[Porto] is a New York Times and New York Magazine Critics Pick

"Porto (played by Julia Sirna-Frest, with a tremulous mixture of hope and resignation)"-The New Yorker"The ensemble cast, playing both individuals and recognizable types, delivers warm, sympathetic portraits of figures that, to a Brooklyn audience, …

"Porto (played by Julia Sirna-Frest, with a tremulous mixture of hope and resignation)"-The New Yorker

"The ensemble cast, playing both individuals and recognizable types, delivers warm, sympathetic portraits of figures that, to a Brooklyn audience, are familiar: evoking our own daily lives, with our own unexamined habits and pleasures, awaiting us after the lights go down."-Village Voice

Full Village Voice HERE

"Sirna-Frest radiate[s] sweetness"-TimeOut NY

Full TimeOut HERE

Julia Sirna-Frest’s compassionate portrayal of a strong woman – the fearful, insecure woman that every woman is, has been or will be – resonates with the complex image of femaleness in the present social moment.-Times Square Chronicles

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"excellent cast led by the wonderful Ms. Sirna-Frest."-New York Times

New York Times Critics Pick-Review HERE

“Our heroine is Porto, the expressive Julia Sirna-Frest [her] performance is a thoughtful, rewarding slow burn.”-NYmag

New York Magazine Critics Pick- Full Review Here

"Sirna-Frest’s Porto is an emphatic blend of warmth, pensivity and dread.  It’s a joy to watch her face process the beats of her inner monologue as the narrator moves through a laundry list of anxieties."-NY Theater Review

Photos by Maria Baranova

Photos by Maria Baranova