Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Gamm Theatre
​"First, we have Nora Eschenheimer as Maggie, and the only word I can think of to describe her, though I do not feel it fully does her justice, is powerhouse. There are actors who command a stage because they are loud, flashy, or intentionally pulling focus, and then there are actors who command a stage because they simply exist on it in a way that feels magnetic.
Nora falls firmly into the latter category.
I found myself completely enraptured by her performance... In moments of tension, rejection, desperation, or emotional unraveling, Nora responds in a way that quietly shifts the gravity of the room. Her reactions feel deeply lived in rather than performed, and because of that, the emotional stakes surrounding Maggie feel impossible to ignore."
--Broadway World
"Eschenheimer, a veteran of several Gamm productions including Hamlet, is electrifying. Clad in a frilly negligee, she doesn’t hold back from showing Maggie’s inner torment, her fears of being left with nothing as she grows old. It’s one of the best performances of the year."
--Warwick Post
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"Eschenheimer gives us a Maggie who is intense, captivating, horrifying, sexy, vulnerable and emotionally raw.
While stripping off garments of her underclothing and flinging them in the air, Maggie, childless and lonely, leaps about the stage with ballet-like precision, springing from the four-poster bed to the loveseat and back while skewering her pregnant sister-in-law’s many 'no-neck children.'"
--South County Star
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“'Hot' also defines Maggie (an unabashed Nora Eschenheimer)... So unrestrained is her friskiness that Eschenheimer’s manifestation of Maggie prowls the bedroom, paws at the air, climbs the furnishings, and mounts everything in sight.
The actor’s impressive physicality... feeds Underhill’s detachment and thoroughly defeated demeanor... Both actors are fascinating to watch during their intense interactions.
--Boston Globe
The Tempest
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
"Eschenheimer, so vivid two summers ago on the Common as Imogen in “Cymbeline,” shines again as Miranda. This Miranda may be agog at the wonders of the “brave new world” she encounters, but she is more than equal to its challenges."
--The Boston Globe
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"Nora Eschenheimer’s Miranda is a thing of new female beauty, all muscular optimism, wide-eyed ebullience, and sublime comfort in her own skin matched by a sweet vulnerability."
--Joyce's Choices
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"And for her part, Eschenheimer is far from the usual simpering naÑ—f, but a young woman of strength and vitality, above all concerned about the effect of all that pent-up bile and hate on the father she adores."
--New York Stage Review
Cymbeline
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
"Nora Eschenheimer excels as besieged Princess Imogen in this year’s Free Shakespeare on the Common production... Eschenheimer delivers such a fiery performance as the princess that there’s no mistaking Imogen’s wit, spirit, and resilience."
-The Boston Globe
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"The highlight of the show is Nora Eschenheimer as Imogen, daughter to King Cymbeline. Ms. Eschenheimer's performance is a pure delight. She is relatable and genuine with pitch-perfect comic timing and an emotional depth that creates a totally engrossing performance."
--Edge Media Network
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"[A] boisterous and boundlessly energized performance by Nora Eschenheimer... Imogen– where have you been all my life?!"
--Joyce's Choices
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"The best thing in the production... The mightily tried princess is feistily played by Nora Eschenheimer, who, even when the character sickens and swoons or weeps bitter tears, leaves no doubt that Imogen is not to be tampered with."
--WBUR, Boston's NPR News Station
As You Like It
The Gamm Theatre
"Nora Eschenheimer’s Rosalind lit up the stage."
--The Providence Journal
"Nora Eschenheimer is a marvel. Her performance captures the complexity and purposeful ambiguity of a young woman forced to disguise her gender not only for her safety, but for the sake of love...
Eschenheimer’s timing is impeccable, bringing humor, pathos and even an insouciant juvenility to this Rosalind."
--Motif Magazine
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"Eschenheimer is enchanting. The words come naturally, and so does the female-playing-a-male- demeanor. She also has a knack for comic timing that adds unexpected humor to this production."
--The Woonsocket Call
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"Nora Eschenheimer is wondrous to watch as Rosalind, her facial expressions sweet and her dramatic fainting spells realistic."
--The Sun Chronicle
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Gamm Theatre
"Gwendolen [is] beautifully played with fiery eloquence by Nora Eschenheimer."
--Edge Media Network
"Nora Eschenheimer exudes boundless confidence as Gwendolen Fairfax. She presents the sweetness and appeal that won Jack's heart, yet also incorporates subtle indications that she's absorbed some of her mother's overbearing qualities as well."
--Broadway World
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"Not to be outdone [is] Nora Eschenheimer as Gwendolen Fairfax... magnificent."
--The Newport Daily News
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"Eschenheimer has taken the role of Gwendolen to new heights. Combined with her conniving mother, Lady Bracknell, they chew up the stage."
--The Johnston Sunrise
Inherit the Wind
The Ocean State Theatre Company
"Eschenheimer is impressive and unrestrained as the conflicted Rachel Brown."
--Edge Media Network
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"Giving a nuanced and very human performance [is] Nora Eschenheimer as Rachel."
--630 WPRO
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"Nora Marie Eschenheimer is fantastic as the long suffering daughter and fiance of Bertram."
--The Theatre Mirror
The Winter's Tale
The Gamm Theatre
"Making a striking debut at the Gamm is Nora Eschenheimer as Perdita."
--The Newport Daily News
"Nora Eschenheimer is sweet and wonderful as a young woman trying to make her way."
--The Public's Radio
"Nora Eschenheimer plays Perdita... She is beautiful, bright and captivating, but the role demands far more versatility than that and Eschenheimer is just as engaging in her fury as she is in her happier moments."
--630 WPRO
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"Nora Eschenheimer is charming as Perdita... energetic."
--Live Theatre Massachusetts
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"Always watchable [is] Nora Eschenheimer as Perdita, the deserving object of [Florizel's] affection."
--The Sun Chronicle
