some favorite roles...
© 2023 Rebecca Dines
FALLEN ANGELS
by Noel Coward
THEATREWORKS, CA 2016
[ The original Fallen Angels opened in London in 1925 & starred Tallulah Bankhead ]
”...Dines in an exuberant, madcap performance...
...a tour de force...Dines and Overman hold nothing back, they are wildly incandescent and
hilariously physical, while delivering the gorgeous language in high style...”
- Paul Myrvold, out and about magazine
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“...Rebecca Dines dazzlingly plays Jane...”
- Richard Connema, Talkin’Broadway
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“...hilarious results...with Dines seemingly able to move her body and face any way she wants...”
- Judy Richter, For All Events
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”...downright delightful...Overman and Dines exploit - in the best possible way
- every hiccup, pratfall and drunken outburst.”
- Chad Jones, SFGate
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“...a riot from start to finish, with superb performances...
Jane and Julia get gloriously plastered.”
- sftheatreblog.com
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“The cast deliver such killer performances that this two hour production just flies by.”
- Cy Ashley Webb, Stark Insider
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“...furiously funny and a must-see...stellar cast...extremely high production values...”
- Eddie Reynolds, theatreeddys.com
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Sarah Overman as Julia
CAST: Mark Anderson Phillips, Tory Ross, Sarah Overman, Cassidy Brown, Aldo Billingslea I DIRECTOR: Robert Kelley I COSTUMES: Fumiko Bielefedlt I PHOTOS; Kevin Bern
MUD BLUE SKY
by Marisa Wegrzyn
AURORA THEATRE CO., CA 2015
[Mud Blue Sky was originally commissioned by Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre]
"Dines’ steamy and sensitive portrayal...accomplished cast...
...an unexpectedly gentle salute to motherhood, sexual desire and kindness among strangers...
Amid the laughs and one-liners, there’s nothing flighty about Mud Blue Sky."
- Lou Fancher, SF Weekly [Read Review]
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”..Dines displays her considerable comic abilities...”
- Judy Richter, For All Events
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“...knockout production...a 95-minute delight...wildly funny...”
- Leo Stutzin, HuffPost.com
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“...Dines brings such an electric quality to her character...”
- Cy Ashley Webb, Stark Insider
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”...very funny and heartwarming...well-served by its cast and creative team”
- Robert Hurwitt, SFGate
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"...Dines is a magnetic, live-wire Sam."
- Georgia Rowe, Examiner.com
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. . . “Bay Area stage favorite Rebecca Dines brings...sassiness...a delicious sexy attitude...”
- Eddy Reynolds, Theatre Eddys
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. . . "Rebecca Dines is pitch perfect as the free-spirited Sam..."
- Richard Connema, Talkin' Broadway
Jamie Jones as Beth (L)
CAST: Jamie Jones, Laura Jane Bailey, Devin S. OBrien I DIRECTOR; Tom Ross I PHOTOS: David Allen
THE 39 STEPS
by Patrick Barlow
THEATREWORKS, CA 2010
[Original production ran in London for 9 years & 771 performances on Broadway.]
“Playing multiple female roles, Rebecca Dines is an actress with great comic chops
and a flair for the ‘30s noir style...
...a finely tuned blizzard of crack comic timing and theatrical invention...
...an exceptional cast...”
- Kevin Kirby, Palo Alto Weekly
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“...a masterclass in flexibility, teamwork and organized chaos.”
- Natalie Grant, Mountain View Patch
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“Bay Area treasure Dines morphs from femme fatale to wide-eyed captive with canny precision...
...she exhibits superb physical comedy and razor-sharp comic timing...
This four person cast is phenomenal! Highest recommendation!”
- Tom W. Kelly, San Francisco Bay Times
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“...brilliant performances from Mark Anderson Phillips as Hannay, and Dan
Hiatt and Cassidy Brown who play all the other roles, and there are many,
which are not being portrayed by the glorious Rebecca Dines.”
- SF TheatreBlog
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“...Lucille Ball would be proud of Dines' witty performance...”
- Jean Schiffman, Examiner.com
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“When you have four actors playing over 150 parts in a single show, you expect a certain
degree of talent. But in Hitchock’s entertaining farce The 39 Steps I didn’t ever imagine
I’d see this much talent on one stage, at one time.”
- Clinton Stark, Stark Insider
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“A roaring good time...the creative team’s inventiveness, brevity, and economy of
effort produce maximum comic results.”
- George Heymont, My Cultural Landscape
CAST: Mark Anderson Phillips, Dan Hiatt & Cassidy Brown I DIRECTOR; Robert Kelley I PHOTOS: Mark Kitaoka & Tracy Martin
TIME STANDS STILL
by David Margulies
THEATREWORKS, CA 2010
[Time Stands Still was nominated for a Best Play Tony Award in 2010]
“As Sarah, Rebecca Dines...is absolutely mesmerizing. She projects every emotional twitch, every
shifting feeling, with understated grace and nails the humor when lesser actors might overplay those
moments. When her psychic shield finally breaks down, it is a riveting moment.
