"Her nasally, about to cry or breakdown voice gets to me. In radio, the voice must carry emotions in such a way that conveys them alone, no physical cues. Our pathetic Jennifer has the emotions poured in and overflowed. And they tend to be pretty much the same emotions...â€ooooh ooohâ€, etc. I also thought officer Ted tried to be cute with some Columbo like lines, â€œ Hey, you do have a red sports carâ€....just thought you would like to know you have a 1000 miles more on it than you said, just thought you might like to knowâ€.
I certainly can appreciate your comments and though the acting didn't affect me negatively in this play, I've had similar comments about the acting in others shows. For me, the acting worked and I found it interesting that we both picked up on the Columbo-isms. I was a Columbo fan so I appreciated the fact that our policeman had an annoying quality that had to bug the people he was pursuing.

"You believe Jennifer's sister. You want to. No hint is given as to why you shouldn't." 

I too WANTED to believe the crooked sister but my faith was shaken when I realized she knew of Howard. Previously, she had denied his existence and then I knew that something was awry.

Great comments, both of you. Half the fun of these posts is in seeing how differently we see things.