Reviews
for "Rapunzel"
Post
& Courier, 2001
Charleston
City Paper
Reviews
for "Vasalisa"
Post
& Courier
Accolades
Pamella
O'Connor has been a professional theatre artist for 25 years.
She has produced, directed and performed traditional as well as
puppet theatre.
We
invite you to read reviews and letters in support of Pamella O'Connor's
outstanding creativity, integrity, and commitment to excellence.
"I
have known Pamella since 1981, when I cast her as the narrator of my first
shadow puppet work Sleep. She is a gifted vocalist, and her intuition
about how an actor might collaborate with puppets was quite astonishing.
With that work, we began a long collaboration, with Pamella continuing
her work as an actor in our ensemble (the Atlanta based Jottay Theatre),
and, gradually, also taking on the role of a puppeteer. Our relationship
flourished and deepened over several tours, and Pamella's contributions
were immeasurable. With her strong background in theatre, I always considered
her criticisms and responses to a developing work with great seriousness,
as she was a performer with a directorial eye."
-Janie
Geiser
Theater
Director/Designer Director
California Institute
of the Arts
"Because
of Pamella's talent and ability to play a wide age range, she has been
a sought-after performer in Atlanta's professional theatre community.
She is unafraid to take risks as an actor, has a high-energy presence
onstage, and is skilled and disciplined in her craft. She is a wonderful
ensemble actor: equally effective in lead and supporting roles. Also,
because of her experience as an independent producer, she is extremely
sympathetic to all the other tasks the theatre staff must accomplish in
order for the play to go on. It's a joy to work with a performer who has
such immense respect for the professionals backstage, in the office, and
on the board of directors."
-Lisa
Adler
CO-Artistic/Managing
Director
Horizon
Theatre Company
"I
have known Pamella O'Connor for over 15 years. She has worked with the
Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta in a variety of fashions: performer,
director, choreographer and producer. She has met each of these tasks
with outstanding creativity, integrity and a commitment to excellence.
With her move to Asheville and the formation of the Asheville Puppetry
Alliance, she has made a major contribution to the Western N. Carolina
region as well as the field of puppetry at large."
-Vincent
Anthony
Executive
Director
Center
for Puppetry Arts
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