Press
"Froiland gives us a person clearly out of her depth when trouble comes, but with a steely resolve to survive and escape even as that becomes impossible. It's a performance that commands our attention...Froiland-naturally-leaves the deepest impression."
Ed Huyk, Star Tribune
"The show is a tour de force for Froiland, who goes as far as Adjmi takes her and then pushes beyond."
Jay Gabler, City Pages
"Jane Froiland is marvelous as the title character, going through the full range of emotions and showing us there's more to the spoiled queen than just what we see on the surface. She's conflicted, she'
Marie Antoinette is the Jane Froiland show. Froiland plays Marie with sparkly energy, eyes flashing, giggling. Brittle and powerful at the same time. Marie is at sea, quite lost, but Froiland never lets on. She wears bizarre wigs as if born to them. Her lapses into passion and anger give her substance. They could make her petty, but it is to Froiland's great credit that they do not. Froiland truly gives a play-making performance. She reveals herself to be an actor of power and presence. As if we ever doubted it."
John Olive, How Was the Show
"He is more than assisted by Jane Froiland's monumental performance as Marie Antoinette...Froiland is fast becoming one of our finest actresses, bringing a range of characters vividly to life. This may be her strongest performance yet."
Arthur Dorman, Talkin' Broadway
“Jane Froiland’s performance as Claire, the younger of the sisters, was a wonder to watch. Her ability to express so much with so little, a subtle facial expression or gesture fit so well in Dark and Stormy’s intimate space and brought the entire performance to a new level.”
Twin Cities Stages
"Dark and Stormy Productions has assembled an unimpeachable cast, all of whom seem to relish the material. Froiland may have the trickiest [role.] It's a delight watching her lurch from timidity to exuberance and back again at the drop of a hat, keeping the audience uncertain of just what game she's playing at, or whether she's playing a game at all."
Ira Brooker, Minnesota Playlist
" All four actors are terrific and they capture the spirit, needs, fears, and illusions of their characters. Jane Froiland brings unfiltered energy to Pony, unable to maintain a thought, let alone an interest, yet who is truly seeking something true around her."
Arthur Dorman, Talkin' Broadway
"Jane Froiland is in The Realistic Joneses. As always, she delights. She projects catchy breeziness, with a goofy smile and an energetic friendliness. All underlaid with real pain, loneliness ans a shaky bitterness which she only occasionally, but dramatically allows to percolate to the surface."
John Olive, How was the Show
"Pony, by contrast, is childish; an incomplete person with feelings and sensibilities easily bruised. Jane Froiland allows the character to try on emotions-pouty one minute, flighty and flirty the next-and gives the character both an allure and a sense that Pony's mental saddle might not be fully strapped on."
Dominic Papatola, Pioneer Press
"But it’s Jane Froiland’s maginificent portrayal of Cleo that consummates this extraordinary theatrical experience. As each of the men present a way to stigmatize and stereotype her, Cleo is able to deftly escape their snares. It’s as if this intense engagement with various types of male negativities makes her stronger and stronger and sharper in shaping her future." -John Townsend, Lavendar Magazine
"While the performances are strong throughout, it is the work by Hansen and Froiland that makes the show go...Froiland brings a lot of complexity to a character that could be just a sketch, and eventually makes her the show's heroine, or least the one person who seems to have a future." -Ed Huyck, City Pages
" And then there is the uber-marvelous Jane Froiland as Cleo Singer. Fresh and lovely, charming and effervescent, honest and forthright (despite her initial tendency to tell tall tales) in her relentless pursuit of a better life, one understands completely the passion the characters in this play feel for her. Froiland has been circling about Twin Cities theater scene for some time. It’s time to see her in more prominent roles."
-John Olive, How was the Show
"As Margaret, Jane Froiland is stuck with the tricky proposition of being a good actress having to play a bad actress who then grows into a pretty good actress. Another set of refracting mirrors, and another clear reading of the role: Froiland's Margaret is determined but fragile, ambitious but self-aware." -Dominic Papatola, Pioneer Press
"Margaret Hughes, Kynaston's rival and the first professional woman actor, encounters the same difficulty. Kynaston and Hughes are two halves of a complementary soul wrestling with the question of how we gauge gender... Jane Froiland finds in Hughes a woman confident at court but a mess of insecurities on stage... He and Froiland bristle with realism as Othello and Desdemona." - Graydon Royce, Star Tribune
Ten Thousand Things Theater's Doubt is a taut, 75-minute ride into the world of accusations, mistrust, and the ever-shifting nature of the truth. In the hands of four terrific actors and guest director Peter Rothstein, it also lights up the stage with passion and often-raw rage that is absolutely mesmerizing."
"As Sister James, Jane Froiland appears to be the most innocent of the characters. She desperately wants to believe that nothing untoward has happened and at times lets her distaste for her superior show, creating a deep, satisfying character."
-Ed Huyck, CIty Pages
"Doubt is undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable pieces of theater to grace Twin Cities stages in a long time."
"As Sister James, Jane Froiland strikes the correct balance between romantic idealism and suspicion."
-John Olive, How was the Show
"Frankly, this revival is the best production of this play I have seen. It's four actors-including Jane Froiland as Nick's mousy spouse, Honey are better than those in the 1966 film... All four Jungle actors best the four in the film.
John Townsend, Lavender Magazine
"Vibrant Leading Lady, Retro Charm Keep Old Standby Fresh and Fun."
"Jane Froiland is so effervescent and cute portraying the wide-eyed bride in 'Barefoot in the Park' that she's easy to fall in love with. Froiland bubbles with childlike excitement on Corie's first day in her new apartment after her honeymoon...Starting Gate's version of 'Barefoot in the Park' brings fresh vitality to a well-worn story-especially with a leading lady so vibrant she doesn't need a spotlight to shine."
Renee Valois, Pioneer Press




















