Review by Michael C. Moore for Kitsap Theatre ArtistsView original review here > Key City Public Theatre’s ‘Mercy Falls’ is farce with a heart, fueled by tremendous comic performances PORT TOWNSEND — Jeni Mahoney’s comedy “Mercy Falls” could well have been titled “Trading Places.” Except that title was already taken. But the tidy little farce — which opened Nov. 29 … Read More
Review | KCPT’s ‘Sea Marks’ will get a hook in you
Review by Michael C. Moore for Kitsap Theatre ArtistsView original review here > Romance, comedy and tragedy are stunningly rendered in this atmospheric midlife love story PORT TOWNSEND — Colm is a self-professed “54-year-old spinster man” upon whom Timothea sets her cap because of the beautiful way he writes to her. He’s a “primitive,” ensconced in a remote west-Irish island … Read More
Review | KCPT’s unique lark in the park
Chetzemoka Park becomes a co-star in the company’s tents-and-awnings take on ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ Review by Michael More for Kitsap Theatre ArtistsView original review here > PORT TOWNSEND — The trick to adapting Shakespeare is having the experience be about the Shakespeare, and not what you’ve done to it. It sounds simple. Pick a time period and/or genre … Read More
If it ain’t Brecht, don’t fix it – TAANSTAFL Review, 2015
Originally posted in the Kitsap Sun PORT TOWNSEND — “Tanstaafl*,” Key City Public Theatre’s latest out-of-the-box-theater offering, would be noteworthy if only for the sheer dramatic and comic firepower in its cast. But the absurdist tragicomedy, conceived and directed by KCPT artistic director Denise Winter, is a lot more than just a gathering of a sort of Jefferson County thespian … Read More