“…Rivera, who is diminutive and constantly seesawing between BDE and hapless confusion, get[s] real mileage out of Menelaus. Strutting and glory-obsessed in their plastic crown and patterned pajamas … they easily read as children — John and Michael ready to go fight pirates. As they swagger and pose and fail to compute simple information (and as Menelaus’s crown slips repeatedly down over his face), their double-act quickly becomes some of the most entertaining work in the production.” - The Vulture
“There is an exception amongst the play’s women, and that’s Rivera’s wily, gripping performance as Hekuba.
This Hekuba is part Elaine Stritch, part semi-feral orphan. Rivera flashes between amused existential cynicism and animal aggression.
The point is, Rivera remains exciting to watch, even bounding around the stage barking. Throughout Helen., they add the kind of dimension, both comic and tragic, that the play so needs.” -The Vulture