The Roommate – Reviews

Berkshire OnStage – “Their tone and timing are excellent, but they also manage the dramatic moments well. Gorlow tugs at the heartstrings with slight cracks in her voice as she holds back tears.” — Dan Mayer

Radioradiox – “Tanya Gorlow’s Robyn is the perfect destabilizing force — charismatic, guarded, unpredictable. Her sharp edges and flashes of vulnerability create a dynamic tension that keeps the room charged from first exchange to final beat.” –Joanna Palladino

Daily Gazette – “Gorlow has a more imposing demeanor, towering over Carey and able to intimidate via a glare, stance or an inflection. The two are perfectly paired. With Zahn’s tight direction, they get every laugh out of the script, even in many of the darker moments.” — Bill Kellert

Photos of the Albany Civic Theater production of ‘The Roommate’ (2026), taken by Andrew Elder of Best Frame Forward.
The Roommate cast and director at News 13
The Roommate cast and director at WTEN 10

Little Wars – Sand Lake Center For The Arts

This was such a wonderful experience! I’m so glad that Val Kavanaugh and Sue Frost trusted me with Lillian Hellman.

Here’s the Nippertown interview that Patrick White was kind enough to do with me. And a little snippet on what the audience got to see onstage: “Who do you play in “Little Wars” and what do they do? I play the playwright, screenwriter, and memoirist, Lillian Hellman. As far as what she does on stage, I don’t want to ruin it, but she was known historically for being a Difficult Woman….”

photo credit: jrMac Studios

And we got very nice reviews:

  • “Tayna Gorlow is the biting Lillian Hellman, the perfect foil for Gertrude Stein. The two clearly had nothing but disdain for one another. Hellman perhaps has the greatest character turn around by the play’s end and Gorlow’s performance takes a magical ride to get there.” – Bill Kellert, Nippertown, 4/15/2024
  • “It’s endlessly entertaining to watch her butt heads with Tanya Gorlow as Lillian Hellman, who manages at different moments to be bitterly cold and surprisingly heartwarming, like a close family member you can’t seem to get along with but still love just the same.” – Dan Mayer, Berkshire On Stage, 4/19/2024
  • I should have captured some of the audience feedback, but you’ll just have to take my word for it that it was lovely.

And some more photos from the amazing jrMac Studios!

photo credit: jrMac Studios

photo credit: jrMac Studios

photo credit: jrMac Studios
photo credit: jrMac Studios

photo credit: jrMac Studios