Barrier Island
"The entire cast is Broadway-level. It's one of the best directed shows (by Cristina Alicea)
in terms of staging and emotional guidance and taste, that I've seen."
-Performing Arts Insider
"Incredibly moving... the direction is seamless and unobtrusive...
Everything is just understated enough to let the story be the real star."
-Theatre is Easy
"Director Cristina Alicea coaches these ensemble scenes well, striking the right balance between poignancy and humor."
-Show Business Weekly
in terms of staging and emotional guidance and taste, that I've seen."
-Performing Arts Insider
"Incredibly moving... the direction is seamless and unobtrusive...
Everything is just understated enough to let the story be the real star."
-Theatre is Easy
"Director Cristina Alicea coaches these ensemble scenes well, striking the right balance between poignancy and humor."
-Show Business Weekly
A Beautiful View
"Lighthearted, but also nicely grownup, director Cristina Alicea, and her able sympathetic actors
infuse Theatre Rhinoceros' main-stage production with a convincing candor."
-The San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Direction by Cristina Alicea is smooth and sharp."
-Talkin Broadway.com
"The characters in A Beautiful View are frustrating, emotionally tangled and totally authentic... Afraid of change, societal disapproval, falling in love and bears. I highly recommend you check it out for yourself and please don’t dawdle."
- Curve Magazine
infuse Theatre Rhinoceros' main-stage production with a convincing candor."
-The San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Direction by Cristina Alicea is smooth and sharp."
-Talkin Broadway.com
"The characters in A Beautiful View are frustrating, emotionally tangled and totally authentic... Afraid of change, societal disapproval, falling in love and bears. I highly recommend you check it out for yourself and please don’t dawdle."
- Curve Magazine
Anais Nin Goes to Hell
"[With] Cristina Alicea's subtle direction, and a compulsively watchable cast,
this thoughtful two act is a uniquely polished presence at the Fringe."
-The Village Voice
"Cristina Alicea's direction is wonderful. She brings the most out of the talented cast."
-Broadway World
"Cristina Alicea did an admirable job directing this piece"
-NYTheatre.com
this thoughtful two act is a uniquely polished presence at the Fringe."
-The Village Voice
"Cristina Alicea's direction is wonderful. She brings the most out of the talented cast."
-Broadway World
"Cristina Alicea did an admirable job directing this piece"
-NYTheatre.com
The Oath
"The actors, under the direction of Cristina Alicea, perform admirably, growing ever better as the play progresses."
-Backstage
"Director Cristina Alicea understands the turmoil of Religious oppression so well that she guides Flory to play Cebe
with such pride and passion that even if she were getting hit, we would cheer her on as she went down."
-New Theatre Corps
"Under the guidance of director Cristina Alicea, each of the actors seemed to have understood the
depth of the exceptional material, and showcases these characters to their full, sometimes frightening potential."
-OffOffOnline.com
-Backstage
"Director Cristina Alicea understands the turmoil of Religious oppression so well that she guides Flory to play Cebe
with such pride and passion that even if she were getting hit, we would cheer her on as she went down."
-New Theatre Corps
"Under the guidance of director Cristina Alicea, each of the actors seemed to have understood the
depth of the exceptional material, and showcases these characters to their full, sometimes frightening potential."
-OffOffOnline.com
Transit
"Director Cristina Alicea keeps sharp control of the reins, shaping pace and focus...
Transit, is quite simply, a remarkable piece of theatre."
-The Fab Marquee.com
Transit, is quite simply, a remarkable piece of theatre."
-The Fab Marquee.com
Arpeggio
"Director Cristina Alicea clearly knows what she is doing."
-TheatreScene.net
-TheatreScene.net
