Gil Benbrook, talkingbroadway.com (excerpt from review)

“Jessie Jo Pauley is stunning as Dorothy. She exhibits a wide range of emotions with ease, from pensive to headstrong, passionate, fearful and optimistic. At just 16, Pauley not only brings the right combination of sweet sincerity and teenage angst to the role, but also has a warm, bright singing voice that, when combined with her dedicated portrayal, allows Dorothy’s songs to have an emotional connection. It is a superb performance.”

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Gil Benbrook, talkingbroadway.com (Excerpt from ‘Footloose’ review

“Pauley was appropriately wise, smart, and sassy as the girl who knows what she needs to do to get what she wants, yet she also brought an aching sweetness and desperation to the role of a girl who is simply trying to find her place in life.”

Excerpt from examiner.com review of ”The Wizard of Oz”

“Jessie Jo Pauley created a perfect juxtapose from Phoenix Theatre’s recent “End of the Rainbow” drama that shone a somber spotlight on the troubled woman (Judy Garland) that remained after the original Dorothy took hold of the American psyche. Both shows, in very different ways, focus on re-framing our expectations for who and what an actress who embodies Dorothy is all about.

Pauley artfully, with great respect to tradition, tiptoed outside the lines of Garland-crazed expectations. To Hale’s great benefit, young Pauley revived the wide-eyed and wholesome innocence America falls in love with, almost demands, of Dorothy. In addition, she made her somehow more feisty and hopeful.”

Excerpt from David Appleford’s review of “Snow White”

“Jessie Jo Pauley’s Snow White is the perfect innocent. With a resigned sigh, she follows all of the queen’s orders and has no clue of her fate when lured into the woods. Valley audiences may remember Jessie’s strong performance as Baby Louise in Phoenix Theatre’s production of Gypsy, and here as Snow White she is equally effective.”