Choreographer / Stage Director / Performing Arts Educator

Thank you for another great show. My friend Delores who has a dance studio was in the audience Friday night and is still raving about the choreography. You took these kids to a whole new level of dancing.

Linda Nese Mainstage Center for the Arts/Comcast

Hello Renee: I am a parent of Dina O'Reilly who was in your ensemble
of Hair Spray. I have to tell you what a truly amazing show it was. My
family and friends said they felt like they were watching on Broadway.
Very  excellently done. I just want to say thank you so much for giving
Dina that opportunity. She absolutely loved it. This is her passion
and where she wants to do with her life. I am one hundred percent
behind her.

Thank you so very much for your amazing talent you gave to these kids.
I cant stop singing those songs. I did see all four performances

- Sincerely Cyd Williams

Creative Team and Production Team, thank you for a monumental job that was well done. Even though we all came to this with different levels of experience, nobody on the team ever gave up on the show and nobody ever gave up on the kids. That is true professionalism. We had many many obstacles to work around (trailers, children's theatre, schedules, Harmony, hair and costumes) yet nobody gave up and you are all AMAZING. I received a private note from Jack Shaw who wrote the review: "You have taken on a monumental task with such a large group of campers and can't limit your cast. You guys did a great job. This is the first time I have seen such terrific pacing and movement on stage in face of the numbers of campers." Congrats to all.

Ed Fiscella  Artistic Producing director Mainstage Center for the Arts

Dear Renee,

I just wanted to send you an email and thank you again for helping to
make "Hairspray" such a major success.  Without your determination and
dedication, I would not have been as comfortable in my role and truly
understood the complexity of Velma Von Tussle.  I really appreciate
the help you have provided me and would love to work with you again.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin Shaginaw( Cast  member)

so that explains why the shows you work with at Mainstage are so much fun to play for.

I call you infectious because once I hear you pumping up the actors & dancers and the pit...it is very easy for me to want to play my best and hit every note dead on. I would be glad and proud to play for any show you direct. The energy that you got out of the cast of Hairspray was fantastic...and even though I sensed a potential drop-off in the talent level between the leads last week and this week  (during this past Thursday's dress run) by last nights opening, I could tell you had said some important things in instruction and encouragement to the leads...they all amped it up several levels, and in some ways gave an even better performance!

Girl, you are better than a strong cup of coffee!

Stay in touch...let me know what projects you are working on...even if I can't play in it...it would be nice to check out some of your other productions! You told me to stay in touch...so I just did...TAG...YOU"RE IT!

God's blessings heaped abundantly and heavily on you and your beautiful and handsome family!

Fondly,

Wayne Henderson ( bass player)

Once again I enjoyed working with you. You're committment and ENERGY are very contagious!

Take care,
Jack Jesiolowski guitar

Ahhh... We enjoyed it . Seeing them on stage was all worth it! The choreographing of this show was incredible!!!!! Your amazing and so great with them.... You demand nothing but there best and you just pull it out of them... Bravo!

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Surprisingly, the dance numbers did well with the crowded stage as well; Renee Liciaga Chambers’ choreography, fit very well–showing high energy and interesting variety. I was amazed at the pace of this show. It seems odd to call a group this large on stage an ensemble; technically that’s what it is, but I feel “company” gives a better picture of the size of things. Having said that. The company radiated more energy than I could have imagined–especially when the music started. They worked together so well.

Jack Shaw-  Theater critic for Stage partners Magazine

"Energetic. Talented. Professional. These all describe Renee Chambers-Liciaga. In working with Renee in a number of productions at Mainstage Center for the Arts, she has helped broaden the experiences of our performers, especially our young people. In so doing, she has assisted us in our mission to bring quality arts experiences and productions to our South Jersey audiences."

Joe Bretschneider, Executive Director, Mainstage Center for the Arts

"I had the honor of working with Renee on a production of RAGTIME at the Villagers Players in Somerset, NJ. Her dedication to her craft was evident from the first time I met her. The relationship between choreographer and music director can be a difficult one, where tempi and phrasing of the music directly affects the dance. Renee understands this relationship well and I had a wonderful experience working with her and I hope to have the opportunity to work with her again. Her choreography is inventive and accessible to all types of dance and all levels of dancers. I would give her my highest recommendation to anyone seeking a dancer/choreographer."

Peter de Mets