"Ms. Varon has well chosen supporting players... and the modest scale of the staging lets the members of the cast underplay their parts to quietly devastating effect... Everything they do pierces the heart."
-Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
"Mrs. Van Buren, is played by Christianna Nelson, who gives the role more sensuality than anyone else onstage brings to their roles. In peignoir and undergarments, she is a subtle seductress without a man to seduce–the wife of a disinterested man, we eventually learn, a woman with curious propensities. Nelson is lovely in this role, beautiful to behold and to listen to as she rambles through her personal stories. The role suits her talents wonderfully."
-J. Peter Bergman, The Berkshire Edge
"Opening this week at S&Co is my most-anticipated show of the summer: Lynn Notage’s Intimate Apparel, about two incongruous friendships. It’s directed by Daniela Varon and stars Nehassaiu deGannes and Christianna Nelson, both of whom shone in spotlight roles last season."
"Christiannna Nelson returns, in a role diametrical to the battered and bitter combat veteran in last summer’s Ugly Lies the Bone. Here she’s stylish Mrs. Van Buren, easing the boredom of her plush but empty life with costly undergarments and expensive cognac."
-Chris Rohmann, Valley Advocate
"Esther's most reliable client is Mrs. Van Buren (Christianna Nelson), a Fifth Avenue housewife who is locked in a loveless marriage. She is not southern but in Nelson's portrayal, one catches a suggestion of faded wisteria; a Tennessee Williams heroine who has reached a tipping point.
-Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle
"Mrs. Van Buren's condescension toward Esther is played by Nelson with nuance and subtlety."
-Macy Levin, A Curtain Up Berkshire Review
“Christianna Nelson’s portrayal of a Southern Belle marrying a rich Northerner only to be disillusioned, is affecting.”
-Maria Reverly, Berkshire Fine Arts
