Look After
You 2009
NY International Fringe Festival, Soho
Playhouse
"The
cast is wonderful, especially Flory in the lead,
who shows no hint of self-consciousness over
speaking her own words."
Duncan Pflaster, BroadwayWorld.com
Duncan Pflaster, BroadwayWorld.com
"Louise
Flory is on full exhibition here, both as a
wickedly smart playwright and as a very generous
actress. She's the center of the play, the person
everyone else is responding to and bouncing off of,
and she does all she can to let each person run the
play. In one of the opening scene with her
unbeknownst fiance, I was astonished at how much
kindness she approached the
characters."
Sean Williams, Gideon Productions LLC & seanrants.com
Sean Williams, Gideon Productions LLC & seanrants.com
"She
[Flory] also performs in the piece which is usually
not my cup of tea, but I was pleasantly surprised
with how well she separated herself as an actor and
a playwright. All too often I see playwrights
overdoing it. She maintains a very nice balance and
deserves to be commended for that."
Michael Roderick, Small Pond Entertainment & OneProducerintheCity.com
Michael Roderick, Small Pond Entertainment & OneProducerintheCity.com
"Ultimately,
Flory has the most difficult role of all, as both
actress, playwright, and the focus of the show. She
was able to maintain a light-heartedness that kept
the play from being a 'movie of the week'... and
she truly dove into the part with all of herself."
Katherine Stein, BitchyActress.blogspot.com
Katherine Stein, BitchyActress.blogspot.com
"sensitively
rendered, offering a respite from the campy fare
that makes up much of this [Fringe] fest."
Frank Scheck, New York Post
Frank Scheck, New York Post
"Both
Louise Flory (as Hannah) and Jason Altman (as Jake)
push through their scenes with earnest hopefulness
and distress."
Dan Kitrosser, NYTheatre.com
Dan Kitrosser, NYTheatre.com
The Oath
World
Premiere Spring 2009 ArcLight Theatre,
NYC
"Louise
Flory’s Cebe takes the archetype of the 'hooker
with a heart of gold' and makes it something
complex."
Kayla Asbell, Show Business Weekly
Kayla Asbell, Show Business Weekly
"Flory,
endowed with the most poignant lines of dialogue
and the most heart-wrenching role,...play[s] Cebe
with such pride and passion that even if she were
getting hit, we would cheer her on as she went
down."
Cindy Pierre, Theater Talk's New Theater Corps
Cindy Pierre, Theater Talk's New Theater Corps
"Even
when Cebe [Louise Flory] bursts into a sarcastic
cackle, there’s a manic, rageful element to her
seeming lack of rules that awakens our curiosity."
Laura Paloite, OffOffOnline.com
Laura Paloite, OffOffOnline.com
"When
Cebe [Louise Flory] addresses the audience,...her
sermon is much more personal, and much more
heartbreaking; for all her attitude she’s
desperately trying to find out who she is and what
she’s meant to do...we come to see that under all
that flirting, giggling and fawning Cebe
understands her father’s work perhaps more than her
sister does."
Karen Tortora-Lee, Theatre Buzz
Karen Tortora-Lee, Theatre Buzz