“Grace Marie Rusnica is a megastar just waiting for the right time and right place”
- Kirk Shephard, The Sappy Critic
SWEET CHARITY - Charity Hope Valentine (CCM)
“Grace Marie Rusnica should be commended for her portrayal of Charity. In one of the most demanding roles an actress can portray (she is on stage for the entire performance) her energy, spirit, and talent is remarkable. Grace is sure to have a fruitful career onstage.”
- Molly Alderson, League of Cincinnati Theatres
“Grace Marie Rusnica is brilliant, bubbling, and breathtaking… With a never-ending dazzling smile, an impressive vocal range, and fluid, flawless dance ability, it feels like Grace Marie Rusnica was made for this role.”
- Bryna Chandler, League of Cincinnati Theatres
“Grace Rusnica. Just remember the name. And thank me later when you see it in lights.”
- Kirk Shephard, The Sappy Critic
WEST SIDE STORY - Somewhere Soloist (MUNY)
“Grace Marie Rusnica as the ‘Somewhere’ soloist in Act Two is absolutely ethereal.”
- Joanne Fistere, KDHX
“The staging of ‘Somewhere’ dream ballet pulls the heartstrings, enhanced by Grace Marie Rusnica’s poignant vocal.”
- Lynn Venhaus, PopLifeSTL
NEWSIES - Katherine Plumber (Cincinnati Landmark Productions)
“Most impressive, though, is Grace Marie Rusnica, who is otherwordly. Her solo number, ‘Watch What Happens’, reminded me why I love musical theatre… she embodies everything a triple threat should be. Her voice is pristine. She can make even the stupidest dialogue sound plausible, and she dances like a star. She is one to watch!”
- Kirk Shephard, The Sappy Critic
“Katherine Plumber - the story’s female heroine - is performed by the outstanding Grace Marie Rusnica. Her powerful vocals and smart interpretation of the text rivals Kara Lindsay in a tour de force performance. Standing toe-to-toe with Jack is no easy task to ask of an actress, but no one doubts her for a second”
- David Brush, League of Cincinnati Theatres
SPRING AWAKENING - Wendla (CCM)
“Grace Marie Rusnica gives a tremendous and unguarded performance as Wendla, a naive and curious teenager wanting to understand her own sexuality, nailing her opening number ‘Mama Who Bore Me’.”
- Nathan Top, League of Cincinnati Theatres
Grace Rusnica plays ‘Wendla’, and she is equally charismatic. Her emotionality resonates the entire show, whether she’s singing or acting - or even playing the guitar in one genius moment of staging".”
- Kirk Shephard, The Sappy Critic
