Howard’s rich voice dominates her duets with the men while lending poignant depths to her best solos. The Columbus Dispatch

Howard's performance makes it one of the evening's highlights The Columbus Dispatch

Especially good is "Deaf Day"…in which Howard nails the range of emotions… The Other Paper

…her stunning portrayal of Gorgeous… combined riotous humor with lump-in-throat pathos. Columbus Alive

Eileen Howard's warm, earthy diner owner is the show's salvation The Columbus Dispatch

…(an) electrifying impact on theater audiences… Columbus Alive

..hilarious… unstoppable The Toledo Blade

AWARDS

Excellence in Musical Performance, 2008 The Columbus Area Theatre Roundtable (Jerry's Girls)

Excellence in Directing, 2005 The Columbus Area Theatre Roundtable (I Never Sang for My Father)
 
Best Supporting Actress 1997 : Columbus Alive (Gorgeous, The Sisters Rosensweig)

Honorable Mention, Best Actress, 1998: The Columbus Dispatch (Della, Blue Plate Special)

Link Award for Excellence in Acting 1999:Curtain Players (Sylvia)

Link Award for Excellence in Directing 2002: Curtain Players (Charlotte's Web)

CREDITS

Eileen appeared in the leading role of Trudy in the off-Broadway production of "Ha! Ha! Club", a musical by Billie Hazelbaker, at the New York International Fringe Festival.

She received raves from the Columbus Dispatch, and an award of excellence for her performance in Jerry's Girls with Gallery Players and critical acclaim for "Merry Wives of Windsor" with Actors Theater and "My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra." with Senior Repertory of Ohio Theatre, with whom she also performed in Stars and Stripes, a USO tribute. She also appeared with Actors Theater as Petra Quince in the wildly popular Actor's Theatre production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream,". She has appeared in two 8-week runs at 2Co's Cabaret as a guest actor and singer, including the critically acclaimed "Deaf Day" where she played the mother of a deaf child, which included the challenge of learning and performing sign language.

She appeared in the Columbus premier of the musical "Gifts of the Magi" and was the featured singer for the long-running "Joey and Maria's Comedy Wedding" in its Columbus premier. She also appeared in the world premier and touring companies of "Oh Jackie". As Della, in the musical, "Blue Plate Special", she received critical accolades and a Columbus Dispatch Sunny Award Honorable Mention. Her favorite classical role was as the mother in the popular Christmas opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors".

As Gorgeous in "The Sisters Rosensweig", she earned a Best Supporting Actress Award from the Columbus Alive Arts news-weekly, as well as being featured in a full page article. She has also been featured in the Suburban News Artsline column. A gifted comic actress, Eileen actually played a dog, Sylvia, in the hilarious play by the same name, for which she received a Link Award for Excellence in Acting from Curtain Players.

Another favorite role at Curtain Players was Elizabeth in the acclaimed production of Laundry and Bourbon. She has directed a number of plays including You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Beau Jest and Willy Wonka. She received an Excellence in Directing Award from the Columbus Area Theatre Roundtable for  "I Never Sang for My Father" at Curtain Players. She has twice directed world premier plays at the Curtain Players Playwrights Festival (Mayor Mac, Walter Men).  She received a Link Award in Directing for her sold-out production of "Charlotte's Web" and directed a well-received holiday production of"The Homecoming" at Emerald City Players.

In Toledo, Eileen was one of five critically hailed "nuns" performing in two record-setting sold-out runs of the popular musical "Nunsense", followed by an equally popular run of "Nunsense 2". She was also a perennial favorite as Mrs. Cratchet in the Toledo Rep's annual production of "A Christmas Carol". She appeared as Maria in "The Sound of Music" and in many other musical productions, including "The King and I", "La Boheme", "A Little Night Music", and "Oliver".