reviews
“As Petra, Mings endows ‘The Miller’s Son’ with a heedless blend of sensuality and seize-the-day spirit” –Don Aucoin (The Boston Globe)
“Vocally, the production is exceptional…..Sophie Mings as Anne’s randy maid Petra. (She scores big with “The Miller’s Son” — a showstopper but, given to a minor character, perhaps the work’s one misstep”
—Jesse Green (The New York Times)
“As Anne’s maid, Petra, Sophie Mings is lusty and adventurous. She brings a layer of humor and self-awareness that enhances the role beyond other Petras I’ve seen, and her performance is a delight.” —Roseann Cane (Berkshire Onstage Blog)
“Above all, though, there’s Sophie Mings as Petra, one of the Egerman’s servants. She is a somewhat peculiar character, present mostly for her sexual panache and lower class bravado. Mings’ Petra, however, infused some liberating energy into a show that is too comfortable denigrating its female characters. At the end of the evening, Petra sings “The Miller’s Son,” a song that—in the wrong hands—can seem inconsequential. Mings makes the tune one of the show’s few empowering experiences.”
—Henry Chadonnet (Arts Fuse)
“Sophie Mings portrays a perfect Petra, an earthy wench with dreams she realizes are beyond her station in life, as we hear in her number, “The Miller’s Son.” —Bess Hochstein (Splash Mags)
