"Most impressive, however, are the fully realized performances in literally
all of the play’s roles. Mr. Tresnjak and his superb cast allow us to see with
unusual clarity the light and the dark in Shakespeare’s characters..."

"Melissa Miller and Mr. Nappo are unusually vivid as 
Shylock’s daughter, Jessica, and her beloved Lorenzo, 
their uneasy relations clearly haunted by the shadow of the prevalent
prejudice against Jews and by her guilt at having abandoned her father."


Charles Isherwood, The NY Times
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"Melissa Miller eschews the defiance we normally see in Shylock’s daughter Jessica; 
instead, we see her conflicted about her choice to steal her father’s money and run off with a 
Christian, Lorenzo (Vince Nappo). This makes sense because Shylock (Mr. Abraham) shows 
far more tenderness to her than is customary, as with a pat on the cheek."

Tony Frankel, Stage and Cinema
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"Perhaps the most ill-fitting character—Big Hog aside--remains one the strongest throughout: Karen (Melissa Miller), a struggling actress and an old friend of Zoe's with very zen and completely earnest ideas about the world's dire lack of love. Miller's a live wire in scenes with Biehl and Munar, at once aloof and intense, hilarious but with potentially dangerous or selfish intentions (despite Karen's professed desire to share her bounty of love with the world)."


Benjamin Sutton, The L Magazine
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"What makes it pop, when it does, are the performances. ... And Melissa Miller, 
the production’s secret weapon, deftly switches gears and covers her tracks in 
comparatively minor roles, alternating as a cheeky British saleswoman, 
an impertinent 14-year-old and an Old World Jewish immigrant."

Andy Webster, The NY Times
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