Winter's Bench Reviews
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
"...Kenny’s play swirls a silken line of ethereal subtleness, weaving fairy tale and fable into a poetic parable, requiring the audience to become like little children in order to embrace it. Indeed, with its exploration of childhood and fairy-tale-like staging, Winter’s Bench would make an ideal introduction to the theatre for a child."
Stage Raw- Somewhat Recommended
"...Directed by Debbie Devine, Winter’s Bench follows Gladys (Byrd), an elderly woman who returns to an abandoned park to visit the tree she believes spoke to her in childhood. Sitting beneath its branches, she recounts memories of her difficult upbringing, hoping to once again hear the tree speak to her."
Larchmont Buzz- Highly Recommended
"...The story she tells involves a large tree that has played a role in the life of her family.; it was planted by her great-great grandfather. The tree is the sole survivor of a former grove. It may or may not have spoken to her once, a a child held aloft by its branches. Gladys notes, “You can live a hundred ordinary days and not remember a single one clearly. It’s the days that are different that are burned in your memory.”"