May 10, 2008 - Broad Street Review
Springtime for Shakespeare
"Melissa Dunphy, a near-perfect Juliet, appears to be a rapturous teenager and transmits a wonderful impetuosity."

April 17, 2008 - Gay City News (New York)
Weekending Among Brotherly Love
"Uniquely in my experience, Melissa Dunphy made Pericles' kidnapped daughter Marina believable as a 14-year-old able to turn wickedness to virtue by example and exhortation - and fortuitously can actually play the violin well."

April 12, 2008 - Broad Street Review
Othello vs. Pericles, or: Will Shakespeare, pioneering globalizer
"And without a similar global trade today—one that freely trades in products, art, and ideas—Philadelphians would not get to see the tender and nuanced performance of Australian native Melissa Dunphy in her local professional debut as Pericles’s daughter Marina. Like a mind closed to new ideas or cultures, restrictions on art or commerce that denied her talent from coming here to find work would make us all poorer indeed."

April 7, 2008 - The Quad
Romeo and Juliet: Convincing from start to kiss
"[Melissa Dunphy's] acting is on a personal level with her audience. When delivering her monologues, Dunphy is able to draw the audience, as if she is speaking directly to them. Dunphy is outstanding in the role, conveying with both her voice and body language all the emotions felt by Juliet as she rebels against her father and falls in love with her enemy."

March 18, 2008 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Bard's tale of young love is oddly distant
"She's Melissa Dunphy, and she's from Australia. She plays from the heart, and also delivers the cast's best line readings of Elizabethan English ..."

January 28, 2008 - WRTI Critic-At-Large Podcast
Poetry Project – Network for New Music
"Melissa Dunphy's setting of Luke Stromberg's Black Thunder reflects the extravagance and paranoia of young love and its powerful ending."

January 19, 2008 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Though little heard, he would have approved
"In the second half, Luke Stromberg's marvelous poem "Black Thunder," about the aftereffects of drink, was given an appropriately bluesy haze by Melissa Dunphy."

March 29, 2006 - Patriot-News
Minimalist cast does 'Hamlet' proud
"As Ophelia, Melissa Dunphy flew around the set. Her mad scene and beautiful singing voice were mesmerizing. I loved the fluidity of her movement as she portrayed the Player Queen and Lucianus, and her transformations into Horatio and Guildenstern defied the elements of time."

February 23, 2006 - Patriot-News
Theater company branches out with Broadway musical for all
""The music is very jazzy, very sophisticated," said Melissa Dunphy, who is part of the cast besides serving as Gamut's music director. "It's very '30s and '40s.""

November 2, 2005 - Patriot-News
Men, women mix it up in compelling 'Henry IV'
"The fourth member of the key quartet is Melissa Dunphy, dark-haired, dark-eyed and full of anger. She plays the fiery Hotspur (Henry Percy) with an intensity and rage that make her a compelling figure to watch."

October 23, 2005 - Patriot-News
When the lady is a king
""It's so different," Dunphy said. "You have to think yourself into a man's body. Since I'm five foot three and don't look anything like a man, it's hard to think myself into having broad shoulders and thinner hips." "

August 7, 2005 - Patriot-News
New members add talent to Gamut troupe
""Melissa is really talented, and she brings a lot of new talents to the company we've not had before." "

July 29, 2005 - Central Penn Business Journal
More employers reading workers' blogs
""I like Melissa's blog. It helps in my business to intimately know my employees." "

March 17, 2005 - Patriot-News
Classic 'Glass' explores frailties
"Ambient music played onstage by violinist Melissa Dunphy also helps to create a dreamlike atmosphere."

November 17, 2004 - Patriot-News
'Tempest': Go see it before it blows over
"Ariel, played by Melissa Dunphy, who slithers and slides on the stage and leaps and climbs all over it, seeks to be freed from Prospero's spell and serves as his eyes and ears. She also plays a recorder competently, adding to the production's eerie tone."

July 23, 2004 - Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
A feather in her Capulet
"Melissa Dunphy can relate to characters in an epic romance. She's living one herself, thanks to rock group Nine Inch Nails and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services."

June 6, 2004 - Patriot-News
Company presents lively 'Dream'
"Even the background players in this production are noteworthy: the raucous fairies double as musicians and singers, playing rustic but graceful tunes by Melissa Dunphy"

February 26, 2004 - Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
Romeo and Juliet' reduced
"Dunphy's Juliet is … a joy to watch … [her] face is captivating, whether in rapture or tears."