SHADOWLANDS

"...a stellar cast resonates with intensity and emotional depth. Burch's performance is a mixture of the brash and the vulnerable...a combination that works with nary a false note." --Deborah Stone, North West News

"See "Shadowlands" with someone you love and keep the Kleenex at the ready. Dan Kremer is sublime as C.S. Lewis, and Shelly Burch is radiant as Joy Gresham... she finds humor, passion, and grace in Joy's every breath. It's the most satisfying I have attended at Village Theatre in some 17 years." --David-Edward Hughes, Talkin’ Broadway

"A Broadway vet, Burch has a lovely stage presence and grapples with the character's contradictions...rather than stress the more aggressive aspects of this unusual woman, she smoothes down her rough edges to make her more likeable." --Misha Berson, Seattle Times

"Burch gives a lively performance in a character study that is meant to be relished." --David Hayes, Issaquah Press

"A little bit of Broadway magic is on display in Issaquah. The Village Theatre production is elevated-in interest and in success-by the presence of director Martin Charnin and the casting and performance of Shelly Burch in one of the play's two leading roles...the two consummate professionalism and their individual talents make Shadowlands a joy from start to finsh. Shelly Burch is simply radiant as Joy. She almost seems to glow with an inner incandescence."
--Milton W. Hamilin, SGN A&E Writer