TESSA KLEIN
PRODUCTION GALLERY
WAR HORSE
THE HARD PROBLEM
THE WEIR
CURIOUS INCIDENT
AN IDEAL HUSBAND
CHIMERICA
LABOUR OF LOVE
CRY IT OUT
A TOUCH OF THE POET
THE WANDERERS
...MORE
WAR HORSE
BROADWAY: Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center
“The Tony Award winning hit play” – NYTimes ↗
THE HARD PROBLEM
Studio Theatre, directed by Matt Torney
“Hilary has the human sparks of hope and joy and sadness, radiantly captured by actress Tessa Klein….Klein is the ace in Matt Torney’s… production….As played by Klein…Hilary owns her ideas down to her soul. Fueled by a fervent curiosity that Klein registers in inspired smiles and restrained tears, Hilary grapples with both science and faith…“The Hard Problem” pays worthwhile dividends”
“Klein is the universal exception; everyone she touches comes alive”
“Klein is gorgeously truthful as Hilary”
THE WEIR
Irish Repertory Theatre, directed by Ciaran O'Reilly
“Tessa Klein, as Valerie...elicits the deepest emotions. Her sense of loss is profound”
“A riveting and raw turn by Tessa Klein”
– NY1
“When Klein, in an excellent performance as Valerie...in this first rate revival”
– Huffington Post
“Klein is spooky good- believable and natural at every moment”
“The Weir is carefully structured to build up to Valerie's big scene, and Ms. Klein knows how to deliver the payoff. Even during the first part of the play your eyes keep flicking to her, and you wont be able to look away once she takes center stage. Her colleagues are all strong, but it's Ms. Klein you'll be thinking about the next day”
“The exception is Klein, who does aching justice to Valerie's story in an account of tragedy so poignant that it makes the men shut up. In an Irish play, that qualifies as a miracle.”
– New York Post
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
RoundHouse Theatre, directed by Ryan Rilette & Jared Mezzocchi
“(a) Visually vibrant, emotionally absorbing production…Tessa Klein is an endearing source of encouragement”
“Teacher Siobhan is…warmly portrayed by Tessa Klein”
– DC Theatre Scene
AN IDEAL HUSBAND
Shakespeare Theatre Company, directed by Keith Baxter
“The first thing that strikes you about the current Shakespeare Theatre Company production of this play is its sheer, drop-dead gorgeousness”
– DC Theatre scene
CHIMERICA
Studio Theatre, American Premiere, directed by David Muse.
“Tessa Klein’s brash but subtle performance…she carries herself with a mirthful dignity that’s cool and breezy
“Tessa Klein proves exemplary”
(Klein is)…“a thoroughly modern vixen ”
– DCMetroArts
“Tessa Klein is currently giving a performance of epic proportions”
– MD Theatre guide ↗ (an interview)
LABOUR OF LOVE
Olney Theatre, American Premiere, directed by Leora Morris
“The persuasive actors include Tessa Klein as David’s upscale lawyer wife (who disappears for a long stretch of the play but gets a gasp when she comes back).”
“Klein does a memorable job as Elizabeth, the undermining wife…Her caustic banter with Coffey is magnificently catty”
CRY IT OUT
Studio Theatre, directed by Joanie Schultz
“In Studio Theatre’s colorfully acted production, the least seen mother- Adrienne, the rich one played by Tessa Klein- Is the one with the most surprising claim on your attention. Metzler, who writes this Long Island set play of new motherhood from her own recent experience, makes Adrienne seem icy and terribly aloof until Klein strides in relatively late and delivers a blistering speech that pricks your conscience and pins back the audience’s ears. Cry it out indeed”
A TOUCH OF THE POET
14th St Theatre, directed by Alex Lippard
“She was outstanding in ("Philadelphia Here I come") and is extraordinary in this...She goes on the short list of regional theater actors worth traveling to see”
“Klein marvelously combines pert sauciness with innocent vulnerability...She's wondrous indeed”
– Backstage
“Tessa Klein does a good job with the difficult role of Sara, who is cruel and tender and full of ambition”
– The New York Times
THE WANDERERS
Theater J, directed by Amber McGinnis
“Top to Bottom, this is as fine and perfect a piece of theater as I’ve seen in many a year”
...AND MORE
ARGONAUTIKA
McCarter Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, directed by Mary Zimmerman
“Lustrous beauty, good humor...a priceless scene where Hera and Athena pay a visit to a beglittered Aphrodite (Tessa Klein), who outdoes Kimora Lee Simons in the fabulosity department”
– Washington Times
PETER & JOHN
(production still)
directed by Jay Craven
PROMISE
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, directed by John Tilinger
“Klein is ideal as the mermaid like Promise. Her presence onstage is powerful as she entrances the audience with her uncanny other worldliness”
– Cape Cod Chronicle
THE TROJAN WOMEN
Alabama Shakespeare Festival, directed by Diana Van Fossen
PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME!
Irish Repertory Theatre, directed by Ciaran O’Reilly
THE CALL
Theater J, directed by Shirley Serotsky
“Tessa Klein takes a star turn as Annie”
– MD Theatre Guide
THE RISE AND FALL OF ANNIE HALL
Theater J, world premiere directed by Shirley Serotsky
“Endearingly cheeky production
...Annie...is the appealing Tessa Klein”