Reynaldo Piniella, Sheria Irving, Becca Ballenger, and Emilio Tirado

Warm-blooded, frolicsome and splendidly cast,

this production at the 47th Street Theater leads with its heart. Nimbly played, the lively young lovers seem as if they could live down the street... They swoon, and we feel their rapture. They torment one another, and we pity their pain.

— Laura Collins-Hughes,
The New York Times

A magical 100 minutes of a show… the women are the standout here, with Ms. Ballenger on my list to watch.

​Smart, engaging and very funny actors... The lovers are delightful, especially the alternately adored and spurned Athenian maidens played by Irving and Ballenger.

—Times Square Chronicles

— StageBuddy

Bottom all but steals the comedy... but Becca Ballenger as Hermia gives him some serious competition... Ballenger, Thompson, Sherman, and Goodrich show a wonderful talent for physical comedy as the lovers.

Ballenger deserves to be singled out.

— Montgomery Advertiser

​The frenetic fights among the four youthful lovers [match their] extraordinary timing of Shakespeare's witty dialogue with full athletic commitment to Parke Fech's inventive fight choreography.

— Theatre Montgomery

This production is driven by its acting. Goodrich and Ballenger are center stage as McAllister and the woman he loves, and both give fine leading performances.

— Montgomery Advertiser

Becca with NASCAR’s famed Alabama Gang: Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison and Red Farmer.

Geva’s Steel Magnolias flows effortlessly. The tragicomedy strikes a perfect balance of sweet, humorous and sad, with sublime performances by the entire cast. Ballenger as Annelle... grabs hearts with her sincerity.

And boy, can she do hair!

— Rochester Democrat & Chronicle