Assassins
Yale Repertory, 2017
“‘Unworthy Of Your Love’ is a pitch-perfect ’70s soft-rock hit, soulfully performed by John Hinckley (Lucas Dixon) and Lynnete “Squeaky” Fromme (Lauren Molina)...Squeaky Fromme and Sarah Jane Moore (Julia Murney) are enormously funny as a recurring comic-relief duo — the two actresses have excellent comic timing, and Murney’s nervous energy plays well against Molina’s strung-out languor.”
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“For me, the standout performance was Lauren Molina as Squeaky Fromme. Her portrayal of the Charles Manson acolyte is a complete balance of honesty and humor. Her facial expressions are perfect: watch her when she asks John Hinckley (played with great awkward earnestness by Lucas Dixon) if he can play “Sympathy for the Devil” on his guitar and you’ll see what I mean. She is the first singer I’ve heard who understands that belting the entirety of “Unworthy of Your Love” is not a requirement to convey the passion that Fromme feels for Manson. And I know that Molina is a vocal powerhouse." – Onstage Blog
“For the most part, the would-be assassins are zanies and crazies, with some, like the two women who targeted President Ford, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme (Lauren Molina) and Sara Jane Moore (Julia Murney), played for laughs...Fromme’s duet with Reagan’s would-be assassin Hinckley, “Unworthy of Your Love,” is a plaintive cry for significance, showing Hinckley’s obsession with Jodie Foster and Fromme’s with Charles Manson. The irony of such an earnest big number in service to these two—and Molina and Dixon are both very good as and look very much like their respective characters—points up what makes Assassins work so well: there’s a daytime soaps element to the self-conceptions of these killers, as if the purpose of life is to be immortal in the media." – New Haven Review
“There’s no denying that the Rep’s production of “Assassins” is both stylish and engaging, and the cast is, across the board, superb, with Molina, Murney, DeRosa and Henry especially delivering some memorable moments. Then there are the two female assassins, Fromme and Moore. Molina and Murney have several scenes together, and the chemistry between the drug-addled young woman besotted by Charles Manson and the somewhat ditzy suburban housewife who can’t shoot straight is delightfully humorous..." – Connecticut Theatre News and Reviews
“Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme (a bughouse Lauren Molina)" – New Haven Register
“Lauren Molina as Fromme and Julia Murney as Sara Jane Moore (both attempted and failed to kill Gerald Ford) bring humor and pathos to their roles" - CT Post Chronicle