KNIVES AND SKIN (Chicago Film Project, dir. Jennifer Reeder)
"Reeder wrings fine performances from her mostly unschooled, youthful cast." - Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter
"Reminiscent of Anna Kendrick, Grace Smith offers a sharp snarkiness as a smart girl with big dreams and a deeply troubled home life." - Kristy Puchko, Riot Material
"Grace Smith’s journey throughout Knives And Skin stands as the most affecting (so smart, so manipulative, so vulnerable)." - Matt Donato, Dread Central
"Reminiscent of Anna Kendrick, Grace Smith offers a sharp snarkiness as a smart girl with big dreams and a deeply troubled home life." - Kristy Puchko, Riot Material
"Grace Smith’s journey throughout Knives And Skin stands as the most affecting (so smart, so manipulative, so vulnerable)." - Matt Donato, Dread Central
ON CLOVER ROAD (American Blues Theater)
"Kays' cast is thrilling...Finally, there’s Grace Smith as The Girl, an acolyte whose expression becomes a beatific mask when the Prophet is near. Her robotic delivery speaks to a will that’s been neutralized, a girl who has been hollowed out until there’s nothing left but worshipful obedience." - Catey Sullivan, Chicago Sun-Times
"each performance is riveting" - Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader
"the girl (maniacally and slyly rendered by Grace Smith)" - Lawrence B. Johnson, Chicago on the Aisle
"Grace Smith, so delightful in Lookingglass Theatre’s “Plantation,” is a disturbing enigma as The Girl. She conveys a range of emotion that’s both ambiguous and astounding." - Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review
"Director Kays has assembled a superbly talented ensemble...Grace Smith is terrific in the role of The Girl." - Ed Tracy, PicksInSix
"a powerful performance by Grace Smith" - Alan Bresloff, Around the Town Chicago
ed ensemble
"each performance is riveting" - Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader
"the girl (maniacally and slyly rendered by Grace Smith)" - Lawrence B. Johnson, Chicago on the Aisle
"Grace Smith, so delightful in Lookingglass Theatre’s “Plantation,” is a disturbing enigma as The Girl. She conveys a range of emotion that’s both ambiguous and astounding." - Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review
"Director Kays has assembled a superbly talented ensemble...Grace Smith is terrific in the role of The Girl." - Ed Tracy, PicksInSix
"a powerful performance by Grace Smith" - Alan Bresloff, Around the Town Chicago
ed ensemble
PLANTATION! (Lookingglass Theatre)
"Thanks to a surplus of sharp one-liners and an expert, all-woman ensemble directed fluidly by David Schwimmer of "Friends" fame, the proceedings produce some ideal moments of ultra-edgy hilarity." - Steve Oxman, Chicago Sun-Times
"PLANTATION! is a hilarious, emotionally complex play, presented by an ensemble of expertly talented actors...Smith is modern and relatable as the “woke” yet apathetic Kayley." - Sheri Flanders, PerformInk
"As the youngest family member, Ms. Smith effectively plays a young woman whose self-medication has taken over her life and is setting her on a downward spiral." - Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review
"PLANTATION! is a hilarious, emotionally complex play, presented by an ensemble of expertly talented actors...Smith is modern and relatable as the “woke” yet apathetic Kayley." - Sheri Flanders, PerformInk
"As the youngest family member, Ms. Smith effectively plays a young woman whose self-medication has taken over her life and is setting her on a downward spiral." - Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (City Equity Theatre)
(as Jessica G. Smith)
"Jessica G. Smith as Molly Aster is the perfect blend of innocence and self-assuredness. You can see the determination in her eyes, the cockiness when she competes with the boys and yet the vulnerability of a 13 year old girl is always there, at times below the surface and at other times obvious in her wide eyed youth. Ms. Smith is a star." - Marietta Lunceford, BroadwayWorld
"From Jessica G. Smith and Seth Burgess' charming Molly and Peter - the central characters - to Tom Wofford's understated and hysterical Smee, to Jonathan Fuller and Barry Austin's over-the-top and hysterical Black Stache and Mrs. Brumbaker, the cast is so pitch-perfect that it would be wrong not to mention them all" - Alec Harvey, AL.com
INTERVIEWS:
From ASF to "Starcatcher", actress is enjoying time in Alabama - AL.com/Birmingham News
"Peter and the Starcatcher" sets sail for Birmingham - WELD Magazine
"From Jessica G. Smith and Seth Burgess' charming Molly and Peter - the central characters - to Tom Wofford's understated and hysterical Smee, to Jonathan Fuller and Barry Austin's over-the-top and hysterical Black Stache and Mrs. Brumbaker, the cast is so pitch-perfect that it would be wrong not to mention them all" - Alec Harvey, AL.com
INTERVIEWS:
From ASF to "Starcatcher", actress is enjoying time in Alabama - AL.com/Birmingham News
"Peter and the Starcatcher" sets sail for Birmingham - WELD Magazine
