Melissa Arctic Reviews
Los Angeles Times- Recommended
"...In place of verse, Wright threads the piece with poetic songs (with Danny Webber on keyboard) that seldom unduly tax a cast of primarily actors rather than singers. The resulting thematic tapestry of rebirth and the restorative power of art satisfies against all narrative probability. Hard to believe, but totally true."
Broadway World- Somewhat Recommended
"...Melissa Arctic, Craig Wright's re-imagining of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, doesn't quite jell, despite many good elements in this two-hour production."
Stage Scene LA- Recommended
"...Magic is being made at North Hollywood's Road Theatre, and not just the slight-of-hand illusions in Alby Selznick's much-extended Smoke And Mirrors at the Road-on-Lankershim. Magic of the purely theatrical sort lights up the stage of The Road's spiffy new Magnolia space with the West Coast Premiere of Craig Wright's Melissa Arctic, as enchanted (and enchanting) a production as any theater lover could possibly wish for."
ArtsInLA- Somewhat Recommended
"...There is an overt effort to present this work as a fable, whereby all plot shortcomings are forgiven. It doesn't work. This includes the not really needed surrealistic presence of Time (Alexa Hodzic, alternating with Samantha Salamoff), a child who not only observes all the action, she participates in it as a solo Greek chorus. Also, the mood-enhancing fairy tale–like settings and projections of Desma Murphy and Kaitlyn Pietras, respectively, as well as the lackluster original songs of the playwright, serve only to underscore the play's scenic disconnects."
NoHoArtsDistrict- Recommended
"...I thoroughly recommend Melissa Arctic, this was the first play I have seen by The Road Theatre Company, and I am determined that it be the first of many!"