Jennifer Ward-Lealand starred in Stephen Sinclair's play, The Bach, for Auckland Theatre Company at the Herald Theatre, from 8 July -8 August 2004.

19 July: New Zealand Listener review: " . . . the women . . . are . . . great comic fare. Ward-Lealand has impeccable timing as Sally, the chilly, controlled ballbreaker . . . "

12 July: New Zealand Herald review: "Jennifer Ward-Lealand, as the career-oriented wife, exudes a cool sophistication . . . "

7 July: New Zealand Herald preview article: " Over an evening, as the booze flows, and through the morning-after, there are, as usually happens after 'a few', a lot of things said--with a key symbol of everything that is wrong in their world being the public dunny that the council has built right next door to the bach".