Jason Kuykendall
Latest News on Jason Kuykendall:
Review: JEEVES & WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE is A Perfect Ten at B St. Theatre (Mar 14, 2025)
Review: 'TIS THE SEASON: FOLKTALES & FABLES Spreads Holiday Cheer at B St. Theatre (Dec 2, 2024)
Review: PICKLEBALL Is A Hard Hitter At B St. Theatre (Aug 27, 2024)
Review: JEEVES & WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE is A Perfect Ten at B St. Theatre (Mar 14, 2025)
Review: 'TIS THE SEASON: FOLKTALES & FABLES Spreads Holiday Cheer at B St. Theatre (Dec 2, 2024)
Review: PICKLEBALL Is A Hard Hitter At B St. Theatre (Aug 27, 2024)
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Phileas Fogg (right center, Jason Kuykendall) bets he can circumnavigate the globe to fellow members of the Reform Club (L-R: Ron Campbell, Michael Gene Sullivan, and Tristan Cunningham) in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Around the World in 80 Days. The hi
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11/29/2017
From: Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Celebrates the Holidays with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
L-R: Passepartout (Tristan Cunningham) stands up to Sir Francis (Ron Campbell) while Phileas Fogg sleeps (Jason Kuykendall, center) in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Around the World in 80 Days. The hilarious holiday adventure adapted by Mark Brown from th
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11/29/2017
From: Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Celebrates the Holidays with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Parsi (Michael Gene Sullivan, center) and his elephant give a lift to (L-R) Phileas Fogg (Jason Kuykendall), Passepartout (Tristan Cunningham), and Sir Francis (Ron Campbell) in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Around the World in 80 Days. The hilarious holi
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11/29/2017
From: Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Celebrates the Holidays with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Clockwise L-R: Phileas Fogg (Jason Kuykendall), Colonel Proctor (top center, Ron Campbell), Detective Fix (Michael Gene Sullivan), Passepartout (Tristan Cunningham) and Aouda (Ajna Jai) get thrown about in a runaway train during their travels in TheatreWo
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11/29/2017
From: Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Celebrates the Holidays with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
L-R: Aouda (Ajna Jai), Phileas Fogg (Jason Kuykendall), Passepartout (Tristan Cunningham), Detective Fix (Michael Gene Sullivan), and Mudge (Ron Campbell) cross America's frozen Great Plains on a sail-sled "sledge" in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Around
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11/29/2017
From: Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Celebrates the Holidays with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
L-R: Phileas Fogg (top, Jason Kuykendall) travels from Hong Kong to Yokohama aboard a ship captained by Bunsby (Ron Campbell) in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Around the World in 80 Days. The hilarious holiday adventure adapted by Mark Brown from the nove
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11/29/2017
From: Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Celebrates the Holidays with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
L-R: Phileas Fogg (Jason Kuykendall) and Aouda (Ajna Jai) travel by ship in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Around the World in 80 Days. The hilarious holiday adventure adapted by Mark Brown from the novel by Jules Verne plays at the Lucie Stern Theatre in
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11/29/2017
From: Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Celebrates the Holidays with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Passepartout (Tristan Cunningham) enjoys a cup of tea while (L-R) Detective Fix (Michael Gene Sullivan), Phileas Fogg (Jason Kuykendall) and Aouda (Ajna Jai) navigate the seas in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Around the World in 80 Days. The hilarious hol
Date:
11/29/2017
From: Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Celebrates the Holidays with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
L-R: Phileas Fogg (Jason Kuykendall), Sir Francis (Ron Campbell) and Parsi (Michael Gene Sullivan) navigate their way through the jungle in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Around the World in 80 Days. The hilarious holiday adventure adapted by Mark Brown fr
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11/29/2017
From: Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Celebrates the Holidays with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
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Review: JEEVES & WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE is A Perfect Ten at B St. Theatre
by Courtney Symes - Mar 14, 2025
Mix some classic British humor with physical comedy and unflappable actors, and you’ve got a recipe for a night of laughs. The B St. Theatre’s version of Robert and David Goodale’s Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense is just that: perfectly nonsensical fun. This 2014 Olivier Award-winner is based on the novel by P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters.
by Courtney Symes - Mar 14, 2025
Mix some classic British humor with physical comedy and unflappable actors, and you’ve got a recipe for a night of laughs. The B St. Theatre’s version of Robert and David Goodale’s Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense is just that: perfectly nonsensical fun. This 2014 Olivier Award-winner is based on the novel by P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters.
