An Undivided Heart

"A searing performance...Dietze’s mesmerizing work as the embittered Lynne imbues the woman’s Job-like suffering with an anger and a ferocity that is finely balanced at the threshold of the blackest comedy."

-Bill Raden, LA Weekly

 

"Scenes between Dietze and Miller as they struggle to cope with losses and prepare for the seeming inevitability of more particularly shine. Dietze and Wright also develop an unexpected and lovely dynamic, their characters forever bonded over the tragedy that occurs the night they first meet.”

-Erin Conley, On Stage & Screen

 

"Special praise must be given, however, to the on-stage dynamics between Lynne (Alana Dietze) and her mother Ruth (Sigute Miller), who create heartbreak with every word they exchange and every silence they leave behind.”

-Sam Cavalcanti, USC Annenberg Media

 

"Wright’s menschy Max and Dietze’s piss-and-vinegar Lynne are both splendid, and even more so when instant dislike finds itself transformed.”

-Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA

 

"The action kicks off with a bang when the scene shifts to a conflict between Lynne (the extraordinary, fierce Alana Dietze), the operator of a local dump,…”

-Paul Myrvold, Theatre Notes