"Sarah Jane Salonga is wonderful as the former spelling champion-turned-spelling-bee moderator, Rona Lisa Peretti. Her warm presence and beautiful vocals provide a steady center for the show, and she effortlessly guides both contestants and audience through the evening." - ErinMarie Reiter (BroadwayWorld San Diego, 2026)

"Sarah Jane Salonga delivered such a powerful performance as “mom” that there may not have been a dry eye in the house- mine certainly weren’t. When she came on for the song “Still Fighting It,” it was like a light had suddenly appeared when you didn’t even realize it was dark." - Sandi Masori (San Diego Jewish World, 2023)

"Sarah Jane Salonga sings with a reverberating vibrato that her melodies with much needed human flavor. It was a joy to listen to these players sing and give their performances their all."  - Tony Le Calvez (The Coronado Times, 2023)