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Under Valentina Fratti’s delicate, incisive direction, Chalfant invests Todd, the sole figure in World, with the same graceful authority, wit and empathy that have long distinguished her work—making this world premiere production of Gilman’s sharply written but ultimately slight play well worth seeing.
– Elysa Gardner, NY Stage Review
Kathleen Chalfant
A WOMAN OF THE WORLD by Rebecca Gilman
photo credit: Carol Rosegg
In the steady hands of director Valentina Fratti, "Apartment 3A” moves with a nice pace, hitting its comic moments without indulging in them."
– Jason Zinoman, The New York Times
Valentina Fratti, offers one of the funniest lovemaking scenes ever witnessed onstage. Her deft handling of actors in and out of their clothes is one for the books. This offering has charm and grace.
– Liz Smith, New York Post
Director Valentina Fratti, mines the comedy’s tonal shifts from bittersweet to hilarious and back again while taking the play to its romantic conclusion. [She] elicits skillfully understated performances."
– Alexis Greene, Hollywood Reporter
Director Valentina Fratti shows a knack for staging farce, maintaining a rapid-fire pace and crafting a quirky physical vocabulary for the various encounters between Annie and her two love interests.
– Mark Blankenship, Variety
Under Valentina Fratti’s delicate, incisive direction, Chalfant invests Todd, the sole figure in World, with the same graceful authority, wit and empathy that have long distinguished her work—making this world premiere production of Gilman’s sharply written but ultimately slight play well worth seeing.
– Elysa Gardner, NY Stage Review
Amy Landecker, Arian Moayed and Joseph Collins
APARTMENT 3A by Jeff Daniels
photo credit: Jackson Lynch
Valentina Fratti’s direction delivers an explosive, funny and thought provoking production [Innocent Thoughts] doesn't favor whites or Blacks, but the truth. Simply put, it makes for stirring theatre.
Many of the ‘innocent thoughts’ that Blacks and Jews have about each other are boldly presented in this dramatic and passionate production.
– Linda Armstrong, NY Amsterdam News
Daniel Whitner and Patrick Frederic
INNOCENT THOUGHTS by William Missouri Downs
photo credit: Carol Rossegg