Curious incident nominated for 6 ovation awards
Curious Incident … at Greenway Court Theatre
“At L.A.’s Greenway Court Theatre, an inspired Kate Jopson sets Christopher’s opus in Christopher’s special ed classroom, utilizing only classroom paraphernalia to tell his tale.”
“Kate Jopson’s captivating staging at Greenway Court is a 150-minute joy.”
-Tony Frankel, Stage and Cinema
“This is the magic of the production at the Greenway Court ….they rediscover the heart of the play in an intimate setting.”
“Director Kate Jopson skillfully uses every inch of the Greenway’s long, protruding stage… to show us Christopher’s intense inner life.”
“.. the story is strong enough to stand on its own, and does not need neon lights and shifting stages to bring forth a compelling tale.”
Hole in the Sky at Circle X Theatre Co.
“The setting for “Hole” is particularly inspired, especially considering that the Courtship Ranch came within 200 feet of being burned in the Creek Fire last year. “
“Director Kate Jopson, who grew up in the county where this takes place, has used her unique performance space with great creativity. She knows these people and the feel of the characters and their interactions flows as well as the script will allow. “
—Frances Baum Nicholson, Stage Struck
“It very much felt like we were peering behind a curtain to experience some sort of voyeuristic artistry. Bravo to Kate Jopson and her direction and use of space. “
“With the smell of horse and hay thick in the air, it is not hard to relate to Connor’s love for the ranch. “
“ Every time the horses in the background shuffle around a cloud of fine dust reminds us how precious water is in our grand state. It’s a brilliant concept. “
Fefu & Her Friends at Hollyhock House
"... somehow director Kate Jopson, composer Daniel Szabo, choreographer Zsofia Nemes and a dazzling cast create an experience that feels less like seeing a show than traveling through space and time, unencumbered by the laws of physics."
"Maria Irene Fornés’s 1977 exploration into the mindsets of strong-willed society matron Fefu (Tunde Skovron) and her seven convention-defying friends is directed with a skillful command of space and pace by Kate Jopson."
"Director Jopson fluidly moves the action, utilizing Hollyhock House’s extensive interior, placing scenes simultaneously in a living room, a study, a lawn, a bedroom, and a kitchen."
"Theatre is truly alive in this journey through a night with eight women who come together for a philanthropic event and take the audience on an adventure through different rooms for each scene."
— Annette Semerdjian, Discover Hollywood
"The mystique of this immersive evening is the Peeping Tom feeling of witnessing these emboldened, strangely apostatic women wandering and playing, who are juxtapositionally liberated, yet trapped in the social dictate of conformity to an ideal of meekness and feminity. Artfully directed by Kate Jopson.... it is Experimental Theater at a finer moment."
"Davis, Piercy, Rogers, Skovran, Ubranokovics, Uhebe, Zeller, and Zielke alternately sparkle and blaze under Kate Jopson’s assured direction"
—Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA
1984 at The Greenway Court Theatre
"This show is harrowing, funny, sexy, brilliantly cast, imaginatively staged, realized by an excellent team of designers"
—Jasan Rohrer, Stage and Cinema
"Greenway’s very versatile theater space has been taken over by director Kate Jopson’s dynamic, young production team to create an immersive performance that starts before the first act in the venue’s outer courtyard, continues during the play, and includes a “Two Minute Hate” audience session that felt eerily like a Trump rally"
—Ashley Jude Collie, Huffington Post
Twelfth Night at Couerage Theatre Co.
"Director Kate Jopson’s freewheeling adaptation [of Twelfth Night] certainly has the courage of its convictions, making inventive use of the entire venue and its park environs."
Second Skin with The West and The Flagship Ensemble
"With a set designed by Mother Nature herself and lit only by battery-run lanterns post-sunset, director Kate Jopson keeps her talented trio spilling their guts at a steady pace"
"Throughout it all, Jopson deploys her superb ensemble to powerful effect, expertly using both the setting sun and the vistas of savage surf and expansive sand to frame the kind of deep-focus pictures impossible on a stage but that here are both sensually evocative and poetically emblematic..." -
"Ultimately, what accounts for about 90 percent of the show’s truly absorbing efficacy is the astutely created atmosphere director Jopson anchors. "
"Under Jopson’s direction, the three performances (Sarah Halford, Claire Kaplan and Susannah Rea-Dowling) are potent, and at times, spine-tingling."
—Pat Launer, Times of San Diego
"Handled awkwardly, certain site-specific shows can come across as gimmicks that do not present a compelling arc. Jopson's focused direction makes sure that this never is an issue."
A Midsummer Night's Dream at UC San Diego
"The site-specific UC San Diego production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (even in chilly late fall) is a moveable theatrical feast...an imaginative conception, an entertaining and often interactive production of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies."
—Pat Launer, Times of San Diego
Interviews
KPCC (NPR)’s The Frame: Featrue on Hole in the Sky
KPCC (NPR)'s The Frame: Feature on Fefu & Her Friends
Broadway World, Ellen Dostal: Interview about Fefu & Her Friends
KPFK' Arts In Review: Interview (April 28th, 2017)
Feature on 1984 in The Huffington Post
Podcast Interview about Second Skin with Noah Nelson of No Proscenium
Print interview about Second Skin with Maggie Yates of Broadway World
"Inside Look: The Art's Impact on Siskiyou County" Siskiyou Daily News