“"Stephen King has nothing on Tara Meddaugh. When Theatre One produced a staged reading of Free Space you could hear a pin drop. The audience was so taken in by the words, chilling story, and characters from the mind of this very talented writer.”"
~Peg Holzemer, Artistic Director of Theatre One, MA.

“'Seventeen Stitches'  is a sharp, incisive play about rebellion and compliance and why neither should go unquestioned. It is an ingenious and provocative piece."
~Tom Woods, The Citizen, Auburn, NY.

"The voice of Free Space is assured, plain spoken, flirtatious, and child-like. It is suggestive and heartbreaking and full of whimsy and cruelty. That Tara should possess such a range of skills, styles, tones and means of attack is fascinating to behold. Her poised intelligence allows her to pick her spots as a writer. To gently lay out a scenario in deceptively simple ways, and then go in for the dramatic kill with a stab of cruelty; with a turn of phrase; with a wicked laugh or a caustic cut. Like a female Edward Albee, Tara posses a sharpened pen and a sharpened mind and has a cool way of deploying both."
~Ari Roth, Playwright, Artistic Director of Theatre J, Washington DC.

"Black and White and Red All Over explores elements of philosophy and morality and it dares to question everyday conventions in a very insightful manner. Meddaugh is to be applauded for a play so well-written and directed that it creates a mixture of delight and fear in the audience." 
~Annie Attina, Maroon News.

"Tara Meddaugh's finely wrought script ["The Scent of Coconut had Haunted her for Days"] is one of the production's highlights. A quiet meditation on the life of young newlyweds, the short piece examines the fear, dissonance, and lack of communication that can plague a marriage. A woman's fear of having a baby poignantly inverts as she finds herself nurturing a backyard weed garden. Kel Haney's delicate direction moves the action along seamlessly while emphasizing the rich subtext, and Jeff Wise and Nicole Winston are superb as they deliver compelling, complex performances." 
~Amy Krivohlavek, www.offoffonline.com.

Interviews/Articles:

Post Herald, November 2007

Auburn Citizen, November 2007

Offoff Online, January 2006

BBC Radio Five Live, UK. Radio interview.  February 2004

Pittsburgh Post Gazette, February 2004

Reality Check FM4, Austria. Radio interview. February 2004.

Maroon News.  1997.
Maroon News. 1998.
Maroon News. 1999.