“Director/choreographer Jessica Wallenfels, who is something of a genius...” - Ben Waterhouse, Willamette Week
“Portland darling Jessica Wallenfels...” - Noah Dunham, Portland Mercury
“Wallenfels' version aided my own meditations on the album, brought it back in focus, helped engage both my imaginative and emotional intelligence in the individual songs.” -Barry Johnson, arts dispatch
“Wallenfels effectively fuses clever direction with engaging dance and movement that weave one stage picture into another.” - Noah Dunham, Portland Mercury
“...the last 30 minutes [of “Find Me Beside You”] were absolutely riveting.”- Ben Waterhouse, Willamette Week
"...the best part about this production is Jessica Wallenfels' tight-as-a-drum choreography..." - Andrew Lentz, LA Weekly
"electrifyingly sensual yet innocent...kind of like American Bandstand through the lens of David Lynch..."Wallenfels is irresistible...” - Scott Proudfit, Backstage West
"...a future for creative interaction between live performance and the
Internet.” - Luis Reyes, American Theater
“…very talented Jessica Wallenfels and company…stands out as a fine example of the kind of interesting, original work that could, someday, put Portland on the theater map.” - Ben Waterhouse, Willamette Week
“Jessica Wallenfels…shows how to dance anger, to do acrobatic poses that echo despair, to mime fragile love, to jump through hoops (literally) to describe dating, and more…Pure physical theater that uses mime, acrobatics, dance and gesture to help fragmented phrases tell a story.” - Holly Johnson, The Oregonian
“Jessica Wallenfels' choreography was outstanding -- beautiful and disturbing and often wryly funny...like the Marx Brothers meets Robert Wilson.” - Mead Hunter, BLOGORRHEA