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Mrs. Mannerly "If you want to encounter Jeffrey Hatcher at his screamingly, hilarious max, you have to see his Mrs. Mannerly... Director Margarett Perry, one of the Kitchen's favorites, has a sound hand on Mrs. Mannerly, with strong assistance by scenic and lighting designer David L. Arsenault. It's as dark a comedy as any of Hatcher's plays, but for the delivery of laughter, it's the best we've heard from him in these parts." |
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"The Kitchen Theatre rounds out its 21st season with an etiquette lesson. 'Mrs. Mannerly' is a moderately amusing bagatelle by the prolific Jeffrey Hatcher, which director Margarett Perry has polished to an almost blinding shine, graced with two terrific actors... Perry keeps things whizzing along, and Gregory and Rouse are so sharp playing off each other that you expect them to advance to the finals at Wimbledon." |
"In a quick-paced 95 minutes, this quirky little coming-of-age story sweeps you up into another time and outlook. Two Kitchen favorites are teamed here for the first time: director Margarett Perry and actor Karl Gregory, to great success... Such delicious physical comedy is matched by verbal wit here, delivered with equal expertise... Perry's direction helps shape Gregory's superb comic gift." |
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"Although both Gregory and Perry have each done many shows at the KTC, this is the first time that they've worked together. 'Ever since I saw 'Clean Alternatives' in 2006, I've wanted to work with her,' Gregory said. 'Not only does she put up a tight production, but she is an actor's director. Even if she knows a moment is wrong, she lets the actors work through it for themselves. She is aware and respectful of everyone's individual process at the same time. That can't be said of all directors." |
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"In case you've forgotten Post's formal phraseology, David L.Arsenault's nicely simple set design — three parchment-pale panels with printed excerpts — lets you revisit it. And Arian Hawthorn-Davis' sound takes us back with the strains of Sinatra's 'Young at Heart.'" |
