Beatrice
Flint Repertory Theatre - 2019
Directed by Kathryn Walsh
Scenic Design by Lauren Nigri
Lighting Design by Jen Fok
Costume Design by Katherine Nelson
Photos by Mike Naddeo
“There is doing a role and then there is owning it. Many famous women have performed this role, but Haley’s performance towers above them.
What makes an actor transcendent? Is it her voice? Her intelligence? Her motions? Her choices? Is it all of them bundled up so tightly to the point where she is so immersed in the role, so commanding on the stage, that you cannot take your eyes off her? Haley embodies all these things. She is an elemental force in this show.
Just as Othello often becomes a play about Iago, “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds” is easily transformed into a play about its antagonist, especially in the hands of Haley who takes Beatrice on this revelatory journey. Every motion matters. Every inflection matters. Haley has clearly thought about each choice and every time makes the daring one, the one that more deeply reveals who Beatrice is and why she is so toxic.”– Encore Michigan
Just as Othello often becomes a play about Iago, “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds” is easily transformed into a play about its antagonist, especially in the hands of Haley who takes Beatrice on this revelatory journey. Every motion matters. Every inflection matters. Haley has clearly thought about each choice and every time makes the daring one, the one that more deeply reveals who Beatrice is and why she is so toxic.”
“Janet Haley is fabulous in portraying both a mother and a madwoman.” – East Village Magazine
“Janet Haley is fabulous in portraying both a mother and a madwoman.”
“Haley creates an incredible characterization as she takes Beatrice through a maze of emotions ranging from angst over her state in life to pure evil as she strikes back at the world through her children.”– Flint Stages
“Haley creates an incredible characterization as she takes Beatrice through a maze of emotions ranging from angst over her state in life to pure evil as she strikes back at the world through her children.”