The White Snake, The old globe, Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory, McCarter Theatre
“The most delightful of the play’s characters is a mischievous slitherer called Green Snake...McBride fills that role, seemingly having as much fun playing it as I had in watching her.”
“As limber as a rag doll...McBride must have the most fluid chakras in theater.”
“...a delightfully feisty actress, using just the right snideness to handle the script’s dry humor...”
“...a firecracker performance...”
“I want her to be my best friend too...”
Photo by Jenny Graham
“...Irresistibly hyper and down to earth.”
“McBride is an exceptional physical comedian...Her gusto performance contributes immeasurably to the enjoyment.”
“...a delightful comic spitfire...”
“...a natural cut-up...”
“...has a subtle way of establishing an affinity with the audience...”
“McBride’s impishness and coarse manners as Greenie are a perfect foil...”
“...delightfully plucky as the Green Snake. She has sharp comic timing and roguishly fast changes of thought...”
“...delivers bright human and puppet comedy...”
“...[has] energy that cascades across the footlights.”
Twilight, Los Angeles 1992, the other theatre co.
“Tanya Thai McBride combines great comic timing with the very sadness that permeates Blues music.”
“Deployed as caricaturists...McBride manages to hit comic notes without sacrificing [her] characters’ humanity.”
“...honest storytelling from a sublime cast.”
A midsummer night's Dream, oregon Shakespeare festival
A Midsummer Night's Dream - photo by Jenny Graham
“...the individual work is outstanding, with McBride, as Hermia, setting the bar high with a hyper-energetic and unceasingly boisterous comical performance...”
The Heart of Robin Hood - Oregon Shakespeare Festival
“I’ll remember forever...Tanya Thai McBride as Plug the Dog...cracked me up as the best dog ever. I wanted to go backstage afterward and reward her with a scratch behind the ears. Man’s best friend has never been so hilarious.”
“McBride’s physical talent captures our complete attention any time she romps on stage.”
Backstage waiting for a treat.
Yellowface, Silk Road Rising
“This paradigm displays the versatility of actresses like Tanya McBride, who flits between the roles of Leah, Hwang’s estranged lover, and the male board member of a California bank with equal aplomb.”
“...falls easily into a gallery of roles ranging from amusing caricature to nuanced portrait.”
“Public figures such as Sen. Fred Thompson and producer Cameron Mackintosh are played by an Asian-American woman (Tanya McBride) without our blinking an eye.”
“As DHH’s ex-girlfriend, Tanya McBride is just the right amount of wary and sympathetic.”
punkplay, Pavement Group at the Steppenwolf Garage Rep
“Tanya McBride...delivers an outrageously hilarious monologue about inciting revolution by reading The Topic of Cancer to truckers.”
“...McBride masters various roles, including that of a fuckable Ronald Reagan.”
The Fantasticks, Porchlight Music Theatre
“...and, in the typically thankless role of The Mute, the consistently compelling and cliche-avoidant Tanya McBride.”
“Without the usual curtains, confetti and prop box, Tanya McBride’s Mute must rely upon her graceful movement and expressive face...”
“...my favorite character in the play is the elegant mute...it is incredible to witness her expressive face and fluid balletic movements, providing more magic to the stage...”
You Asked For It!, The Neo-Futurists
“...Tanya McBride steals the show every time she opens her mouth.”
Walk Two Moons, Adventure Stage Chicago
“...a relatable, reliable narrator...McBride alternates beautifully between excitable and wistful.”
“Lead actor Tanya McBride shines as Sal...”
Walk Two Moons - Photo by Johnny Knight