Acting “As if” – Role Play Simulations in High Stakes Police Encounters
Women in Theatre Journal Online – www.witonline.org
Dara O’Brien, December 6, 2022
I WON’T BE IN ON MONDAY
United Solo Theatre Festival – New York Fall 2018
Winner BEST ONE WOMAN DRAMA
Abiding by Law In a Fictional Story
an Interview With Anne Stockton
October 17, 2018 www.allaboutsolo.com
I WON’T BE IN ON MONDAY
Off the Wall Productions – Carnegie, PA
From a script standpoint, the play is nearly flawless, and Stockton’s progression from a self-possessed yet visibly unbalanced woman is extraordinarily subtle. …Stockton’s performance is resilient and unwavering…
—Eva Phillips – PITTSBURGH IN THE ROUND
Stockton presents Nikki’s unraveling under pressure with sensitivity and subtlety: she’s made a study of people like Nikki, and she gets the details right.
—Wendy Arons – THE PITTSBURGH TATLER
…an intense character study …there are some powerful moments to her performance.
—Michael “Buzz” Buzzelli – ‘BURGH VIVANT)
THE SPEED QUEEN
Women Center Stage Festival at the Culture Project
both satisfying and frightening …she’s captured Marjorie’s innocence and insanity
—Stewart O’Nan (author of the novel THE SPEED QUEEN)
Performed by the remarkable Anne Stockton …this is a daring piece of theater. Marjorie is a fascinating creation …Austin Pendleton has directed the play with a keen understanding of the humanity within the monster
—The Siegel Column – TheaterMania.com
Stockton’s adaptation of Stewart O’Nan’s novel is spot-on …the story is fascinating …her accent and physicalization is everything you’d expect from a woman bent on saving her life down to the last few minutes …there is a great story here.
—NY THEATRE.com
THE SPEED QUEEN
New Jersey Rep
Few encounters are as rewarding as an audience with the ‘Queen’
—Peter Filichia – THE STAR LEDGER
…the performer-playwright is the show, attacking the material with laser focus and a knowing sense of the currents that course beneath the most “ordinary” American lives. If “The Speed Queen” is any indicator, a Stockton presentation detailing her real-life career experiences in psychiatry and law enforcement would be a hot and harrowing ticket.
—Tom Chesek – ASBURY PARK PRESS
The Speed Queen may trigger memories of the films I Want to Live, the story of Barbara Graham (with Susan Hayward), the first woman to die in an electric chair, and Monster, about serial killer Aileen Wournos (Charlize Theron). But The Speed Queen stands apart from these ill-fated women’s stories for its unapologetic resolve to not encourage our empathy and without casting a rosy glow around its anti-heroine.
—Simon Saltzman – CURTAIN UP
She brings variety, vigor, and conviction to her portrayal …an entertaining and fast paced ride
—Bob Rendell – TALKIN’ BROADWAY.COM
THE SPEED QUEEN
Midtown International Theatre Festival – Winner Outstanding Performance in a Solo Show
Compelling and engaging …a solid portrayal of a desensitized society and wasted youth.
—Rachel Royan – SHOW BUSINESS
She portrays this decadent and destructive character with humanity and dignity …She becomes a tragic victim that we can empathize and root for. Wholly enjoyable and rather thrilling – left me wanting to know more – I feel lucky to have seen this production and I’m glad there is a book.
—Li Murillo – MNN – HIGH DRAMA