Press
Praise for ‘Murder Ballad’:
”…Ripp-Dieter–playing the role Karen Olivo rocked in the show’s off-Broadway debut–is the most effective at inhibiting her character, constantly tormented by an elusive sense of satisfaction and destructive self-doubt. Her rendition of “Coffee’s On,” the song where Sara first begins to feel the effects of her depression and longing, is flat-out heartbreaking...”
-Aaron R. Conklin of Madison Magazine
“Within the first five minutes of the show, I was planning on buying the cast album. By the end of the stunning performance I was wiping tears away and wondering if I could ever bear to listen to the heartbreaking musical again…”
“It’s hard to look away from Sara (a conflicted Hannah Ripp-Dieter) as she sows her wild, bad-girl oats…”
-Gwen Rice of The Isthmus
Praise For 'Held: A Musical Fantasy':
...Ripp-Dieter was the adroit alpha female, commanding the stage with self-confident inner fire. She has a voice that wakes up old regrets, nostalgia, and forgotten crushes. She is a formidable performer channeling her energy into a character that is like both easy flowing water and scalding desert sun..."
-Jacquelyn Claire of NYTheatreGuide.com
"...Accompanying the actors are three musicans playing piano, cello, and bass, orchestrated wonderfully with John Feith’s sound design to create Held’s soundscape. With no set, Feith's design and Rose’s tragically beautiful orchestrations invite the audience to imagine time and place. To top it off, our ensemble wonderfully brings Maxwell and Rose’s songs to life..."
-Sarah Weber of Theatre is Easy
Praise For 'Housebound':
"...Housebound is clever, charming, and different, with a perfect balance of serious and comic moments. With well developed characters in a love story that is entirely unique, I would have easily believed someone if I had been told it was not written by an undergraduate student. Ripp-Dieter displays talent not only in performing, but in writing music and crafting a story as well...
...Ripp-Dieter's earnest performance was incredibly refreshing, and the telling of the story was almost as if hearing a story from an old friend..."
-Kate Mann of Broadway World
Other Praise For Hannah:
“…Some take the idea of home literally, as in a charming piece performed by Hannah Ripp-Dieter about a docent at a historic mansion who’s unsure if she’s ready to buy a house with her girlfriend. Ripp-Dieter is a master of both the melodic tour guide voice and the funny tossed-off aside…”
-Lindsay Christians of The Capital Times; Within These Walls: Stories of Home
"...Hannah Ripp-Dieter turns in a lovely performance as a dog, a Warthog, and a cursed princess, among other roles..."
-Gwen Rice of The Isthmus; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
"...Hannah Ripp-Dieter, who plays the alluring Kathy Stapleton, really seems like a movie star from the late 1930s..."
-Katie Reiser of The Isthmus; Hound of The Baskervilles
"...Standouts include Hannah Ripp-Dieter, playing a 'lively' neighbor to Baskerville Hall, who looks like she’s having a blast..."
-Lindsay Christian of The Capital Times; Hound of The Baskervilles