Henry V @ Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Ghost Light Players, August 2024

“She does maintain a deep friendship with Lourdes Acevedo (a wonderful Karina Beleno Carney) despite their differences in their approach to their work. A bit of a battle about playing the game versus fighting the patriarchy between the two is a high point."

“Beleno Carney and Lopez hold the stage alone together for 75 minutes like interlocking cars on an emotional rollercoaster... We believe every minute of this volatile, complicated, and tender relationship."

"The actors successfully capture the ups and downs of Alma and Angel’s relationship — its humor, sorrow, and love. The performers have a very nice chemistry together. As Alma, Beleno Carney moves with ease through a wide-range of emotions — she anchors the show."

"Beleno Carney and Lopez have a wonderful, credible chemistry that rollicks between fierce anger and fiercer love. Beleno Carney wears her affection for Angel openly; she can’t hide her admiration and wonder for her daughter."

"Director Elena Velasco, Carney, and Lopez fostered a loving family. Even amidst the female roars and flying chanclas, it is obvious that Alma and Angel have a triumphant love for each other. The louder the scream, the bigger the love."

"But Beleno Carney and Colford are the heart of the play in other ways, each of them consumed by unbalanced priorities that drive them apart degree by degree; theirs is a deftly sketched marriage in free-fall, and they nail their characters' complex mixtures of insecurity, resentment, and near-panic at the overwhelming responsibilities of career and parenting."