Rebecca Dines

...2012... Pacific Repertory Theatre, Carmel THE 39 STEPS (again!) June 23 - July 15, 2012 and at TheatreWorks in Aug/Sept 2012...  TIME STANDS STILL  by Donald Margulies Directed by Leslie Martinson “As Sarah, Rebecca Dines...is absolutely  mesmerizing. She projects every emotional twitch, every shifting feeling, with understated grace and nails the humor when lesser actors might overplay those moments. When her psychic shield finally breaks down, it is a riveting moment..some of the best acting you're likely to see this season...”   - San Jose Mercury see; www.rebeccadines.com for more about Time Stands Still...

SF CHRONICLE "Body" is a beautifully crafted production, smoother and more cohesive in Katie Pearl's stagings than the original. Cutting the intermission and the earlier division into distinct sections helps, as does the openness of Marsha Ginsberg's spare, broad set, on which Pearl paces the action as fluidly as its metaphors. .... the scenes between Lili and Renee. Their coy, evasive flirtation on a plane is sweet, and their first date is a sly delight. And when they get back together after a first separation, English's wary vulnerability and Dines' wry certainty turn metaphor to stage magic.  STARK INSIDER ...the themes explored in this play — sexual identity, finding your place in the world, love — resonate just as strongly today. It’s testament to the strength of the material which includes one quotable quote after another. I might have filled up my notepad on this evening more completely than ever before.

(with Mark Anderson Phillips, Dan Hiatt & Cassidy Brown) “Playing multiple female roles, Rebecca Dines is an actress with great comic chops and a flair for the ‘30s noir style.  Later, she is Pamela, the classic headstrong Hitchcock blonde. Handcuffed to Hannay...she is the perfect romantic foil....a finely tuned blizzard of crack comic timing and theatrical invention...an exceptional cast...” - Palo Alto Weekly “Bay Area treasure Dines morphs from femme fatale to wide-eyed captive with canny precision...she exhibits superb physical comedy and razor-sharp comic timing...This four person cast is phenomenal! Highest recommendation!”   - San Francisco Bay Times “...a masterclass in flexibility, teamwork and organized chaos.”  - Mountain View Patch

PLAYBILL ANNOUNCES THEATREWORKS OPENING OF The 39 Steps

by Lisa Loomer (TheatreWorks) April 4 - 26, 2009 ...Loomer's fast, funny script t reats attention deficit disorder with enough humor, intelligence and ingenuity to keep the mind engag ed. Rebecca Dines' (Mama) smart, funny, magnetic and affecting performance, at the hea d of a first-rate ensemble, commands full focus....Mama is the play's battleground, and Dines draws us in with a portrait of a smart, witty, challenged and loving mother so attractive that we become invested in her dilemma... Meet stressed-out Mama (the sublime Rebecca Dines). She gave up her career to stay home and give her unadulterated attention to her son... www.theatreworkdinternetmagazine.com ......a tour de force acting job by TheatreWorks/Bay Area favorite Rebecca Dines, making it a must see show. Mama leaves no stone unturned to understand AD/HD starting with a Google internet search and seeking those who theoretically are “experts” in the field. What prevents the pl

JAN 17 thru FEB 8, 2009 COMEDY ON THE DISORIENT EXPRESS   By Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur Based on a play by Charles Bruce Milholland Adapted by Ken Ludwig .....It's fast. It's funny. It's an Art Deco feast for the eyes. More than a dusted-off classic, it's a prototype of backstage screwball comedies reconfigured for our times..... Hiatt and Dines deliver beautifully matched oversize personalities.... If he brings down the house with a tour de force account of the Christ story as a vehicle for her Mary Magdalene, it won't be long before she'll match it with one of her own.... San Francisco Chronicle Review . TheatreWorks' revival of 'Twentieth Century' tickles the funny bone ... REBECCA DINES AND DAN HIATT ARE WINNERS ......Director Robert Kelley wisely cast local favorite, the brilliant and attractive Rebecca Dines for the femme-fatale lead and made an astute choice of Dan Hiatt to play opposite her...

Kansas City Repertory Theatre Aug-Sept, 2007 ......It an evening of fun and fantasy as the audience truly wants Haley to have a good date and to make her dreams come true. She is a winsome and beautiful woman and her expression and drama brings empathy from the audience. My date asked me if this was typical of some of the dates I had had, and I told him yes, unfortunately, it was truly authentic..... http://web.mac.com/rebeccadines/RD/kcconservative.html .....Dines’ ability to speak Rebeck’s language with maximum clarity while injecting occasionally explosive flashes of physical humor is most impressive.... . http://web.mac.com/rebeccadines/RD/Trussel.html .....Bad Dates is funny, affecting and, in its breezy way, important. It's slight like a crescent moon: just a sliver's worth of glow, but if you look closely, you can make out all the substance of the full.....Haley — played by with tireless invention by Rebecca Dines.... a formidable comic talent, able to move us.... http:/