Bad girls:

“That leaves the strongest impressions to be made by Laura Jones Macknin who gleams with villainy…”
King Lear as reviewed in New City

“Laura Jones Macknin is sleekly malevolent as Queen Tamora…”
Titus Andronicus as reviewed in Windy City Times

“Laura Jones Macknin incarnates treachery…”
Titus Andronicus as reviewed in The Chicago Reader

“Laura Jones Macknin creates a Lady Macbeth fully capable of Satan worship”
Macbeth as reviewed in New City

“a tantalizingly cunning Laura Jones Macknin as Lady Macbeth”
Macbeth as reviewed in The Chicago Sun-Times

Good girls:

“Laura Jones Macknin turns in a bravura performance as Iago’s long suffering wife Emilia”
Othello as reviewed in Daily Herald

“Elegant Laura Jones Macknin is exceptional as Brutus’ fervent and profoundly fearful wife Portia”
Julius Caesar as reviewed in The Chicago Sun-Times

“Equally ardent as Olivia, Laura Macknin opens the lady up like a rose…”
Twelfth Night as reviewed in The Chicago Tribune

“the scenes between the French Princess and her lady-in-waiting (Laura Jones Macknin) are completely enchanting and exquisitely acted”
Henry V as reviewed in The Chicago Sun-Times

“Laura Jones Macknin as Helicanus owns the stage each time she appears.”
Pericles as reviewed in Buzznews.net

“Playing Helicanus, Laura Jones Macknin is a breath of fresh air. She delivers her dialogue with clarity, the character she’s created is honest, believable and forthright.”
Pericles as reviewed in Chicago Theatre Review

Shades of Gray:

“But the best work of the night comes from Macknin, whose cameo captures her sad character’s fear and deadened sense of alienation.”
Calamity Meat as reviewed in The Chicago Tribune

“What works wonderfully here are the side-by-side performances of Krishna Sallman and Laura Jones Macknin… Their scenes together are the true heart of the play…”
The Vagabond as reviewed in The Chicago Sun-Times

“a nicely flamboyant performance by Laura Jones Macknin [as] the talkative, self-deluded woman whose reputation is in jeopardy…”
The Boarding House as reviewed in The Chicago Sun-Times

“In Melissa Hawkins’s production about an encounter between a middle-aged seamstress and a young man with a mysterious connection to her dead son, the electric connection between Laura Jones Macknin and Kevin V. Smith and their commitment to Hawkins’s unique physical staging is something astonishing.”
Vincent River as reviewed by WBEZ (’12 Outstanding Ensembles in Chicago theatre, 2011′)

Highwaywoman (!)

“…Macknin’s title character, played with inner strength and a petite yet confident physicality…”
The Roaring Girl as reviewed in The Shakespeare Bulletin