Review: 'TIS THE SEASON: FOLKTALES & FABLES Spreads Holiday Cheer at B St. Theatre
by Courtney Symes - Dec 2, 2024
The B St. Theatre is solidifying its reputation of excellent holiday entertainment with its newest Family Series offering, ‘Tis the Season: Folktales & Fables. Like previous years, this show consists of vignettes, written by multiple playwrights, that feature different traditions throughout the world along with cute stories imparting various moral lessons. While the style of the show remains the same, these scenes are fresh and just as fun.
by Courtney Symes - Dec 2, 2024
The B St. Theatre is solidifying its reputation of excellent holiday entertainment with its newest Family Series offering, ‘Tis the Season: Folktales & Fables. Like previous years, this show consists of vignettes, written by multiple playwrights, that feature different traditions throughout the world along with cute stories imparting various moral lessons. While the style of the show remains the same, these scenes are fresh and just as fun.
Review: PICKLEBALL Is A Hard Hitter At B St. Theatre
by Courtney Symes - Aug 27, 2024
Pickleball is the fastest growing game in the country, and you can experience it now, out of the heat and inside the B St. Theatre, with the aptly titled Pickleball. Jeff Daniels’s play is an amusing farce about the dangers of middle-aged competition and a reminder to not take life too seriously – just pickleball.
by Courtney Symes - Aug 27, 2024
Pickleball is the fastest growing game in the country, and you can experience it now, out of the heat and inside the B St. Theatre, with the aptly titled Pickleball. Jeff Daniels’s play is an amusing farce about the dangers of middle-aged competition and a reminder to not take life too seriously – just pickleball.
Review: CRY IT OUT Delivers the Laughs at Capital Stage
by Courtney Symes - May 11, 2024
Just in time for Mother’s Day, Capital Stage has revealed a play that is perfect for celebrating mothers. It also happens to be my favorite of their offerings to date. Cry it Out, by Molly Smith Metzler, tackles an important conversation that often gets overlooked, and does it with insight, grace, and a whole lot of humor.
by Courtney Symes - May 11, 2024
Just in time for Mother’s Day, Capital Stage has revealed a play that is perfect for celebrating mothers. It also happens to be my favorite of their offerings to date. Cry it Out, by Molly Smith Metzler, tackles an important conversation that often gets overlooked, and does it with insight, grace, and a whole lot of humor.
Review: Warm Up With SNOW FEVER: A KARAOKE CHRISTMAS at B Street Theatre
by Courtney Symes - Dec 2, 2023
It’s back! The most wonderful time of the year (besides baseball season), which brings with it a slew of the most wonderful theatre offerings. The B Street Theatre is premiering one of them, Snow Fever: A Karaoke Christmas by Robert Caisley, as part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. In the true spirit of Christmas, Caisley adheres to the unspoken rule that a holiday is not a holiday without a steaming hot mess.
by Courtney Symes - Dec 2, 2023
It’s back! The most wonderful time of the year (besides baseball season), which brings with it a slew of the most wonderful theatre offerings. The B Street Theatre is premiering one of them, Snow Fever: A Karaoke Christmas by Robert Caisley, as part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. In the true spirit of Christmas, Caisley adheres to the unspoken rule that a holiday is not a holiday without a steaming hot mess.
Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Does Everything Right at B Street Theatre
by Courtney Symes - Aug 16, 2023
You may have heard that back in the 20th century a guy by the name of Edward Murphy famously said, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Pessimistic? Maybe. Accurate? Definitely, as proven in B Street Theatre’s side-splitting rendition of The Play That Goes Wrong. This award-winning comedy written by members of the aptly named Mischief Theatre Company is a play within a play about things that go, well, wrong.
by Courtney Symes - Aug 16, 2023
You may have heard that back in the 20th century a guy by the name of Edward Murphy famously said, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Pessimistic? Maybe. Accurate? Definitely, as proven in B Street Theatre’s side-splitting rendition of The Play That Goes Wrong. This award-winning comedy written by members of the aptly named Mischief Theatre Company is a play within a play about things that go, well, wrong.
Review: WINNIE-THE-POOH Captures Our Hearts at the B Street Theatre
by Courtney Symes - Apr 20, 2023
What did our critic think of WINNIE-THE-POOH at B Street Theatre?
by Courtney Symes - Apr 20, 2023
What did our critic think of WINNIE-THE-POOH at B Street Theatre?
