Willamette Week
“A touching, disturbing and hysterical tale of American folly”
– Bennett Campbell Ferguson, The Willamette Week
“There’s nothing quite like the writing of Sara Jean Accuardi—it’s clear-eyed and unafraid of heartbreak, but bold in its embrace of compassion and optimism. For this audio drama, she teamed with Theatre Vertigo to tell a tale of a single mother set during the last days of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.”
– Bennett Campbell Ferguson, Willamette Week
Oregon Arts Watch
“Sara Jean Accuardi, whose smart, touching The Delays was a 2019 hit for Theatre Vertigo, is another writer worth your attention, and her play Landscape has a clear hook in its late-2020 setting amid a pandemic and a presidential election.”
– Marty Hughley
Oregon Arts Watch, “Fertile Ground: Get your festival on“
“Another playwright to watch for, Sara Jean Accuardi, premieres her hour-long audio drama “Landscape” from Theatre Vertigo. It’s set during the waning days of the 2020 presidential election (you know: those happy days when everything was harmonious, peace and goodwill roamed the halls of Congress, and the nation was blissfully united as one) as a single mother attempts to weather the pandemic, politics, and other urgent problems.”
– Bob Hicks, Oregon Arts Watch
The Oregonian
The Oregonian, “Portland stages offer globetrotting adventures this winter“
“Three years ago, Theatre Vertigo premiered Portland playwright Sara Jean Accuardi’s “The Delays,” a time-traveling tale set in an airport newsstand. The result? Rave reviews. A Drammy award. A finalist spot in the drama category at the Oregon Book Awards. Accuardi’s latest collab with the Southeast theater company is a taut, hourlong audio drama personalizing the COVID pandemic. It just may prove equally accolade-worthy.”
– Lee Williams
Portland Monthly
Portland Monthly “5 Things to Check Out at the 2022 Fertile Ground Festival“
“This new audio drama from Theatre Vertigo, written by Sara Jean Accuardi and directed by Clara-Liis Hillier, with sound design by Jake Newcomb, is set during an amazing time we are all clamoring to remember: the 2020 presidential election. In all seriousness, though, Accuardi’s last collaboration with Theatre Vertigo—2019’s The Delays—won a Drammy for Outstanding Original Script and a glowing notice from Broadway World, so if anyone is likely to “explore connection amid a backdrop of political absurdity” effectively (per Landscape’s press materials), this is probably the team to pull it off.”
– Conner Reed, Portland Monthly
The Portland Tribune
Portland Tribune Oregon Origins Project presents Sara Jean Accuardi’s ‘Convergence’
