Bold Girls
29th Street Rep.
"Marie (Barrett) is a kind of balm, but she’s no patsy. She has a temper, and she turns out to be a match for the wild Deirdre."
-New York Times Review
"The actress you should track most closely in the play is Susan Barrett. She plays Marie, a young widow with a child who retains a sunny and generous disposition despite the trials and tribulations of her daily life. The recognizable humanity that Barrett brings to the role allows the audience to see Marie as a heroine when, after her comforting vision of the world is shattered, she must once again find her emotional bearings. In the hands of a lesser actress, the character might be viewed by the audience as a simpleton who refuses to deal with reality. The inspiring truth of the matter is that Barrett's Marie accepts reality and then rises above it. Her performance is extraordinary."
-Theatermania
-New York Times Review
"The actress you should track most closely in the play is Susan Barrett. She plays Marie, a young widow with a child who retains a sunny and generous disposition despite the trials and tribulations of her daily life. The recognizable humanity that Barrett brings to the role allows the audience to see Marie as a heroine when, after her comforting vision of the world is shattered, she must once again find her emotional bearings. In the hands of a lesser actress, the character might be viewed by the audience as a simpleton who refuses to deal with reality. The inspiring truth of the matter is that Barrett's Marie accepts reality and then rises above it. Her performance is extraordinary."
-Theatermania
Buffalo Kill: Two Brutal Comedies
29th Street Rep.
"(Susan Barrett is delightfully wicked as Charlie), 1000 RPM dialogue and an explosive conclusion make Never one of the slickest pieces of Off-Off theater going"
-Time Out NY
-Time Out NY
Benny
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Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
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"If Barrett teeters on the edge of caricature as the caffeinated arts-and-crafts addict Marcie, she’s just right as the professional and deceptively warm Ms. Boyd, who carries an important secret or two of her own."
-Talkin Broadway Review |
"As Frankie, the husky-voiced Susan Barrett excels in creating a woman of 41 who long ago learned that miracles don't happen. She excels in showing a polite lack of optimism. Barrett calibrates her performance wonderfully, so chink after chink appears in her substantial armor."
-NJ.COM Theater Review |
Wit
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String of Pearls
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"Nurse Susie Monahan, tenderly played by Susan Barrett...turn this character into a tribute to the worlds most sympathetic nurses."
-The Star-Ledger Top Girls
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"Her humanity [Barrett], desire for love, ability to project feelings wordlessly through movement, was almost overwhelming."
-Michael Munger, WUNC 91.5 FM ‘The State Of Things’ radio program aired November 29, 2005 "Barrett infuses her plain-spoken characters with boisterous charm." -Orla Swift, The News & Observer NC, November 22, 2005 "This production with an ever-game Susan Barrett, finds its stride in a final arc & facilitates the return of the titled object." -Bryon Woods, INDY Arts & Entertainment, November 23, 2005 |
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