Review Excerpts

The Trip to Bountiful, Denver Center Theatre Company, 2008

“Jessie Mae is played with skillful nuance by newcomer Sara Kathryn Bakker.”
-The Denver Post

Julius Caesar, American Repertory Theater, 2008

“Both Portia and Calpurnia were played by the astonishing Sara Kathryn Bakker, who acted the entire rest of the cast into the ground.”
-The Washington Post Magazine

“The scene culminates beautifully in Calpurnia’s monologue to her husband, which is stunningly delivered by lead actress Sara Kathryn Bakker in hoarse, wide-eyed fear.”
-The Berkeley Beacon

“Sara Kathryn Bakker shines brightly with a convincing Portia, blending the character’s tender devotion with her strong will as she attempts to get Brutus to let her into his thoughts.”
-The Harvard Crimson

“Sara Kathryn Bakker is stunning as both Portia and Calpurnia.”
-Metro Boston News

“Brutus’ wife, Portia (Sara Kathryn Bakker) emerges from the bedroom in a style that is domestic, relaxed and sexy.”
-EdgeBoston

As Far As We Know, The Fringe NYC and Fringe Encores, 2007

“***** [5 Stars] Sara Kathryn Bakker shines: her transformation from coldhearted official to tender, helpless bystander is as real as it gets.”
-TimeOut New York

“The entire cast is excellent…Sara Kathryn Bakker plays a perfect soldier in her bearing and manner but also shows a human being with doubts and actual concern for others regardless of the harm that may do to her career.”
-nytheatre.com

“It’s earnest theater that deserves not only an audience, but also further development.”
-American Theater Wing

Merchant of Venice, Utah Shakespearean Festival, 2006

“Sara Kathryn Bakker is thoroughly enchanting as Portia.”
-Deseret Morning News

“One notable scene shows Portia and her maid Nerissa…the interplay between the two women is perfect-you could truly believe they are lifelong companions-and the dialogue flows like natural conversation, not an easy thing to do with Shakespeare. Both ladies carry their force of humor and camaraderie throughout the play, adding levity even in the darkest moments.”
-The Spectrum

“The other characters in the play are no less masterful in their respective portrayals. Portia displays not only her beauty and intelligence, but her humanity as she artfully extracts the humor fro Shakespeare’s text, and we see her lament over not being able to choose her own spouse.”
-The SUU Journal

Mr. Marmalade, Contemporary American Theater Festival, 2006

“Bakker has just as much to sink her creative teeth into with three roles. She has a tricky challenge. Early on, she exits one scene as Lucy’s mother and re-enters seconds later as a babysitter… she manages to create a completely separate character.”
-The Washington Times Weekender

“Lucy’s sexually wanton mother is enthusiastically played by Sara Kathryn Bakker.”
-The Washington Times

“Sara Kathryn Bakker steals her scene as the Sunflower, the imaginary friend of Larry.”
-Ars Longa

End of the Spear, Every Tribe Entertainment feature film, 2006

“Sara Kathryn Bakker, as Rachel Saint, is especially well cast. She exhibits a slightly starchy, `50s tone while her character represents one of the few, critical language interpreters and health workers.”
-DVDfile.com

“Bakker’s performance is a jewel in this grace-filled movie.”
-Tulsa Today

Metamorphoses, Pioneer Theater, 2005

“Morey’s cast delivers some memorable performances…including Sara Kathryn Bakker as the seductive Aphrodite and Phaeton’s psycho-babbling therapist.”
-Deseret Morning News

Vanities, Penguin Rep, 2004

“As Kathy, Ms. Bakker must make the most severe transition from fussy and obsessive to blasé. Ms. Bakker comes off as two different people, which is just right.”
-The New York Times

“Sara as Kathy…has lots of comedic talent.”
-Rockland County Times

“Unquestionably at the center of this world is Kathy, a born cheerleader and task master…Sara Kathryn Bakker handles well what becomes a complicated evolution of a young girl.”
-The Journal News

The Servant of Two Masters, Utah Shakespearean Festival, 2003

“Sara Kathryn Bakker, who donned trousers last year for a USF production of As You Like It, is again charming as a cross-dressed lover.”
-The Salt Lake Tribune

“Sara Kathryn Bakker, a plucky Beatrice, enthusiastically embraces this Servant’s guiding philosophy: anything worth doing is worth overdoing.”
-Las Vegas Review Journal

“Sara Kathryn Bakker is delightful as the cross-dressing Beatrice. Bakker’s first role at the festival in last year’s As You Like It also saw her dressed in men’s apparel and it’s obvious the sinewy actress doesn’t mind the challenge.”
-The St. George Spectrum

“Director Russell Treyz’s cast is superb…Sara Kathryn Bakker nicely pulls off the Beatrice/Federigo masquerade.”
-Deseret Morning News

As You Like It, Utah Shakespearean Festival, 2002

“Fortunately for audiences at the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Sara Kathryn Bakker is an actress fully capable of carrying off the gender-bending role and thus the play.”
-The Salt Lake Tribune

“Wonderful is Sara Kathryn Bakker as Rosalind who contributes well to this faultless and joyful As You Like It.”
-Backstage, Regional Roundup

“In Sara Kathryn Bakker, [the festival's] got a giddy, witty physically expressive Rosalind, one who revels in the inherent contradictions of her character. [She's got] charm to burn…”
-Las Vegas Review-Journal

“As You Like It is one of the festival’s best productions of this comedy, thanks largely to the animated, funny, yet warmhearted performance of Sara Kathryn Bakker as Rosalind.”
-Salt Lake City Weekly

“Very few female characters created by William Shakespeare demonstrate the power, strength and wisdom of that of Rosalind, the daughter of a banished duke in the romantic comedy As You Like It. And when portrayed by Sara Kathryn Bakker in the Utah Shakespearean Festival’s production, that strength is obvious…As her character, Bakker is ‘more than common tall,’ and her presence and command on the stage is heightened by the quantity of her lines throughout the show.”
-St. George Spectrum

“Sara Kathryn Bakker is as zesty a Rosalind as you’ve seen. No boy ever talked this much, this quickly. On opening night, the audience couldn’t help applauding mid-scene over one of her deftly delivered speeches.”
-Deseret Morning News

A Midsummer Night’s Dream,  Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, 2001

“Bakker is wonderful to watch as she tricks all kinds of emotion from the Bard’s insightful pen.”
-The Express Times

“The endearingly self-deprecating Helena (Sara Kathryn Bakker) is particularly enjoyable as she clumps around the stage, obsessively and clumsily pursuing her Demetrius. Speaking with intelligence and an ear for nuance, she transforms a role usually perceived as the ‘second string’ lover into a star turn.”
-Philadelphia City Paper

“Sara Kathryn Bakker’s Helena is delightfully bubbly, feisty and alert. Her willowy build and expressive hands conjure a young Kate Hepburn; I’d like to see her tackle “The Philadelphia Story.”
-The Morning Call