Highlights Hangout Podcast, Highlights for Children
“The high-energy hosts Tim and Juanita bring lots of the favorite aspects of the magazine to life throughout the 30-minute educational show.”
- Kristen Chase, Cool Mom Tech
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Filament Theatre, 2019
“Lovely Juanita Andersen is excellent and commanding, often becoming Ms. DiCamillo’s voice as the narrator of the story. Ms. Andersen is especially strong as Abilene’s stern but caring grandmother. She easily morphs into a number of other, mostly bullying, adversarial characters; but her most heartfelt creation is the owner of the doll shop, who gives Edward a new lease on life.”
- Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review
With Love, and a Major Organ, Boise Contemporary Theater, 2018
“This leads us to Juanita Andersen as Subway Rider/Anabel. Anabel is on the opposite side of George, where her heart is filled with so much love. Where her heart is so ready to be open...Each actress on the stage had a clear bond not only with each other but with their own selves. I applaud them for this.”
- Jessa Moore, Broadway World
Roots in the Alley, Adventure Stage Chicago, 2018
“Ms. Ritchey’s cast is terrific. Rinska Carrasco and Juanita Andersen are both funny and fearless as sisters Blanca and Honey. Ms. Andersen, in particular, provides much of the humor in this drama, while Ms. Carrasco is the more athletic, superhero of the story.”
- Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review
Arnie the Doughnut, Lifeline Theatre, 2017
“Juanita Andersen masterfully plays both an obnoxiously pompous French Cruller, as well as nasty, antagonistic Mrs. Plute, the overbearing, rule-obsessed President of the condo association.”
- Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review
“Lifeline's [Arnie the Doughnut] is a delight...especially Juanita Andersen's performance as the evil condo board president and the French Cruller.”
- Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader
Sparky!, Lifeline Theatre, 2016
“Nevertheless she prepares for a Great Sloth Extravaganza to impress her judgmental friend, Mary Potts (a winning Juanita Andersen).”
- Suzanne Scanlon, Chicago Reader
“Somebody who didn't seem to like sloths or comedy very much, even though she did a lot of it, was Mary Potts (Juanita Andersen). She was sometimes a total showoff. She's funny because she is so exaggerated. And she is so confident in what she is saying and doing even though she was sometimes completely wrong. It was hilarious.”
- Ada Grey, Ada Grey Reviews for You
Worthy, Adventure Stage Chicago, 2015
“Then there’s Luna, Princess Luna, embodied with relish and realism by the adorable, hilarious Juanita Andersen. Luna is the total opposite of Robin, swaying around in her tiara and hoop skirt, just enjoying being a girly-girl.”
- Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review
“The story is touching from the get-go, with characters like Luna (Juanita Andersen), a bubbly girl worried about her weight, who wins us over by sharing her hope that one day a panda will wander into her backyard so she can feed it bagged salad.”
- Jena Cutie, Chicago Reader
