Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Portland Center Stage

A work of this magnitude and complexity requires serious acting chops, and PCS’ ensemble cast is breathtaking… Bloom fully inhabits Martha—brilliant, bored, sly, sensuous. She’s shockingly fragile and just as surprisingly resilient.
-John Rudoff, Portland Mercury

…a theater doesn’t attempt this play without being sure it has the goods. And Portland Center Stage, featuring a cast of talented local actors …. under the direction of PCS artistic director Marissa Wolf, has the goods.
-Darlene Ortega, Oregon Artswatch

Macbeth, Portland Center Stage

Lauren Bloom Hanover does justice as too many characters to count, including Banquo and Macduff, Macbeth’s chief rivals.
-Krista Garver, Broadway World

The Taming, Coho Productions

Crackling with agile delivery by the actors, the quips come quickly – if not at the speed of light, at least the speed of “Veep.” Cast members attack their roles with the ferocious endurance of pesky Oregon pot petitioners in the 1990s.
– Lee Williams, The Oregonian

In the Next Room, or the vibrator play , Profile Theatre

…to see Lauren Bloom play (Catherine) with a mix of adult anxiety and incurable, almost adolescent curiosity, it’s realism at its best.  There’s a pathos to her struggle to be seen and understood.
– Megan Burbank, Portland Mercury

It’s a good, well-balanced cast, sparked by Bloom’s nervous drive of curiosity.
– Bob Hicks, Oregon Artswatch

Mauritius, Capital Stage

The cast is superb throughout, with each actor etching a memorable character who may or may not have our sympathy.
– Marcus Crowder, Sacramento Bee

This cast is the best local ensemble in recent memory. Most are new to Capital Stage and all work as a talented, cohesive cast.
-Patti Roberts, Sacramento News & Review

Twelfth Night, Alabama Shakespeare Festival

But it is the women who provide the most subtle and complete characterizations of the roles of Viola and Olivia in recent memory.  Bloom is believable both as the boy Cesario and as the lady Viola beneath the disguise.  There is ample reason for Orsino and Olivia to fall in love with him/her…..When these two take the stage, we are mesmerized.
– Michael P. Howley,  The Montgomery Advertiser

As You Like It, Alabama Shakespeare Festival

….Lauren Bloom provid(es) charming support as Celia.
– Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal

Three Sisters, Alabama Shakespeare Festival

As eldest sister Olga, Lauren Bloom derives strength from the simple and uncluttered depiction of a woman who can hope despite many disappointments, and gives probably the single most complete and compelling performance.
-Michael P. Howley, The Montgomery Advertiser