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New York Times: "Michelle Williams - as Varya, Ranyevskaya's adopted daughter - who best locate the play's fractured heart. Ms. Williams, known for the television series "Dawson's Creek," has been blossoming as a stage actress for several seasons. Here she cannily plays her natural vibrancy against the anxiety that has worn the young Varya into a permanent high-strung sullenness.... He, Ms. Emond and Ms. Williams convincingly etch a pathetic romantic triangle among their characters, which even allows for a couple of bits of memorably sad slapstick." Variety: "Michelle Williams gives a nuanced perf as Emond's daughter Varya; she's especially heartbreaking in the scene in which she anticipates a proposal and gets a goodbye." Valley Arts Review: "I warmed to Linda Emond's obtuse grandeur as Liubov, Michelle Williams' gritty despair as her long-suffering stepdaughter Varya, Reed Birney's fatuous insouciance as Liubov's ne'er-do-well brother, and Chris Messina's wide-eyed intensity as the idealistic student Trofimov."