Review: THE FLYING MACHINE: THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS Soars at B Street Theatre
by Courtney Symes - Feb 17, 2023
We’ve all heard of the Wright Brothers. Orville and Wilbur are introduced to us in elementary school as the first to invent the motor-operated airplane; however, there is so much more that we don’t know about these two fascinating individuals who forever changed the way that we travel. Jerry Montoya gives us a history lesson disguised in a delightfully entertaining package with his newest play, The Flying Machine: The Story of the Wright Brothers.
by Courtney Symes - Feb 17, 2023
We’ve all heard of the Wright Brothers. Orville and Wilbur are introduced to us in elementary school as the first to invent the motor-operated airplane; however, there is so much more that we don’t know about these two fascinating individuals who forever changed the way that we travel. Jerry Montoya gives us a history lesson disguised in a delightfully entertaining package with his newest play, The Flying Machine: The Story of the Wright Brothers.
Review: THE LOST CLAUS Finds Christmas Spirit at the B Street Theatre
by Courtney Symes - Nov 24, 2022
‘Tis the season to be jolly! Unless you’re Santa, whose ancient body has compiled a laundry list of ailments. Playwright Buck Busfield has imagined a contemporary North Pole in this sweet and salty tale of Christmas hijinks at the B Street Theatre.
by Courtney Symes - Nov 24, 2022
‘Tis the season to be jolly! Unless you’re Santa, whose ancient body has compiled a laundry list of ailments. Playwright Buck Busfield has imagined a contemporary North Pole in this sweet and salty tale of Christmas hijinks at the B Street Theatre.
B Street Theatre Presents a Webinar With Danielle Moné Truitt
by Stephi Wild - Sep 19, 2020
The smash hit from Upstairs @ the B moves to Zoom! Join Dave Pierini, Stephanie Altholz and Tara Sissom with special guest, Jason Kuykendall for outrageous long-form improv.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 19, 2020
The smash hit from Upstairs @ the B moves to Zoom! Join Dave Pierini, Stephanie Altholz and Tara Sissom with special guest, Jason Kuykendall for outrageous long-form improv.
B Street Theatre's “Rescue Actors” Video Propels The Organization's Most Successful Fundraiser
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2020
With the closing of the theatre doors on March 17, a regional children's and performing arts theatre was facing unprecedented circumstances going into the future and the yearly Sacramento Region fundraising holiday Big Day of Giving.
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2020
With the closing of the theatre doors on March 17, a regional children's and performing arts theatre was facing unprecedented circumstances going into the future and the yearly Sacramento Region fundraising holiday Big Day of Giving.
B Street Theatre Presents a Mysterious Special Production WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT
by Rebecca Russo - Oct 17, 2019
No Set. No director. No Rehearsal. Each night, a different actor arrives on stage and is handed a sealed envelope. Together, actor and audience discover the mystery that lies in the envelope.
by Rebecca Russo - Oct 17, 2019
No Set. No director. No Rehearsal. Each night, a different actor arrives on stage and is handed a sealed envelope. Together, actor and audience discover the mystery that lies in the envelope.
B Street Stages WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY
by Julie Musbach - Jun 28, 2018
We're Gonna Be Okay received its world premiere in the 2017 Humana Festival and was met with rave reviews for its unique way of telling a story many Americans are familiar with, The Cuban Missile Crisis. It later was produced at the American Theatre Company in Chicago and was listed as one of Time Out: Chicago's "24 Shows To See In January." The story follows two average American families during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
by Julie Musbach - Jun 28, 2018
We're Gonna Be Okay received its world premiere in the 2017 Humana Festival and was met with rave reviews for its unique way of telling a story many Americans are familiar with, The Cuban Missile Crisis. It later was produced at the American Theatre Company in Chicago and was listed as one of Time Out: Chicago's "24 Shows To See In January." The story follows two average American families during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Celebrates the Holidays with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 30, 2017
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley celebrates the holiday season with a riotous escapade, Around the World in 80 Days. Taking place in an 1870s alive with danger, romance, and comic surprises, fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful valet circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days. In the hilariously theatrical style of The 39 Steps, five actors portray dozens of characters in a thrilling race against time and treachery, recreating one of the greatest adventures of all time. Full of stampeding elephants, raging typhoons, and runaway trains, Around the World in 80 Days, adapted by the award-winning playwright Mark Brown, offers an imaginative and ingenious expedition for the whole family. Directed by TheatreWorks Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley, Around the World in 80 Days will be presented November 29 December 31, 2017 (press opening: December 2) at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. For tickets ($40-$100) and more information the public may visit TheatreWorks.org or call (650) 463-1960.
