Reviews

  • “In any work with three or four lead characters of the same sex, it is traditional for each audience member to identify with one character more closely than the others. Strangely, for me, in Keith Urban’s I {Heart} Kant, it was Maureen, the size 0 heroin addict in her early 20’s. Then there is Maureen (Kate Downing), whose boyfriend (Steven Boyer) hits her and explains to her why they take drugs. (“So we don’t have to do all this talking.”) Maybe it’s Maureen’s vulnerability that arouses such empathy.”

    — The New York Times

  • “Katy Downing’s exceptional comedic chops were on full display in FOSTERED, with some of the funniest moments coming from her fun drunken ramblings.”

    — L.A. Theater Bites Podcast

  • “The one shining performance in the production comes from Katy Downing as Susan Peters. Downing has a delicate face that is characteristic of classic movie stars like Ingrid Bergman; she gives a gentle, sweet portrayal of the almost forgotten Peters, who is the most engaging character in the play—the actress’ mysterious death and lost fame are far more interesting than the neuroses of some writer who is scared of winning a Drama Desk award.”

    — Theater Mania

  • “What a fabulous accomplishment Weyman has made with this production! Taking a great script and building on it by choosing the perfect cast, putting this gigantic puzzle together with such delight and fine craftsmanship, is truly a gift of great directorial talent. Very well done!”

    — Discover Hollywood Magazine

  • “Katy Downing is a real discovery. On the tiny Homegrown Theatre stage, she maneuvers both her performance and an unwieldy wheelchair with unimaginable grace and stirs the audience with the line, “Luck is the most frightening thing in the world.”

    — Blade New York

  • “The production is handsomely mounted in every particular. As for director Andy Weyman and his superlative cast, they go boldly over the top in pursuit of laughs, yet keep the action moored in essential plausibility and truthfulness. And while Doswell’s outrageous new comedy probably wouldn’t play in, say, a dinner theater in Peoria, if such a thing still exists, it’s a perfect fit for the Pacific Resident Theater, which should be commended for recognizing such a vibrant theatrical voice and bringing it to full fruition in this genuinely funny new play.”

    — Stage Raw

  • “Katy Downing, in particular, manages to bring some reflective nuances to Maureen’s raw misery.”

    — Daily Variety

  • “There is a cleverness in the way he expands the teenage angst of the troubled Amber (the up-for-anything Downing) into a nightmarish globs of moist confusion.”

    — Time Out Magazine

  • “A must-see world premiere comedy. The spirit of silliness and fun is bubbly and infectious. Sexy, smart, funny and effervescent, like a classic, delicious Woody Allen sex comedy? The roars of audience laughter and applause never let up, and personally, I laughed so hard, I almost fell out of my chair. “Pitch perfect direction by acclaimed TV comedy director Andrew D. Weyman and a dream cast, Fostered is an absolute smash. You do not want to miss this one. It is a true pleasure to see something as light-hearted, silly and madcap as Fostered"

    — Broadway World 

  • “Katy Downing’s Nina captures both innocence and pathos.”

    — BACKSTAGE

  • “We were very lucky to have wonderful actors come in from our company but when you’re casting a period piece it’s always nerve-racking to wonder if you’re going to find actors with those kinds of language skills, and we did!”

    — Marilyn Fox, Pacific Resident Theater Artistic Director

  • “The most telling marker of the young couple’s moral slide was Downing’s progressive dishevelment over the play’s three acts. Her hairdo – a tight chignon – came undone as Honey did. Downing smartly played the dumb bunny, always a step behind. While the others traded sharp barbs, Downing kept her delicate features composed and slightly vacant, registering Honey’s placid demeanor as most everything flies over her hazy head. She was a comedic delight in several inappropriate outbursts: an interpretive dance to a solemn Beethoven passage, and raucous cheerleading atop the living room’s ottoman.”

    — Seven Days Vermont's Independent Voice

  • “On the other hand, Katy Downing as his wife Honey is an excellent listener, especially during Act III. Her drunk scenes are absolutely believable and she shows nice touches of humor, anger and vulnerability. I’m sorry her scene with George is cut in this version, as I’d like to have seen more of her.”

    — North Country Public Radio