"Annie Baker's play is an absolute feast. Circle Mirror Transformation is the kind of unheralded gem that sends people into the streets babbling and bright-eyed with the desire to spread the word. The play traces the lives of a handful of small-town Vermont residents who gather each week for an acting class taught at the local community centre. By the play's end we seem to see the very bottom of these souls, and feel how the artifical intimacy of the acting class has shaped their lives in substantial ways."

 The New York Times

"...orchestrated with a subtlety and unfailing naturalness that make the play's small revelations disarming and unexpected. The characterizations display a miniaturist attention to detail that goes down to the bone... Baker is never blind to their weaknesses and faults, yet regards them all with a warm, empathetic eye."

 Variety

"Smartly, sneakily, Baker gives us the rare theater-centric play that's not self obsesses. [Circle Mirror Transformation] is about real people exploring their lives through tiny leaps of faith and creativity. "

 BackStage

"Baker develops her characters slowly through their interactions each week in class, which is the only place we see them. Naturally, their real, offstage lives gradually infiltrate the classroom, revealing insights and transformations both humorous and heartbreaking."

 Associated Press

"Reverberates with seduction and sorrow... the play's final scene is devastatingly gentle."

 Village Voice