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Leonard Hughes
The Washington Post
Review of "The Shadow Box"

"Wardell is supported strongly by Anita Gutschick, who plays Felicity's desperate, spinsterish daughter, Agnes. Gutschick is as impressive in this role as she was in the very different characterization of Claudia last season."

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Cheryl Allison
The Bowie Blade-News

"As Bella, a child still at 35, but with enough of a woman's dreams to want to break free of her dominating mother, Anita Gutschick is warm and funny and devastatingly direct. Completely invested in this role, she is heartbreakingly convincing."

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Jean O'Conner
Bowie Blade

Gutschick remains firmly in control and portrays Claudia in exact proportion. She is a superb actress and her talents add immeasurably to the show."

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Wynn Rousuch
The Baltimore Sun
An Overview of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival

There are several other inspired performances in the festival as well. Anita Gutschick displays an endearing Woody Allen-esque neuroticism in the role of a perpetual worrier in Delores Moran's "Fear and Sheep," a monologue.

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Phil Greenfield
The Baltimore Sun
Review of "House of Blue Leaves"

"Anita Gutschick's Bunny is an uptempo howl from the minute she walks onstage to the moment she stiffs Artie for a better offer. Her Brooklynese is state of the art."

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Phil Greenfield
The Baltimore Sun
Review of "Arrangements"

"Anita Gutschick, one of the area's finest, is her usual energetic self as the assertive, oh-so-screwed-up Madeline."

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Mary Johnson
The Baltimore Sun
Review of "All My Sons"

"As Joe's wife, Anita Gutschick gives a consummate portrait of a woman in denial."