"Mary Armentrout can look like she's up to little when she's hanging off a chair and throwing shoes around, but through her deceptively simple performances she can conjure up more philosophical questions than a freshman survey course." - Ann Murphy, The East Bay Express
"Armentrout looks at the universe through cracked glasses that allow her to see relationships and physical forces in a way that throws logic out a speeding car's window - but lets in the dust, detritus, and leftover flavors of human nuttiness and fallibility. And she does it in a manner that's completely her own and entertaining if you just listen and look carefully enough." - Rita Felciano, The SF Bay Guardian
"A newcomer to Mary Armentrout's work might conclude that she is, to put it mildly, out there. I can attest to the fact that while Armentrout is out there, she knows what she's doing." - Sima Belmar, "Critic's Pick," The SF Bay Guardian