EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING

“Jacinda Ratcliffe invests Jane Junior, plagued by arrested development, with incredible pathos. Instead of a caricature of a young person, Ratcliffe finds enough levels to craft the character as a portrait of the effects of living in a dying civilization.”

- Seth Wilson, Chicago On Stage

“Arbery’s challenging script is handled ably by each member of the cast, but especially well by Jacinda Ratcliffe, who shines as Jane Jr. She is sometimes insecure, sometimes sharp, and sometimes quick, cynical, or blunt. She is, in other words, a teenager—which makes it all the more wonderful when she is eventually revealed to be 31, her development stunted by mental illness, her warm but incompetent stepmother, and the terror lurking below Evanston’s streets. In a play swirling with snow and the supernatural, Ratcliffe stays grounded. And her a cappella rendition of Bonnie Rait’s version of “Angel from Montgomery” in Evanston’s final scene is by far the play’s most emotionally compelling moment.”

- Zachary Leiter, Chicago Maroon

Get Out Alive

“...accompanied by two backup dancers played by Keeley B. Morris and Jacinda Ratcliffe. These two performers have the musical theatre talent to match Lynnette’s rockstardom. They each shine in solo dances throughout the musical and in brief moments of dialogue, although their presence was often underutilized in the storytelling, despite their near-constant participation in song and dance and their frequent interactions with the audience.”

- Emma Durbin, Rescripted