"A powerhouse performance by Amanda Soden ... Soden at first comes on full force and you wonder how much bigger her character can get, when she brings us to tears during a crucial moment in the play. It's a cry of anguish, an emotional purge and a revelation rolled into one, and Soden as an actor finds the right cadences to work up to this moment."
-Holly Johnson, The Oregonian/Oregon Live
"The stunning performances by Amanda Soden as Elsa and Eileen DeSandre as Helen are the reason to see this production."
-Penelope Bass, Willamette Week
"Amanda Soden is particularly powerful."
-Portland Theatre Scene
"As Helen, Amanda Soden projects a winning combination of pragmatism and pleasure at finally seizing what's long been due her."
- Amy Wang, The Oregonian/OregonLive
"Soden is a shining central character, whose passion for a baby is palpable."
- Holly Johnson, The Oregonian/OregonLive
"Most Valuable Performer: Amanda Soden's solid performance of Una anchors a strong ensemble. Her Una is practical and hopeful, and most importantly, authoritative enough to keep the other characters in line. She is also compassionate - showing deep warmth and sympathy especially toward Rea's moody Kelly and Dana Millican's more vulnerable Triona."
-Richard Wattenberg, The Oregonian/OregonLive
Elsa in The Road to Mecca at Profile Theatre (also pictured: Eileen DeSandre)
Helen in Parnassus on Wheels at Lakewood Theatre (also pictured: Orion Bradshaw)
Una in The Hen Night Epiphany at Corrib Theatre (also pictured: Dana Millican)
Annie in The Call at Profile Theatre (also pictured: Anya Pearson)
Timothea in Sea Marks at Mt. Hood Repoertory Theatre
(also pictured: Patrick Wohlmut)
Frieda in Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act at
Shaking the Tree Theatre (also pictured: Shuhe Hawkins)
"Amanda Soden ... who was scarily good in Portland Center Stage's Misalliance."
-Eric Bartels, The Portland Tribune
Hypatia in Misalliance at Portland Center Stage (also pictured: Aled Davies)
"Soden is explosive as Timothea. Her energy and focus push the audience through the play and keep the action rolling. In a few places her character stumbles upon more quiet and pensive moments. At these points, she harnesses her dynamism to reveal genuine sensitivity and depth. These moments show her versatility as a performer and are solid enough to make an audience wish there could be a few more."
-Brandy Slagle, The Portland Tribune
"Hawkins and Amanda Soden (both nude for nearly the entire 80-minute one-act) beautifully convey the lovers' easygoing intimacy and intellectual compatibility, but also the fissures in the relationship that result from their social inequality and their heart-racing fear of discovery."
-Marty Hughley, The Oregonian/OregonLive
"Amanda Soden is vivid and enchanting as Philomele, with a charm that makes her downfall all the more wrenching."
-Alison Hallet, Portland Mercury
Philomele in The Love of the Nightingale at Theatre Vertigo