Recommendations and Recent Press

“Mary Thoma is a delight to work with! Not only is she a talented actress she has that sparkling personality to go with it! I have known Mary for a few years now, and she has stayed true to continually polishing her craft and her professionalism has never wavered. Mary, we look forward to working with you for a long time to come!” -  Brinkley A. Maginnis - BAM Casting, LLC. ( Mr. Brooks, Mad Money, W, True Blood…) http://bamcastingla.com/Home_Page.php


Mary Thoma is a staple in the Shreveport Theatre community who always delivers.  When Mary steps on a stage, she owns it.” – Blayne Weaver –Writer/Director of Weather Girl http://weathergirlmovie.com/


“Mary’s got the chops!  She teaches because she can, not because she has no other choice” -Gregalan Williams, Actor  ( The Soprano’s, Boston Legal, NYPD Blues…)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930707/


“You are such a well-balanced and  healthy person! What are you doing on a film set?” – Gary Grubbs , Actor (Will and Grace, JFK, Not Like Everyone Else…) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787498/fullcredits#cast


“Mary Thoma has the kind of natural warmth and smooth, easy talent that the camera loves. She’ll anchor any scene, bringing to it much welcome truth and specificity. She’s a total pleasure and a real gem.” – Jeffrey Goodman, Director The Last Lullaby ( Tom Sizemore , Sasha Alexander, Bill Smitrovich)  http://www.thelastlullaby.com/

RABBIT HOLE at SHREVEPORT LITTLE THEATRE

“…Anchored by a classic performance by Mary Alfred Thoma as the mourning mother of a tragically killed toddler, the play evoked its share of tears from an appreciative house at Centenary College’s Marjorie Lyons Playhouse. Thoma brought a graceful arc to her character, Becca, moving—as one critic of the New York production noted—through the stages of grief. This performance was seamless, believable, and perfectly wrought. A moment of prime example was her scene with the young man who accidentally struck and killed her son with his car. I have never seen a more true expression of genuine grief than at this moment.  – Joe Todaro, The Forum, Theater Critic

THE MIRACLE WORKER at East Bank Theater, Bossier City

“ Mary Thoma…deeply relatable…deeply lived character…standout performance…As Sullivan, Thoma provides perfect balance to a role that requires both a commitment to discipline and sensitivity to see intelligence in a child where others cannot…..” – The Shreveport Times,  Alexandyr Kent, Critic

“The East Bank Theater production rests very capably on the shoulders of Mary Alfred Thoma as Sullivan and Gretchen Edwards Paige as Keller. They not only are up to the task they are riveting. Thoma is an actress who, from her early days as a theater student at Centenary College, doesn’t seem capable of turning in a bad performance.  She is one of those performers who give solidity to a production….her Sullivan is some of her best work. The character has her own demons with which to struggle, and Thoma finds that line between Sullivan’s self-doubting and determined optimism. She makes a complex woman accessible.” -The Forum, Lane Crockett, Critic