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What people are saying about Edie
The different voices are a study of passion, deep activism, and they come together to tell the love story of Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer in Edie, Jessica Toltzis compelling and seducing one-woman play. Ms. Toltzis is the sole performer, embodying with a masterful and magnetic ability several characters in one body. She morphs from one character to another with a seamless, magical ability, giving each personality her full self, voice and soul. Her range of emotional connection is such that the storytelling wins by having a clarity of thought, a splendid vocal expression, and a deep human heart. Your awareness of Ms. Toltzis as a sole performer does not detract from the play’s effectiveness, it becomes a poetic statement about the power of love and the nature of loss.
-Jean-Louis Rodrigue
Edie is bursting with heart, humor and chutzpah. It's a love story centered on a whip-smart lesbian with a sharp sense of humor and an even sharper sense of justice. Alone on stage, Jess commands the audience's rapt attention; in between rumbles of laughter (and tears) you could hear a pin drop. At once epic and intimate, Edie deftly illustrates the human stakes of the history-making Supreme Court that made Edith Windsor famous.
-Rayna Mohrmann
Get ready to be transported. Jessica Toltizs is at the top of her game. She takes the audience on a ride with such precision, power and grace. You will laugh and cry and leave wanting more. Do Not Miss Jessica Toltizs in Edie. It is one of those “must see” experiences.
-Brynn Thayer
It’s funny, it’s romantic, it’s devastating. Jessica Toltzis doesn’t just play Edie, she becomes her and makes you fall in love with her in one second just to make you question that love in the next. It’s like your funniest friend sat you down to tell you a story that changes the way you view the world.
-Sophie Miller
