"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

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