"Your Amelia Jenks Bloomer was a complete hit. It is
a rare thing to have 100 women sit with such rapt attention for an hour. I
cannot think of any other program that has brought forth more positive
comments from our membership." --Lude Neff Hill, AAUW, Palo
Alto
"Your performances of Louisa May Alcott....was
incredible. Our Women's History Month celebration could not have had a
more impressive beginning." --Deborah Skidmore, Marin
County Day School, Marin
"I'm still enjoying last night's performance at the
Novato Library! Can't get it out of my mind. Just delightful!" --Mrs. CM Crabtree, Novato
"The audience felt itself privileged to have met the
brave and engaging Miss Alcott." --Ellen Huppert in Institute
for Historical Study Newsletter
"She held the crowd spellbound with her superb acting
skills....and so accurately portrayed Louisa May Alcott that many were
moved to tears. She transported us back to Boston in 1882 and we felt the
hardships faced by a woman during that period." --Tara Noftsier, Borders
Books, San Francisco
"I learned more about Jane Austen and found Bonda
Lewis entertaining and passionate." --Anonymous, Santa
Clara Public Library
"Thank you for your marvelous performance as Sara
Bard Field at the Club in March." --Jeanne McDonnell,
Women's Club of Palo Alto
"You really are both and actor and a historian!" --Anonymous, Western
Association of Women Historians, Asilomar
"The many staff members are still talking about your
presentation; we were charmed and delighted by Jane's visit. We thought
your presentation was excellent, thoughtfully conceived, and beautifully
researched." --Martha Schmidt,
Santa Clara Library
"Thank you! Thank you! Your program on Louisa May
Alcott was super!" --Fran Guida, Friends
of the San Mateo Library
"Especially outstanding (was) the Friday night
performance by Bonda Lewis..."Tea and Sensibility," a one-woman
play about Jane Austen that proved...deeply satisfying." --The Networker
Newsletter, Western Association of Women Historians
"The dramatic technique...gave the audience the
feeling of being in the room with Sara, and of hearing these stories and
comments as part of a conversation. Care for the accuracy of historical
detail was evident throughout, and the placement of these facts in the
script often added just the right touch without sounding like a textbook
recitation." --Lori O'Dell,
Institute for Historical Study Newsletter