Interview with Theaterspeak Blog
Interview with Adam Szymkowicz for his I Interview Playwrights series
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Reviews for PAPER CRANES
“Director Scott Ebersold brings the wry humor of Bentley-Quinn’s characters to the forefront, ensuring that this sexually fearless show never falls into the trap of sensationalism…for audiences that delight in downtown theater, “Paper Cranes” is a wish come true.” – Backstage
“Kari Bentley-Quinn is a gifted writer, and her flowing dialogue weaves her characters’ interconnected stories together in a way that never feels contrived. She explores with great insight the complex nature of relationships — maternal, platonic, romantic, sexual, gay and straight.” – Show Business Weekly
“In Bentley-Quinn’s play, the folding and unfolding of these paper birds is a powerful symbol of how we fold and unfold our emotional realities…Kudos to Packawallop Productions for developing this play and giving it a top-notch production as support.” -NYTheatre.com
“Gifted playwright Kari Bentley Quinn…merges drama and sentimentalism with enough grit to make it feel like a reflection of real life rather than over the top melodrama. …this is the sort of play that made you fall in love with independent theater in the first place.” -Theatre is Easy
“…For all characters there is introspection, and for all there is enlightenment…there is something charming to the delicateness, the softness with which Bentley-Quinn constructs the story, much as the care needed for the folding of cranes, her characters are touched with a gentle humanity.” -Black Box Reviews
“Bentley-Quinn clearly has great affection for each of these characters. Even when they feel like familiar types, something we have seen before, she has drawn them so sharply that we soon learn they are all worth caring about and paying attention to. The same can be said for this smart production – and the playwright as well.” - OffOffOnline
Reviews for THE PERMANENT NIGHT (FringeNYC 2008 Award Winner)
“…A deeply satisfying emotional roller coaster, with peaks of gut-wrenching laughter and lows that bring you close to tears…Are the intoxicating effects of this play indelible? It’s too early to say, but they stay with you long after the closing scene.” – Time Out NY
“New York City’s famous blackout of 2003 is the setting for this excellent new play, written by Kari Bentley-Quinn…The play is, of course, set just two years after 9/11, and its effect still looms large on the characters as they come to grips with old grudges, open wounds and unspoken problems…all in all, a standout production.” – CurtainUp
“…this original play is having its theatrical debut at FringeNYC, and it is a surprisingly honest and appealing new work…packs an emotional and gently humorous wallop.” -NYTheatre.com
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