berkshire Eagle, August 2002 "... The Dorset staging is unforgettable for its smoothness, its overall effect, and its inspired acting. Everyone in the cast is top rate, especially the fine acting done by Jessica Peterson as the piano teacher."- Bob Rose/The Post Star, August 2002 "....But it is Peterson, worried and pained and so moving as Irena, who makes The Music Lesson must-see theatre. She's a magnificent actress who disappears inside a character's skin, altering her voice, her look, her body language until she becomes the woman she's playing. It's she who drives the The Music Lesson home." - Christine Dolen/Miami Herald, 2000 "... Peterson is riveting as Irena...." - Jack Zink/Sun Sentinel, 2000 "...The Music Lesson largely belongs to Irena and her tug-of-war between two worlds. Jessica K Peterson delineates that duality beautifully, conveying the character's inner torment and her comic bewilderment of all things American." - Hap Erstein/Palm Beach Post, 2000 |