“A deeply personal story of love, weakness, and venality, the play addresses wider issues too, often with penetrating clarity…THE SEA CONCERTO will be remembered as one of the year’s off-off-Broadway triumphs… Emily Hartford as the self-centered and intellectual Penny and Alisha Spielmann as the outwardly bland but inwardly resourceful Janet powerfully dramatize the troubled relationship between the sisters.”

Jon Sobel, Blog Critics

“Emily Hartford as this reanimated corpse had me frightened beyond belief. The immediacy of her terrifying presence was a little too much to bear. Slowly, however, this monster/child’s persona goes from merely a grunting, gasping, groping thing to an eloquent being who explains her torment in heartbreaking detail. She’s almost more frightening when she can put words to the barren emptiness she’s doomed to exist in…”

Karen Tortora-Lee, The Happiest Medium

“BEST BET. Emily Hartford shines in a dance-like turn as the prophetic sea urchin.”

Amanda LaPergoa, Theatre is Easy

“Mac Rogers creates a love story between Luka, the adult film actor, and the Internet, played by Emily Hartford. Hartford’s range is the stand-out performance of the evening. She wears a reflective mask as the Internet which she removes to become the various characters of chat room participants who help discover the identity of the killer.”

Bradley Troll, Theatre is Easy

“Hartford gives finely nuanced performances as all of the women of the piece, and is especially powerful as Gil’s mother.”

Broadway World

“Emily Hartford shines, changing personas sometimes faster than one can blink…fleshing out the production with impressive physicality and humor.”

NYTheatre.com

“Emily Hartford is impassioned and chilling.”

Judith Jarosz, NYTheatre.com

“[THE SEA CONCERTO features] a powerful scene gorgeously acted by Alisha Spielmann and Emily Hartford.”

Wendy Caster, Show Showdown

“Ms. Hartford is a powerful actress, deeply moving.”

Karen Tortora-Lee, The Happiest Medium

“Emily Hartford, Gretchen Van Lente, and Meghan Maureen Williams are powerful & engaging, playing the lead characters.”

Natalie Sacks Charged.fm