FRANK RIDLEY
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IN THE PRESS
NEW YORK TIMES & BOSTON GLOBE
"The handsome and husky Frank Ridley (Strephan) made the shift from love-struck country bumkin to champion of natural man seem easy."
-Anthony Tomassini on Iolanthe
"Frank Ridley neatly balances Trigorin's elegance and foolishness."
-Anthony Tommasini on The Seagull
BOSTON PHOENIX
"Frank Ridley gives the bumbling Carlo plenty of comic brio, mainly through an amusing collection of wry facial gestures that register incomprehension and culture shock."
-Bill Marx on Manhattan, Je Vous Dis!
"Ballisted by Frank Ridley's likeable Trigorin, it makes for the most accomplished and powerful scene."
-Robin Dougherty on The Seagull
SOUTH END NEWS, METRO WEST DAILY NEWS & AISLE SAY
"Frank Ridley gives Lenny a hard-headed but amiable tone and manages the plays emotional text without ever missing a beat on the political sub-text; he gets to the heart and mind of the piece.
-Michael Bronski on "Spitting into the Wind"
The Reverend could be played as a Bible-thumping fraud or a fool. Ridley,however, portrays real goodness.
-G.L.Horton on The Road
Balitmore Sun "Frank Ridley, does an excellent job with the fact- jammed material... gamely changing hats and grabbing props to create a changing gallery of characters. This would be a tall order even for Olivier."
-Susan Barnes on Innovation Odyssey
New England Film
"It is impossible to say where this short film is the strongest. The writing is creative, clever, and funny; the direction sophisticated; the score inspired. But I'll put my money on the actors. I could swear that the agony that Frank Ridley goes through, not knowing whether or not to believe the unbelievable, is real. His facial expressions convey panic and disbelief and curiosity in the span of a second."
-Julie Wolf on Bobby Loves Mangos