Antaeus’ revival [of 'The Little Foxes'] stars Deborah Puette, a local critics’ darling with a compelling combination of fragility and steel...[Puette is] wonderful as this divine, despicable anti-heroine.... Los Angeles Times

"STAGE RAW TOP 10. The Antaeus Theatre Company once again demonstrates its immense value to the Los Angeles theatre community, this time with a superb revival of Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9. It’s an ambitious and tricky work, but under Casey Stangl’s thoughtful direction, an inspired ensemble does the play proud. Puette is fantastic in two roles: heartbreaking as the confused and abused young Edward, and touching as the older version of Betty as she tries to adjust to a new life.” — Terry Morgan, Stage Raw

"CRITIC'S CHOICE--BREATHTAKING…DARING…nimbly done” — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times

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Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama revived at The Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. Directed by Robin  Larsen. Photos: Enci

"Director Robin Larsen sets her dream cast loose upon Albee's fascinating, frustrating material...[As] Agnes and Tobias' spoiled daughter, Julia...Puette blends neediness and appalling entitlement." Los Angeles Times

Cast:
Agnes - Susan Sullivan
Tobias - David Selby
Claire - O-Lan Jones
Julia - Deborah Puette
Edna -  Lily Knight
Harry: Mark Costello
Winner Best Revival by the  2014 Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle 

Nomination for Actress in a Supporting Role and Revival by Stage Raw Awards (formerly LA Weekly Awards)

Revival of David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama at La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts. Directed by Michael Matthews. Photo: Michael Lamont

“Puette’s portrayal is of a crushed soul using light sarcasm and barbs to keep others away.” OC Register

 “Puette is perfection in the role, her outward calm hiding a rising tide of repressed emotions ever on the point of spewing out, only to be quickly hidden once again as a means of self-preservation…a heartbreakingly touching, deeply felt, award-caliber performance.” StageSceneLA

“Puette, whose performance in A Noise Within's Eccentricities of the Nightingale was a 2011 highlight, gives us a carefully detailed Becca. “ TheaterTimes

Cast:
Becca - Deborah Puette
Howie - Michael Polak
Izzie  - Kristina Johnson
Nat - Lori Larsen
Jason - Seamus Mulcahey

Revival of Tennessee Williams' lyrical The Eccentricities of a Nightingale at A Noise Within directed by Damaso Rodriguez. Photos: Craig Schwartz

"Puette gives a fearless performance: manic, swoony, exposed, acute--a being struggling to break free. Alma is sui generis--utterly unto herself." Los Angeles Times

"In A Noise Within's captivating production, under the extraordinarily sensitive direction of Damaso Rodriguez, Deborah Puette, in an exquisitely calibrated performance, brings Alma to life in a series of feints and passes that would put most matadors to shame. It is fascinating to watch an actor nail a character while circling around it." Stage and Cinema

Cast:
Alma Winemiller- Deborah Puette
John Buchanan, Jr. - Jason Dechert
Mrs. Winemiller - Jill Hill
The Reverend Winemiller - Mitchell Edmonds
Mrs. Buchanan - Christopher Callan
Mrs. Bassett - Jacque Lynn Colton
Roger Doremus - Dave Kirkpatrick
Vernon - David LM McIntyre
Rosemary - Darby Bricker
Salesman - Hank Ostendorf

The west coast premiere of Joel Drake Johnson's haunting family drama presented by the Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles. Robin Larsen directed.

"Puette signals years of pain with a mere tightening of the lip." Los Angeles Times

Cast:
Fay - JoBeth Williams
Rachel - Deborah Puette
Terry - Ann Noble
Kenny - Ian Littleworth

A world premiere by Kathryn Walat presented by the Theatre @ Boston Court,
directed by Michael Michetti. Photos: Ed Krieger

"McClain and Puette are a picture-perfect pair. He's charmingly nerdy, and she's a stunner with strength, playfulness and vulnerability." Backstage

Cast:
Ian - Johnathan McClain
Sarah - Deborah Puette
Amal - Ethan Rains
Zach - Adam Silver
Ovation Award Nomination Best New Play

Written by Karoline Leach
Directed by Robin Larsen
West Coast Premiere, Black Dahlia Theatre

