Follies

2022 SAN FRANCISCO THEATRE AWARD NOMINEE

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HE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE:​

"Sally opens the door to the empty theater and walks in. Ah, she knows this place, maybe better than she knows anything: the air, the smell, the presence of ghosts, the spark of possibility. Its glamour has faded now, since her heyday as a Follies performer. It’s still so beautiful here, and so, so sad — all that happened all those years ago and all that didn’t, how far away it is yet also how close. Actor Natascia Diaz conveys this wealth of feeling almost wordlessly at the top of 'Follies'...and in that moment, she is all of us as we return to the theater... 

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There are many gifts in English’s 'Follies': Diaz singing 'Losing My Mind' with a whisper that can shatter, a timbre like a cool drop of water, and a commitment like a constrictor’s embrace."

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BAY AREA PLAYS:

"Diaz’s multiple soliloquies break hearts, in the brutally crushing “In Buddy’s Eyes,” and her final folly in 'Losing My Mind.'"