Production

Our Lady of Kibeho by Katori Hall, directed by Michael Greif.

“The acting is across-the-board superb. Ms. Okafor’s gentle-spirited Alphonsine and Ms. Masden’s more starchy Anathalie are delicately etched portraits of girls who are at once young for their age and, as they come under fire, quickly gain emotional maturity. ”

— CHARLES ISHERWOOD, New York Times

Our Lady of Kibeho by Katori Hall, directed by Michael Greif.

“Nneka Okafor, Mandi Masden and Joaquina Kalukango play the three visionaries so convincingly that you’ll soon forget that they are, in fact, seasoned actors: They behave just like giggling schoolgirls who’ve been invaded and transformed by the supernatural. [Kibeho] is the kind of issue-driven, ethnically flavored story that the Pulitzer judges love—and it also happens to be one hell of an exciting show. ”

— TERRY TEACHOUT, Wall Street Journal

Our Lady of Kibeho by Katori Hall, directed by Michael Greif.

Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin by Michael Benjamin Washington, directed by Lucie Tiberghien.

“The story’s energy and tempo pick up when Miriam Caldwell (Mandi Masden delivering a star-worthy performance) arrives for an interview for a staff position. She’s a quick study, not timid holding movement leaders’ feet to the fire when it comes to women’s rights, and is soon at the center of the action. ”

— LYNNE FRIEDMANN, CultureVulture

Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin by Michael Benjamin Washington, directed by Lucie Tiberghien.

“Mandi Madsen is the perfect foil for Rustin. Standing up to him on occasion and demanding a woman be part of the March she stands shoulder to shoulder with Rustin as a leading figure in the equation.”

— CAROL DAVIS, Examiner

Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin by Michael Benjamin Washington, directed by Lucie Tiberghien.

“Masden is both tenacious and perceptive as Miriam Caldwell, portraying a woman sensitive to the power structures around her but committed to having her say.”

— LIZ COOK, The Pitch

Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin by Michael Benjamin Washington, directed by Lucie Tiberghien.

“Masden’s Miriam is a knockout, and her character should encourage women with good ideas everywhere to speak up.”

— JEAN LOWERISON, SDGLN

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Julie Taymor.

“Of the four, only Helena (Mandi Masden) seems to be an actual young woman, unconstrained by category. [Taymor] allows the spurned girl the production’s only moment of fully human emotion: the unbearable realization that Demetrius, who has spent the play rejecting her vilely, really really likes her. ”

— JESSE GREEN, Vulture

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Julie Taymor.