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- 1play = Knock on Wood
2name = Anita
3email =
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Funny and heartbreaking by turns. Unlike other solo performances
I saw, every word rang true and was believable and engaging. Bravo!
- 1play = Knock on Wood
2name = Lizza Maher
3email = ubgeli@CS.com
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = What is this guy below (B.Wm.C.) talking about?
There is nothing predictable about this fabulous
one woman show. Kim Porter took us on a wonderfully
funny ride - with several unexpected stops along the way
which made it even more enjoyable. She is a master
storyteller - and of the 12 shows I saw at Fringe
this year (all on the comedy side) - this one made me
laugh the most. Her characters are ever so
believable. Her delivery is right on. And her
timing is very very close to perfect. I've come
to notice that almost everyone who posts a negative
review on here - fails to include their email
address. Hmmmmm. I'll tell you what - you'd better KNOCK
ON WOOD that the Fringe will continue to provide
shows of this quality.
- 1play = Knock On Wood
2name = Jeff Thompson
3email =
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = This was a great last Fringe day for me, seeing both this show
and Brown and Black and White All Over back to back.They both received
well deserved standing ovations. Knock on Wood is first of all a funny,funny
show! Kim Porter's writing is sharply detailed and extremely well structured.And
her acting is wonderful. She can get laughs with the arch of a brow or
the twist of a phrase. Yes the show is funny but it is also very moving.
Perhaps the shows message, that we must love and trust ourselves has been
said before but can we be reminded too often that attempting to live our
lives to please others can please no one? Not when the reminder is done
with such skill,humor and love.
- 1play = Knock on Wood
2name = Pete Smith
3email = smithps@mindspring.com
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Hopefully, a theatre experience will take you somewhere beyond
just the street address of the theatre. Such was the case with Kim Porter's
"Knock On Wood". This was a delicious piece that took me to a
Texas tornado and beyond and made me glad to be along for the ride. Easily
"Best of Fringe", and certainly among the funneist and touching
of the festival.
- 1play = Knock On Wood
2name = Emma
3email =
4rating = 3 Stars
5review = Predictable and cute. Not what I'd call cutting edge. Without
the profanity, this would be something Oprah would love.
- 1play = Knock On Wood
2name = Malachy Walsh
3email = camiegal@slip.net
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Crisp characterization. Tight writing. Terrific timing. Really
impressive and fun to watch.
- 1play = Knock On Wood
2name = B.Wm.C.
3email =
4rating = 2 Stars
5review = Charismatic, self indulgent, and annoying. After School Specials
are less predictable with plot.
- 1play = Knock on Wood
2name = Bruce P.
3email = Brupach@aol.com
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = I've very critical of most of the plays and players I see. Don't
much care for them. So it was a thrill to see a play as beautifully performed
and written as "Knock on Wood". It's funny, heartfelt and percpetive.
Do not miss this show. Do not miss this show.
- 1play = Knock on Wood by Kim Porter
2name = carla smith-zilber
3email = carlasz@aol.com
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Kim Porter is one of the up and coming solo performers of her
generation. She packs the punch of any great performer I have seen. Her
writing is outstanding and her acting is even better. I found her play
both funny and poignant. Kim has something very special to offer her audiences.
The play begins with a young woman discovering that the wood grain around
the stereo in her car is not in fact wood but plastic. This seems like
a relatively benign incident but it sends the audience off on a fascinating,
humorous and often chilling odyssey of low-self-esteem and superstition.
Kim has tremendous insights into the human condition and we in the audience
find ourselves laughing - often painfully - in recognition of our own foibles.
The play is short - approximately one hour - and seems to go by even faster,
making us long for more!
- 1play = Knock on Wood
2name = Janice E. Yocky
3email =
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Hilarious! This was the funniest thing I've ever seen. I burned
at least 50 calories from laughing. See this one with waterproof mascara.
- 1play = Knock On Wood
2name = Morris K
3email =
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Kim Porter is an incredible new talent in San Francisco! This
show is one of the best solo shows that I have seen in many years. Her
work is truly universal material that all audience members can relate to.
You should really see this one.
- 1play = Knock On Wood
2name = Kieron Edwards
3email = kieroab@webtv.net
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Kim has definitely got a gift for storytelling, and this show
brings that fact to light. Emotionally truthful, funny, insightful, I feel
like Jeffrey Lyons when I rave about her, but, can you say, Best of the
Fringe? All of this, and she's pregnant! That's something I couldn't do,
so y'all better see this show!
- Play: Knock on Wood
- Name: Hector Armienta
- Rating: 5 stars
- Review: An amazing talent, writing-timing. Everything!
- Play: Knock on Wood
- Name: Gerold Loenicker
- Rating: 5 stars
- Review: extraordinary performance, depth and humor, great acting, important
theme - what the fringe should be.
- Play: Knock on Wood
- Name: Timothy Kuster
- Rating: 5 stars
- Review: Kim can a story like no one I know. She's an incredible writer
and actress. She reels the audience in and keeps them. Fantastic!
Play:
Knock on Wood
- Name: Sarah Burney
- Rating: 5 stars
- Review: Hysterical & startingly true. Storytelling style includes
me & I feel like we've shared a secret.
- Play: Knock on Wood
- Name: Cassidy Brown
- Rating: 5 stars ++
- Review: Wow. She is a storytelling phenomenon. I wanted it to go on
and on.
- Play: Knock on Wood
- Name: Carla Lucero
- Rating: 5 stars
- Kim Porter is an amazingly talented story teller. I loved it!
- Play: Knock on Wood
- Name: Christine Vaiana
- Rating: 5 stars
- Review: Kim can emcompose all emotions. She can bring you from tears
to laughter. She need only to shine her talent in an HBO special.
- Play: Knock on Wood
- Name: Kathy L.
- Rating: 5 stars +++
- Review: Just amazing! Such great command of emotions (audiences)genuinely
laughed and cried!
- Play: Knock on Wood
- Name: Carol
- Rating: 5 stars
- Review: Excellent!! This show is a must see. Kim Porter is a powerhouse.
This show is good.
Play: Knock on Wood
- Name: Libby Cox
- Rating: 5 stars
- Review: Hilarious & poignant - everyone can relate to her ecstatic
life-changing release!
- Play: Knock on Wood
- Name: Rami Margron
- Rating: 5 stars
- Review: Excellent!!!!
- Play: Knock on Wood
- Name: Janet Thornburg
- Rating: 5 stars
- Review: It shines! She glows!
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