Bad girls:

“Laura Jones Macknin gleams with villainy…”
King Lear, New City

“…sleekly malevolent as Queen Tamora…”  Titus Andronicus, Windy City Times

“…incarnates treachery…”   Titus Andronicus, The Chicago Reader

“a Lady Macbeth fully capable of Satan worship…”  Macbeth, New City

“Scary as a flesh-slicing, acid-tongued character regardless of her innocence or guilt.”  Blood Countess, Around the Town Chicago

Good girls:

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

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

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

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

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

Shades of Gray:

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

“the side-by-side performances of Sallman and Jones Macknin are the true heart of the play…”  The Vagabond, 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, The Chicago Sun-Times

“In Melissa Hawkins’s production, the electric connection between Laura Jones Macknin and Kevin V. Smith and their commitment to Hawkins’s unique physical staging is astonishing.”
Vincent River , WBEZ (’12 Outstanding Ensembles in Chicago theatre, 2011′)

“Laura Jones Macknin rationalizes with regal zest. She stops abruptly with a snarky comment. Her evil act ceases suddenly as she snaps out of a trance. Macknin delivers impressive range between humanity and heinous-sometimes within a single monologue.”  Blood Countess, The Fourth Walsh

  

Highwaywoman (!)

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