What the critics are saying
The Heiress - South Coast Repertory
Director: Martin Benson
“Potter has the range to let us watch a young woman of social ineptitude become girlish with sudden love, and then grow brittle as the loss of hope bleeds her of a willingness to love that she had safeguarded. ” - Theater Times - October 30, 2008
“the interpretation (executed smartly by the gifted Potter) yields even more sympathy than usual” - Variety - October 29, 2008
“Potter's performance can be described in a single word: WOW!” - Stage Scene LA - October 26, 2008
Director: Martin Benson
“Potter has the range to let us watch a young woman of social ineptitude become girlish with sudden love, and then grow brittle as the loss of hope bleeds her of a willingness to love that she had safeguarded. ” - Theater Times - October 30, 2008
“the interpretation (executed smartly by the gifted Potter) yields even more sympathy than usual” - Variety - October 29, 2008
“Potter's performance can be described in a single word: WOW!” - Stage Scene LA - October 26, 2008
Red Herring - Laguna Playhouse
Director: Andrew Barnicle
“Potter makes a deadpan feast of Maggie.” - Los Angeles Times - February 18, 2008
“Headed by Potter's take-no-prisoners professional gal in the Rosalind Russell tradition” - Variety - February 18, 2008
Director: Andrew Barnicle
“Potter makes a deadpan feast of Maggie.” - Los Angeles Times - February 18, 2008
“Headed by Potter's take-no-prisoners professional gal in the Rosalind Russell tradition” - Variety - February 18, 2008
Tonight at 8:30 - Anteaus Theater Company
Producer: Jeannie Hackett - Director: Stephanie Shroyer
Cast: Armin Shimmerman, Bill Brochtrup, Christina Pickles, Kitty Swink
“Potter gives the best performance of the evening as the casually treacherous Leonora, a mixture of chilly resolve, lust and finally self disgust that create an all too human portrait.” - Variety - November 7, 2007
Producer: Jeannie Hackett - Director: Stephanie Shroyer
Cast: Armin Shimmerman, Bill Brochtrup, Christina Pickles, Kitty Swink
“Potter gives the best performance of the evening as the casually treacherous Leonora, a mixture of chilly resolve, lust and finally self disgust that create an all too human portrait.” - Variety - November 7, 2007
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Geffen Playhouse
Producer: Randall Arney - Director: Gilbert Cates - Cast: John Goodman, Brenda Fricker, Matthew Glave
“Perhaps the only one who gets it just right is Kirsten Potter as daughter-in-law Mae. She brings a surprisingly believability to a part often used just for comic relief.” - Variety - November 17, 2005
Producer: Randall Arney - Director: Gilbert Cates - Cast: John Goodman, Brenda Fricker, Matthew Glave
“Perhaps the only one who gets it just right is Kirsten Potter as daughter-in-law Mae. She brings a surprisingly believability to a part often used just for comic relief.” - Variety - November 17, 2005
Honour - Matrix Theatre, L.A.
Producer: Joseph Stern - Director: Andrew Robinson - Cast: Susan Sullivan, Robert Foxworth
LA Drama Critics Best Actress Nomination
“Potter's Claudia has startling audacity” - Variety - August 30, 2005
“Kirsten Potter is sensuous and strong as Claudia” - Curtain Up - August 25, 2005
“This could be a heartless role, but Kirsten Potter is an off-beat actress
who never does quite what we expect” - Daily News - September 23, 2005
Producer: Joseph Stern - Director: Andrew Robinson - Cast: Susan Sullivan, Robert Foxworth
LA Drama Critics Best Actress Nomination
“Potter's Claudia has startling audacity” - Variety - August 30, 2005
“Kirsten Potter is sensuous and strong as Claudia” - Curtain Up - August 25, 2005
“This could be a heartless role, but Kirsten Potter is an off-beat actress
who never does quite what we expect” - Daily News - September 23, 2005