"McDowell portrays Elinor with such grace and quiet depth of feeling that you come out astonished that restraint can be so illuminating."
-DC Theatre Scene
"It is around the hopes, of course, of Elinor and Marianne, so fervently embodied by McDowell and Weaver, that “Sense and Sensibility” truly revolves." -The Washington Post
"The ensemble, without a fault, brings everything they have to the piece…..Maggie Adams McDowell gives life to this Dashwood sister." -The Boston Globe
"Maggie Adams McDowell is a warm, gently roiling Elinor." -WBUR
"As the calm and controlled elder sister Elinor, Maggie McDowell balances perfectly the inner tension between Elinor’s expectations for herself and her growing sense of despair as her chances for love look to be passing her by. It is a button-downed role and might easily turn stock, but McDowell keeps it warm and intriguing, with much understated but complex expression." -Metro Weekly
"Thanks to Adams McDowell’s beautiful performance, Elinor’s emotional highs and lows are exquisitely vivid." -The Arts Fuse
"A stage chameleon who absorbs character traits of all those around her, McDowell gives a riveting performance as Elinor Dashwood." -TheatreBloom
"Maggie Adams McDowell convincingly moves from steely reserve to openness to Edward Ferrars’ genuine caring and love." -Boston Theatre Wings
"Bedlam and the A.R.T. update a dusty, old British novel full of outdated manors and antiquated values by getting creative, irreverent and modern, but never losing sight what we always care about most: character and narrative." -The Boston Herald
"Exceptional acting, most especially Brian Ibsen as Berowne and Maggie Adams McDowell as the French Princess.....McDowell is both lovely to look at and shows some shrewd smarts as the Princess."
-Santa Cruz Sentinel"Princess of France, played by Maggie Adams McDowell is a nice balance of flirtatious, yet strong, and with a perfect combination of wit and charm she commands the stage with casual ease. The shift in mood at the end of the play lies solely on her shoulders and can easily turn melodramatic, but her subtlety and sadness are true and realistic."
-Performing Arts Monterey Bay