Aurora Penepacker
 
 
 

“[The] newcomer Aurora Penepacker is a name you’re likely reading for the first time in a theater review but surely not the last.

At Writer’s Theatre, you get the chance to… rediscover the strengths such as… Natasha’s pulsating if pathetic passions (expressed quite delightfully by Penepacker)

—Review from NATASHA, PIERRE, and the GREAT COMET of 1812

Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune - September 16, 2024

 
 

“Aurora Penepacker’s Natasha is the rare ingenue of layers and depth.

In her luminous performance, Natasha is impossibly innocent and alluring, a young woman equal parts terrified and empowered by the discovery of her sexuality.”

—Review from NATASHA, PIERRE, and the GREAT COMET of 1812

Catey Sullivan, Chicago Sun Times - September 16, 2024

 
 

“The 13-member cast is marvelous. These actors don’t just sing beautifully – they truly inhabit the characters.

And the radiant Penepacker as Natasha – where did they find her? I’ll look for these names in playbills forever.”

—Review from NATASHA, PIERRE, and the GREAT COMET of 1812

Marc Vitali, WTTW - September 27, 2024