Saving Kitty Reviews

From the New York Times: "...this comedy about a whimsical mother whose caprices are less than fabulous...reduced the audience to howls of laughter."

“There are only two things you need to know about Saving†Kitty, the Nora Theatre Company's perfect for summer offering at the Central Square Theater in Cambridge. First, Marisa Smith's play is consistently funny and outrageous, and Jennifer Coolidge gives a knockout performance as the manipulative matriarch of a liberal,atheist Manhattan family coming facetoface with her worst nightmare and her own foibles.”
— Talkin’ Broadway, Nancy Grossman

“In SAVING KITTY, Coolidge is both divine and diabolically ditzy as Manhattanite Kate Hartley.”The actress is a riot, unlike anyone else, and I couldn’t take my eyes off her. An atom bomb could have gone off, and I would have clung to her every word, look, gesture, as if my life depended on it. I haven’t had this much delicious fun at the theater in awhile.”
— Joyce’s Choices

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About Marisa Smith

“Marisa's writing reminds me of Gurney on steroids.”

- Gordon Clapp (Greg Medavoy, NYPD Blue) 

Marisa Smith is an award-winning American playwright. Full-length plays: Sex and Other Disturbances (2018 Edgerton-winner, Portland Stage Company and The Bridge Initiative semi-finalist), Saving Kitty (Eliot Norton Award-winner for Jennifer Coolidge Best Actress, The Nora Theater Company), Mad Love (O’Neill semi-finalist, Clauder winner/Kilroy list, premiered at Northern Stage), Venus Rising (premiered at Northern Stage), audio drama titled The Defenestrator, produced by Wondery. Marisa’s 10-Minute plays have been produced in the Boston Marathon of 10-Minute Plays, Barrington Stage, New Jersey Repertory and more, and include Heideman finalist Total Expression. Co-founder of Smith and Kraus Publishers, publishers of trade books for school, college, and theatrical communities. Screenplays: Second Wind and Surprise Engagement.

Read her full biography HERE.

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