"With Irish accents you could make a meal of, Lantern's production of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, under director Kathryn MacMillan's sharp eye and steady hand, is an unqualified triumph...The performances are perfectly nuanced; Bellwoar beautifully, delicately conveys the heartbreaking combination of resignation and sudden hope."

Philadelphia Inquirer

“But it is Bellwoar who carries the play. Her fluty, firm voice creates a Myra who is always self-possessed yet always devoted, and her intelligent face reveals a range of subtly drawn emotions. It is a remarkable, nuanced performance.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Philadelphia Inquirer

"Bellwoar absolutely soars at the very end, as her Maureen catches a glimpse of the remainder of her life, and both her face and body express the horror. Director Kathryn MacMillan lets her wring out the despair over a long, wrenching and dramatically cathartic scene."

Broad Street Review

"Bellwoar is a nuanced mixture of passionate revenge and slick intelligence. She is a mountainous performer and gives the most cunning and wickedly delicious characterization to Queen Eleanor... Megan Bellwoar brings the level of the entire production up ten-fold."

DC Theatre Arts