Working - O'Connell & Company
"Good acting and superior ensemble singing among the four women...made this a most enjoyable show... A special nod goes to Emily Yancey who stepped in with about 48 hours’ notice and didn’t miss a beat."
- Peter Hall, Buffalo Rising
Working - O'Connell & Company
"Kate Carberry and Emily Yancey play well off each other as an aide in a nursing home and a nanny... Ms. Yancey is a hoot as a young woman who wants to be a journalist... She also turns it up as a headhunter drinking wine and bemoaning..."
- Ann Marie Cusella, Welcome 716
1776 - O'Connell & Company
"...it is startling and wonderful when Emily Yancey, as South Carolina’s Edward Rutledge, unleashes her soaring soprano on the terrifying “Molasses to Rum.”"
- Anthony Chase, The Buffalo News
1776 - O'Connell & Company
"Yancey, who last season presented a full recital of classical and operatic arias at Buff State, is the “real deal” and brought the house down with the dark and brooding “Molasses to Rum”"
- Peter Hall, Buffalo Rising
Killer Rack: The Feminist Horror Musical Comedy - Alleyway
"Emily Yancey’s leading performance is a revelation. She is a fine comedian with earned emotion and killer instincts. I can’t wait to see more of her work."
- Ben Siegel, The Buffalo News
Killer Rack: The Feminist Horror Musical Comedy - Alleyway
"Emily Yancey is perfection as Betty Downer."
- Anthony Chase
Stupid F***ing Bird - ART of WNY
"Emily Yancey offers her second great performance of the season, following a star turn in Alleyway’s 'Killer Rack.' Here she’s just as captivating, and by the play’s end, deeply moving."
- Ben Siegel, The Buffalo News
Oklahoma! - Lancaster Opera House
"As Laurey, Yancey is the picture of impetuousness and her voice is glorious on songs like “People Will Say We’re in Love” and “Out of My Dreams.”"
- Colin Dabkowski,The Buffalo News
Fiddler on the Roof - Lancaster Opera House
"Hodel may be only one of five daughters, but actress Emily Yancey makes sure Tevye’s second in line for marriage delivers one of the stronger performances of the night."
- Matt Chandler, The Buffalo News
Carrie: The Musical - ART of WNY
"...Soprano Yancey is invaluable."
- Ted Hadley, The Buffalo News
I'm Fine - Alleyway Theatre
"Emily Yancey, invaluable and grounded as Allison."
- Ted Hadley, The Buffalo News
The Taming - Brazen-Faced Varlets
"Emily Yancey, recently seen in bawdier roles in "Philosophus" and "Killer Rack," shows off less of her bosom and more of her exceptional brain as feminist eco-warrior Bianca..."
- Melinda Miller, The Buffalo News
Lunaria - Title Track of Chiptune Album by Danimal Cannon
"Emily Yancey adds quite a bit of energy to the title track with her soaring vocals that really get me to crank up the volume."
- Jeff Nixon
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