...some of the best acting you're likely to see this season...”
- Charlie McCollum, San Jose Mercury
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“...it's Dines' underlying portrait of the pain of being out of action that fuels the regional premiere....
..scenes between Sarah and James are rich in nuanced levels of physical, emotional and psychic trauma,
they also crackle with the crisp wit of literate, widely traveled New Yorkers...
Dines and Phillips dig into the bonds and fissures between Sarah and James in evocative depth...
Her Sarah remains riveting to the end.”
- Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle
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"Dines is a tour-de-force, allowing her chronic physical and emotional pain to inform
every choice, every turn, every critical decision.”
- David John Chavez, bayareaplays.com
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“Four superb actors deliver compelling work in this sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking
work. Dines and Phillips spar deftly as longtime lovers and friends, fleshing out their
characters believably and with precision.”
- Jeanie Smith, Palo Alto Weekly
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“Dines and Phillips are astounding...Dines fully realizes her highly intelligent,
prickly, driven photographer.”
- John Orr, Triviana.com
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The quartet of excellent actors renders Margulies' words with the granular
subtlety the nuanced script requires."
- Paul Myervold, Out & About Magazine
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“This local production is stronger than the star-studded New York
production I saw two years ago..."
- John Angell Grant, Daily Post
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CAST: Mark Anderson Phillips, Rolf Saxon, Sarah Moser I DIRECTOR: Leslie Martinson I PHOTOS: Mark Kitaoka & Tracy Martin
BAD DATES
by Theresa Rebeck
KANSAS CITY REP, MO 2010
Bad Dates, written especially for actress Julie White, premiered with
an extended run Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons
“...played with tireless invention.
Dines is a formidable comic talent, able to move us.”
- Alan Scherstuhl, The Pitch
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“Dines’ ability to speak Rebeck’s language with maximum clarity while injecting occasionally
explosive flashes of physical humor is most impressive.”
- Robert Trussel, KansasCity.com
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“Australian-born actress Rebecca Dines is outstanding in the role making the character
totally believable right down to that Texas accent”
- Raymond J. Jemison, Jr., The Spectrum
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“...She is a winsome and beautiful woman and her expression and drama brings empathy
from the audience...Definitely not to miss, folks.”
- Lynn Vogel, kconservative
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"...amazing, the combination of drawl and NY rapidity, as she clipped vigorously
through two hours of monologue. She was in constant motion...
It was an outstanding performance which should impress and
appeal to anyone..."
- Jeannine Chatterton-Papineau, InfoZine.com
DIRECTOR: Michael Evan Haney
SHAKESPEARE IN HOLLYWOOD
by Ken Ludwig
THEATREWORKS,
CA 2005
Commissioned by the RSC, and winner of The Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play of the Year.
“Dines’ warp speed timing, facial expressions and mobility are particularly amazing.”
- Keith Kreitman,Los Altos Town Cryer
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“Dines’ expressiveness and broad physicality make for a very funny embodiment
of a well-know character.”
- Jeanie Forte, Palo Alto Online
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“Don Carrier as Oberon and Rebecca Dines as Puck...are fantastically cast.
Dines is hardly recognizable as the star struck prankster.”
- Julie O'Shea, Mt. View Voice
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“Rebecca Dines pricelessly plays Puck (you know, like Mary Martin played
Peter Pan) with roguish and impish delight.”
- Tom W. Kelly, San Francisco Bay Times
CAST: Gerald Hiken, Suzanne Grodner, Wm. Todd Tressler, Gary S Martinez, Lisa Anne Morrison, Lucy Owen, Rob Bauer, Noel Wood, Graig Marker...
DIRECTOR: Robert Kelley I PHOTOS: David Allen
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
by Kaufman & Hart
THEATREWORKS, CA 1997
[The Original production opened in 1930 on Broadway and ran for 406 performances]
“Dines imbues spunky leading lady May Daniels with a happy-go-lucky
touch of Carole Lombard”
- Heather Zimmerman, MetroActive Stage
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“(Dines’) well-projected New York cant becomes downright infectious and she is
truly the soul of the show.”
- Michael J. Vaughn, Palo Alto Weekly
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. . . “Dines considerable charm, impeccable timing and affecting delivery gave
the play its heart.”
- Marc Burkhardt, Redwood City Tribune
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"Dines is a mixed salad of sophistication and school girl longing and
her comic timing is right on the money.
- Mark de la Vina, San Jose Mercury News [Full Review]
CAST: Darren Bridgett, George Castillo, Gerald Hiken, Laura Hope Owen, Cambron Williamson, Kathleen Burch, Phoebe Levinger, Peter Schmuckal...
DIRECTOR: Robert Kelley I PHOTOS: David Allen