Glass Menagerie: "Coltrane steals the show as the vivacious and sometimes cruel Amanda. Coltrane plays her character like a virtuoso, with anger, arrogance and burning motherly passion swirling behind her eyes." -Ryan Janovic, Northern Star
Company: "As the lanky, seemingly uptight Jenny, Coltrane is a study in restraint, and the scene where she smokes pot for the first time is a flawless riff on comic timing." -Rick Levin, Eugene Weekly
Great Gatsby: "The greatest strength of this production is its women. Shannon Coltrane is perfectly cast, delivering a frail, calculating and hopeless Daisy Buchanan." -Anna Grace, Eugene Weekly
Avenue Q: "Every puppet has so mastered its actor that the people fade behind their Muppet-like appendages. Particularly adept at crossing the line between human flesh and colored felt was Shannon AJ Coltrane (Kate Monster); there was one moment where her puppet was turned away from the audience and I found myself growing angry, as I wanted to see the expression on that little wad of fabric’s face." -Anna Grace, EW
Ordinary Days: "The small cast is excellent; each actor is intimately attuned to the romantic bustle of Gwon’s writing, which is clever and subtle without being coy or cloying." -Rick Levin, Eugene Weekly
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: "Jolene Oakes, played with a monstrous wig and a game spirit by Shannon Coltrane... In her big number, “Oklahoma?”, Coltrane belts out a rip-roaring pile-up of clichés about that particular state with boot-stomping panache." -Suzi Steffen, View from Eugene
Hairspray: "Shannon Coltrane is commanding as the bossy, uptight producer" -Dorothy Velasco, Register Guard
Jekyll & Hyde: "Coltrane is a lilting soprano" -Dorothy Velasco