“The 39 Steps”
Prime Stage Theatre - Pamela/Annabella/Margaret
Prime Stage Theatre - Pamela/Annabella/Margaret
* Pfennigwerth is quickly becoming a Prime Stage favorite. She nails several roles with aplomb (and looks amazing while doing it).
- Michael Buzzelli, Burgh Vivant (link to review)
- Michael Buzzelli, Burgh Vivant (link to review)
* …there’s a Mata Hari-type spy named Annabelle (played with over the top femme fatale pizzazz by Rachel Pfennigwerth in a couple of vamp-ish roles).
- Dave Zuchowski, Pittsburgh Owlscribe (link to review)
- Dave Zuchowski, Pittsburgh Owlscribe (link to review)
"Macbeth"
Little Lake Theatre - Banquo
Little Lake Theatre - Banquo
* Rachel Pfennigwerth dispatches the role of Banquo with tremendous flair and demonstrates a great skill with the language ...
- Ted Hoover, Pittsburgh Current
* Oberg’s most brilliant casting decision is the choice of Rachel Pfennigwerth to play Banquo and Rachel’s real-life brother Jared Pfennigwerth as Macbeth. The natural chemistry between them is a perfect match for the relationship between Macbeth and Banquo and coupled with their extensive acting experience, adds a most intriguing and modern dimension to this four-hundred-year-old drama.
- George Hoover, onStage Pittsburgh (link to review)
- Ted Hoover, Pittsburgh Current
* Oberg’s most brilliant casting decision is the choice of Rachel Pfennigwerth to play Banquo and Rachel’s real-life brother Jared Pfennigwerth as Macbeth. The natural chemistry between them is a perfect match for the relationship between Macbeth and Banquo and coupled with their extensive acting experience, adds a most intriguing and modern dimension to this four-hundred-year-old drama.
- George Hoover, onStage Pittsburgh (link to review)
"Electra"
Little Lake Theatre - Electra
Little Lake Theatre - Electra
* The star of the show Electra, played by Rachel Pfennigwerth, sets the tone and emotion for this production. Her expressions and speech were so convincing that I felt transported into the Greek empire and was watching Pfennigwerth from afar. At times I even thought the crying scenes were real, too. (...) Pfennigwerth was able to give the audience a good insight into the turmoil inside Electra’s mind.
- Emily Koscinski, onStage Pittsburgh (link to review)
- Emily Koscinski, onStage Pittsburgh (link to review)
*2019 Regional Broadway World, Pittsburgh, Best Actress Nomination*
“The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” Prime Stage Theatre - The White Witch
* Particularly enthralling was Rachel Pfenningwerth as the icy White Witch who rules over Narnia. With her pale makeup and silvery garments – one of many memorable costumes by Madeline Macek – she was the very vision of a beauty with a beastly heart. A temptress one minute, she easily could turn tyrant to anyone who would dare cross her, fearing only one a fateful prophecy: that four humans would one day usurp her as rulers of Narnia.
- Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh (link to review)
- Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh (link to review)
* Pfenningwerth is delightfully evil as the White Witch. Her movements are slow, sharp and regal.
- Michael Buzzelli, Burgh Vivant (link to review)
- Michael Buzzelli, Burgh Vivant (link to review)
* Rachel [Pfennigwerth], who plays the White Witch, commanded the stage in a wonderfully evil performance.
- Grace Reid-Vensel, Prime Stage Teen Advisory Board (link to review)
- Grace Reid-Vensel, Prime Stage Teen Advisory Board (link to review)
"Bubble Boy: The Musical"
Arcade Comedy Theatre - Saleslady, Sheriff, Ensemble
Arcade Comedy Theatre - Saleslady, Sheriff, Ensemble
* The cast, split about evenly between vocationally theatre people and vocationally comedy-performance people, is always game to the show's quick-change demands, shifting from doctors to high schoolers to cultists with a slight change of costume and demeanor.
- Greg Kerestan, Broadway World: Pittsburgh
- Greg Kerestan, Broadway World: Pittsburgh
* There’s a part in Bubble Boy: The Musical where my husband laughed so hard that he started to choke (don’t worry, he’s fine).
* The supporting players in the 13-person cast give it their all by playing multiple roles, hamming it up as cops, high school students, and motorcycle gang members, among others.
-Amanda Waltz, Pittsburgh City Paper
* The supporting players in the 13-person cast give it their all by playing multiple roles, hamming it up as cops, high school students, and motorcycle gang members, among others.
-Amanda Waltz, Pittsburgh City Paper
"Hook-Ups"
DC Fringe - Woman 2
DC Fringe - Woman 2
* The cast are all game – James Bascomb, Kevin Bunge, Arielle Hader, Rachel Pfennigwerth, and Leigh Steiner – with a sweetly engaging earnestness and strong comic timing.
- Jenn Larsen, DC Theatre Scene
- Jenn Larsen, DC Theatre Scene
"Hay Fever"
Little Lake Theatre - Myra Arundel
Little Lake Theatre - Myra Arundel
* Hay Fever features an impressive cast of experienced Pittsburgh area actors under Ponny Conomos Jahn’s well-executed direction.
- Ted Hoover, Pittsburgh Current
- Ted Hoover, Pittsburgh Current
"Julius Caesar"
Secret Theatre, NY - Casca
Secret Theatre, NY - Casca
*Thanks to the intriguing plot, the powerful characters and the earnestnesst of the actors, onlookers are kept rapt throughout.
- Mark Lord, Queens Chronicle
- Mark Lord, Queens Chronicle
July 11, 2013 - Sleeping Beauty
KJAN 101.1 FM Radio Spot to discuss the production
KJAN 101.1 FM Radio Spot to discuss the production