GOOD PEOPLE
​four chairs theatre
An extremely compelling and multifaceted anti-heroine, Jodi Kingsley captures the many nuances behind Margie with delicate realism
BroadwayWorld.com

Jodi Kingsley is sensational. Funny, brutally honest and easily elicits the audience’s empathy. [She] absolutely owns the stage. Her performance is one of the best reasons for seeing this production
Chicago Theatre Review

Kingsley anchors the production with her sensitive and multifaceted Margie
Chicago Reader

Jodi Kingsley does a terrific job. We are always on Margie’s side because Kingsley never lets us forget that it is desperation and fear that drives Margie’s behavior.
Stage and Cinema

A powerful portrayal by Jodi Kingsley
Around The Town

It is Jodi Kingsley’s Margie who grounds the show... as a sarcastic, quick-witted woman who also shows immense vulnerability in every moment where she is challenged. It’s a beautifully multifaceted performance.
Entertaining Chicago

Kingsley anchors the production with a compelling performance. The confrontations between Breau and Kingsley are among the production’s strongest moments
Werner's Theatre Reviews

​​Jodi Kingsley delivers a dynamic and powerful portrait of a woman who is proud of who she is and sure in her abilities 
Chicago On Stage

Jodi Kingsley as Margie was a tour de force 
Eric Calimari

Jodi Kingsley is exceptional as Margaret. She completely anchors the production, making every emotion feel authentic, from her fierce determination to the play's most vulnerable and even uncomfortable moments
Theater Fan Chicago

SPINNING 
​irish theatre of chicago

​This is why Chicago is known as an actor's town; because of the kind of work that ​Dan Waller and Jodi Kingsley do
Dueling Critics

Kingsley is the picture-perfect anguished mother. Her tears are genuine, her anger frightening and righteous 
Chicago Theater Beat

​Jodi Kingsley, so excellent in In A Little World of Our Own, truly shows Chicago audiences the vast scope of her talent
Chicago Theatre Review

Kingsley’s face radiates with joy, a strong contrast to her palpable anguish in the present. ​Kingsley pulls us into her despair so completely I get teary
​The Fourth Walsh   

​​​​​Jodi Kingsley gives a beautifully limned portrayal 
Chicago Sun Times

In almost all of her scenes, Susan demands accountability - and Kingsley captures the intensity of her loss and frustration every time 
Chicago Critic

SMARTPHONES 
​trapdoor theatre company

Jodi Kingsley steals the show as Chantal, with a performance that sneaks up on you like overage charges at the end of the month. Her comic timing is smarter than the smartest smartphone and her delivery is nothing short of cheeky brilliance. She completely inhabits ​the satire and delivers it with a ​custom ring tone of hilarity
​Chicago Stage Review

Jodi Kingsley easily stands out as the most compelling ​of the group. She manages to humanize an absurdist character, and once you’ve seen that, you start to think that all absurdist comedies might be improved by such a performance
Centerstage Chicago
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The whole cast is superb and wholly committed, without exception. Kingsley’s deliciously pompous, judgmental snarkiness ​could singlehandedly drive the show 
Stage and Cinema​

WRENS rivendell theatre ensemble
*EQUITY JEFF NOMINATION - BEST ENSEMBLE*

Within the hugely talented ensemble, a few stand out for their engrossing delivery. A polished Jodi Kingsley is both regally civilized and subtly renegade
Chicago Theater Beat

​Jodi Kingsley is a powerful Cynthia
Around The Town

​You’d be hard pressed to witness finer ensemble work.
Chicago Critic

​The nuanced work by one of the best ensemble casts ​on any Chicago stage makes this remount a must-see
Chicago Theatre Addict 

TRAVESTIES remy bummpo
*EQUITY JEFF NOMINATION - BEST PRODUCTION*

The actors are bedazzling, one and all 
Chicago Sun-Times

Jodi Kingsley makes a strong impression
​Chicago Theatre Review

Keith Neagle and Jodi Kingsley
find the heart of Travesties
Chicago Stage Standard

Deeply smart, wildly energetic, often hilarious. Kelsey Brennan, Meg Warner, and Jodi Kingsley are all formidable​
Chicago Reader

​Scintillating, smart, and surprisingly touching. ​It boasts a remarkably adept and beautifully in-sync cast
Chicago Tribune
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DANNY and the DEEP BLUE SEA 
kokandy productions

Jodi Kingsley is a bit of a revelation on the stage.
Watching the process unfold will rarely get any better than this
Showbiz Chicago

Kingsley is outstanding 
Chicago Theater Beat

Kingsley is remarkable. Her subtle and internal rhythms are lovely. She is fearless. Her performance is varied, sweet and sad. ​It is beautifully painful to watch her
Chicago Theater Review

​Excellent acting by Jodi Kingsley,
explosive and intimate at all the right moments 
Gozamos

​Brandon Galatz and Jodi Kingsley gaze deeply into their souls and give the kind of raw performances we’ve long come to ​associate with Chicago theater 
Chicago Tribune

THE BIRDS
​griffin theatre company

Diane is played to perfection by Jodi Kingsley
Around The Town

 Jodi Kingsley plays Diane with true likability, maturity and real honesty. She makes Diane a heroine to whom everyone can relate
Chicago Theatre Review

​Kingsley’s measured Diane leaves no aspect of the complex woman untouched. The actress is always believable and sympathetic, even in Diane’s most nefarious moments 
Chicago Theater Beat

​Diane is wonderfully played by Jodi Kingsley
​Dueling Critics

​Jodi Kingsley as Diane is maternal and
​caring and so vulnerable 
​TheatreWorld Magazine ​​

HOWARDS END
​remy bummpo

Leonard and Jacky Bast are movingly played
by Jodi Kingsley and Terry Bell 
​Chicago Tribune

​A thoughtful evening of exquisitely staged storytelling.
​We have Leonard and his bawdy wife Jacky (delightfully portrayed by Jodi Kingsley)
Chicago Sun Times

​The cast is, without exception, terrific.
Jodi Kingsley ably portrays flirtatious Jacky Bast,
looking like an Edwardian chandelier 
Chicago Theatre Review

Stronger ensembles, then or now,
​can’t be imagined in service to this story.
Stage And Cinema

The whole narrative would stall out like that tin lizzie ​if it weren't for [Jodi Kingsley's] few minutes
​Mary Shen Barnidge

MEN SHOULD WEEP griffin theatre co
​*NON-EQUITY JEFF AWD - BEST PRODUCTION*

​Stunning. The large cast is turning in
the most gorgeous performances you
​will find on any stage in this city
Sun-Times

An extraordinarily truthful cast.
Infused with raw vitality 
Time Out Chicago

​A masterpiece. Extraordinarily honest, intimate
and moving. The acting is unstinting throughout 
Chicago Tribune

Every moment is perfectly shaped by an inestimably ​accurate cast.
The casting is so right it’s scary 
Chicago Theater Beat

Great talent work in Chicago,
nowhere more so than in this production 
Buzz Magazine

​Whether taking the stage for an extended turn
or popping in for a moment, the actors
remain fully committed. ​
Each performer seems perfectly cast 
New City Stage​