"The production is enjoyable due to its talented performers, stark visuals - particularly Melissa-Jane Shaw’s dramatic entrances and exits as the Red Queen - fun dance elements, and clever, obfuscating dialogue." - Torontoist.com (The Red Queen Effect, Next Stage Festival)
"Stella is the free-living, free-loving, hip-swinging tart with a heart of, well, silver - brought to perfect life by Melissa-Jane Shaw, who demonstrates that sensuality and sensitivity are not mutually exclusive." - Toronto Star (Whale Music, Seventh Stage at Tarragon)
"Played by Melissa Jane Shaw, Stella is one of the brighter lights in the play having a sassy approach to the kind of freedom that the others can only wish for." - Scene Changes (Whale Music, Seventh Stage at Tarragon)
"Melissa-Jane Shaw's Claire is especially convincing, both as extroverted drunk and morning-after alcoholic. Her subdued and underplayed presence in the latter portion of the play is not only right but gives the principals space to navigate." - Drama.ca (A Delicate Balance, Drama Centre)
"Melissa Jane plays strong in the role as victim of her husbands' weakness, crucial in the execution of the ultimate scheme that unfurls with precision." - Sudbury Star (When the Reaper Calls, Sudbury Theatre Centre)