Opening Night Review: Magnificent Production, Cast, and Play
Rating: 5
Marion Bridge
Kansas City Actors Theatre
Marion Bridge at KCAT is a definite "don't miss" play featuring the collective talent of four of the most sublime female theatricians that Kansas City has to offer. Directed with insightful finesse by local theatre veteran Kathleen Warfel, the production features the artistic genius of Jan Rogge, Cinnamon Schultz and Rachel Hirshorn as three Nova Scotian sisters who must come to terms with the death of their mother and its aftermath.
The play, written by Daniel MacIvor, takes us from the three sisters' rocky reunion to their collective and individual search for a means of dealing with their mother's death. Ultimately, this play is about a search for a new life and sense of self identity. Along the way, the three learn about one another and develop a new understanding of their relationships, their family history, and their potential to be much more than separate entities who are simply related by blood ties. While they develop a clearer understanding of their past, they also find a path toward the future together and discover their true selves along the way.
The play runs two hours and fifteen minutes (60 minutes for each act, plus a fifteen-minute intermission), but the time flies by. If this is a precursor to the new fall theatrical season in Kansas City, we are in for a real treat.
read the review at KC Stage
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