Tranced - Boston Examiner

“ I have had the good fortune of seeing some truly great performances, and Ms. Jah’s work as Azmera gets a top spot on my list...She commands the stage with a power and presence like few actors I’ve seen; her luminosity fills the theater...Ms. Jah is, in a word, electrifying.This young actress is a revelation, turning in a stunning, startling, wrenching performance...”

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Eclipsed - NY Times
 
“ ...as the opportunistic Maima, Ms. Jah exudes aggressive pride in having escaped the bonds of sexual servitude. Her eyes have the cold animalistic glint that speaks of the violence she has learned to perpetrate....”
 
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Trojan Woman - New York Times
 
“...Helen (a silken voiced Zainab Jah) sits apart, outside and above the camp, on a round wooden structure. She is a slave now, but she glows and delicately preens, a woven gold rove over her lavender gown....”
Margo Jefferson, NY Times. Read full review here.