"Puette centers the show with her moving portrayal of Adelaide, a nuanced perf of repressed emotion finally finding an outlet. She demonstrates the strength behind Adelaide's supposed fragility, and makes the contest between these two characters more than equal." Variety

LA Weekly Awards
Lead Female Performance
Best Two Person Play
Nominations, Lead Actress: Ovation Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Award 

Ticketholders  Award, Top Ten Plays of the Year

Written by Diana Son
Co-directed by Elina de Santos and Matthew Elkins
Los Angeles Premiere, Rogue Machine

"Puette, a resourceful and intelligent actor, does a superb job of illuminating Callie's human frailties and her redemptive sense of resilience. She expertly tunes in to the lifelike cadences of Son's dialogue, creating a well-rounded portrait." Backstage
 

"GO! Puette's tender performance captures a haphazard woman realizing that she's finally sure of at least one thing." LA Weekly

Cast:
Callie - Deborah Puette
Sara - Kristina Harrison
George  - Christian Anderson
Peter - Justin Okin
Mrs. Winsley/Nurse - Inger Tudor
Detective Cole - Jorge Watson
 

Originally commissioned by The New Black Fest in NYC. Written by Dominique Morriseau, Winter Miller, Dan O'Brien with Grammy winner Quetzal Flores, Marcus Gardley, Mona Mansour and Tala Manassah, and A. Rey Pamatmat.
Co-directed by Shirley Jo Finney and Michael Matthews. Presented at Kirk Douglas Theater by Center Theater Group

John Horn, host of KPCC's "The Frame" iinterviews Dan and Quetzel about their "Ballad of George Zimmerman,"  including excerpts of their play/song, featuring Deborah, Lorenz Arnell and Kevin Yungman. Click HERE. 

Cast:
Lorenz Arnell
Ameenah Kaplan
Kevin Yungman
Tessa Thompson
Demetrius Grosse
Deidrie Henry
Linda Park
Aaron Jennings
Erick Lopez
 

A world premiere written by David L. Ray and directed by Nick DeGruccio presented in a 10-month run at the Zephyr Theater.

"Stunning ensemble...In Puette's Darlene, you can track in the twitch of a lip and the curve of a brow the tug and pull between her pious defiance at what her brother is doing and personal rage that he left Georgia to do so, melting into an affirmation of what he's become — prompted by the pain caused by her husband's hypocrisy. She's in a wrestling match with herself, largely depicted in body language, and it's a fascinating bout to watch." Steven Leigh Morris, LA Weekly

Ovation Recommended

LA Weekly Award Nomination
Best Ensemble
 

A world premiere presented at Laguna Playhouse, written and directed by Catherine Butterfield.

"It's Puette who steals the show. She enters every scene with an invisible leopard on a leash, a Hepburn-esque heroine who knows what's good for her but can't bear to admit it." Los Angeles Times
 

Cast: 
Deena - Dorothy Harahan
Maureen - Kim Blair Shively
Jessica - Laurie Naughton
Davia - Deborah Puette
Stephen - Brian Rohan
Jason - Gino Pesi
 

West Coast premiere of Stephen Adly Guigis' ingenious The Last Days of Judas Iscariot presented by the Black Dahlia Theater in a site-specific production at Lutheran Church of the Master. Directed by Matt Shakman

"Witty and deeply felt, a legal drama that becomes a searching examination of Christian tenets. Although it is at first a bit disconcerting to hear "motherfucker" inside a church, this production mixes the sacred and the profane with estimable grace. Director Matt Shakman gets the best from his cast, and uses the church as a setting very well…Puette is humorously immovable as Mother Theresa.” Variety

Cast:
Rob Nagle
Terrell Tilford
Victoria Platt Tilford
Suzanne Ford
Joshua Wolf Coleman
David Clennon
Jay Harik
Marco Greco
Chanet Johnson
Robert Machray
Gaalan Michaelson
Susan Pourfar
Daniel Jay Shore
Rick D. Wasserman
 

In Tommy Smiths poignant and poetic rumination on love and loss, innocence and age,  a lone woman materializes on the set of an unrelated play, illuminated only by the ghost light. 

Echo Theater Company

Written by Miki Johnson

Directed by Chris Fields

GO! Beautifully composed. The presence of a literal ghost (standout Deborah Puette), who matter-of-factly announces her recent suicide, lights a narrative fuse. 

West Coast Premiere presented by Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble. Marya Mazur director.