PRESS
Guest speaker from Hartford Stage's Pride and Prejudice for the Jane Austen Panel at the Mark Twain House, mentioned in BroadwayWorld
"J.E.N is an example of a fringe show that needs to be at the Fringe... Cleverness in the script abounds in its worthwhile and urgent intentions." - Praise for J.E.N. from FringeReview
"The solo performer, Jennifer Kehl, directed by Rachel Ropella holds the space, bright and comical and just as touching as a neanderthal curled up under a fur pelt as an apocalypse survivor watching the sunrise." - J.E.N.'s 4 star review from Neurodiverse Review
"After graduating from St. Olaf University and co-founding her own theater production company, Melancholics Anonymous, Ropella has been busy crafting distinctive and moving theater pieces" - Sawyer Hoff, Profiled in Volume One
“A Girl Scout’s Guide to Exorcism is a must-see... this well-paced, smartly-written horror comedy offers some meditations on overzealous friendships and overzealous adherents to social movements, but it mostly just delivers the laughs." Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press
"In a few short years, [Melancholics Anonymous has] become a reliable source of theater
that is inventive and delightful and a little bit dark." - Praise for 'Girl Scouts", Cherry and Spoon
"Exoricsm promises irreverence, fun, and camp, pun clearly earned." - Star Tribune
"Set up as what seemed to be an old cheesy sitcom but with a twist.... the script was hilarious and the show polished" -Praise for 'Newhearts' from Broadway World
"It’s a crowd pleasing show no doubt.... it crosses a line that takes it from quirkily off, to a place irredeemably unreal." -Praise for 'Newhearts' from The Stages of MN
"A delightful spoof of true crime documentaries… clever concept and spot-on execution" -Praise for 'On Air...' from Cherry and Spoon
"...a sweet, funny, and poignant little show" -Praise for 'Good Grief...' from Cherry and Spoon
'Good Grief' listed in Cherry and Spoon's top ten favorites of the 2020 Minnesota Fringe Festival
An interview on directing 'Proof' with The Olaf Messenger
Profiled with the Chippewa Herald on directing, Fringe 2019, and "making waves in the Minnesota theatre scene"