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 30, 2017
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley celebrates the holiday season with a riotous escapade, Around the World in 80 Days. Taking place in an 1870s alive with danger, romance, and comic surprises, fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful valet circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days. In the hilariously theatrical style of The 39 Steps, five actors portray dozens of characters in a thrilling race against time and treachery, recreating one of the greatest adventures of all time. Full of stampeding elephants, raging typhoons, and runaway trains, Around the World in 80 Days, adapted by the award-winning playwright Mark Brown, offers an imaginative and ingenious expedition for the whole family. Directed by TheatreWorks Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley, Around the World in 80 Days will be presented November 29 December 31, 2017 (press opening: December 2) at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. For tickets ($40-$100) and more information the public may visit TheatreWorks.org or call (650) 463-1960.
Photo Flash: First Look at AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Stephi Wild - Nov 15, 2017
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley celebrates the holiday season with a riotous escapade, Around the World in 80 Days. Taking place in an 1870s alive with danger, romance, and comic surprises, fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful valet circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days. In the hilariously theatrical style of The 39 Steps, five actors portray dozens of characters in a thrilling race against time and treachery, recreating one of the greatest adventures of all time. Full of stampeding elephants, raging typhoons, and runaway trains, Around the World in 80 Days, adapted by the award-winning playwright Mark Brown, offers an imaginative and ingenious expedition for the whole family.Directed by TheatreWorks Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley, Around the World in 80 Days will be presented November 29 December 31, 2017 (press opening: December 2) at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. For tickets ($40-$100) and more information the public may visit TheatreWorks.org or call (650) 463-1960.
by Stephi Wild - Nov 15, 2017
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley celebrates the holiday season with a riotous escapade, Around the World in 80 Days. Taking place in an 1870s alive with danger, romance, and comic surprises, fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful valet circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days. In the hilariously theatrical style of The 39 Steps, five actors portray dozens of characters in a thrilling race against time and treachery, recreating one of the greatest adventures of all time. Full of stampeding elephants, raging typhoons, and runaway trains, Around the World in 80 Days, adapted by the award-winning playwright Mark Brown, offers an imaginative and ingenious expedition for the whole family.Directed by TheatreWorks Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley, Around the World in 80 Days will be presented November 29 December 31, 2017 (press opening: December 2) at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. For tickets ($40-$100) and more information the public may visit TheatreWorks.org or call (650) 463-1960.
TheatreWorks Celebrates the Holidays with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
by Julie Musbach - Oct 17, 2017
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley celebrates the holiday season with a riotous escapade, Around the World in 80 Days. Taking place in an 1870s alive with danger, romance, and comic surprises, fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful valet circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days.
by Julie Musbach - Oct 17, 2017
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley celebrates the holiday season with a riotous escapade, Around the World in 80 Days. Taking place in an 1870s alive with danger, romance, and comic surprises, fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful valet circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days.
B Street Theatre Presents BLOOMSDAY
by BWW News Desk - Jul 11, 2017
Bloomsday was commissioned by the ACT theatre in Seattle, Washington and premiered there in September of 2015, where it received rave reviews. The play has received further productions throughout the country: the Ensemble Theatre in Cincinnati, Ohio, Austin Playhouse in Austin, Texas, and the Next ACT Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
by BWW News Desk - Jul 11, 2017
Bloomsday was commissioned by the ACT theatre in Seattle, Washington and premiered there in September of 2015, where it received rave reviews. The play has received further productions throughout the country: the Ensemble Theatre in Cincinnati, Ohio, Austin Playhouse in Austin, Texas, and the Next ACT Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
B Street Theatre's Mainstage Presents HAND TO GOD
by BWW News Desk - May 9, 2017
Hand to God premiered at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City in October 2011 and returned in February 2012. It opened Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on March 14, 2014 and made its Broadway debut at the Boothe Theatre on April 7, 2015.
by BWW News Desk - May 9, 2017
Hand to God premiered at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City in October 2011 and returned in February 2012. It opened Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on March 14, 2014 and made its Broadway debut at the Boothe Theatre on April 7, 2015.
Photo Flash: First Look at STUPID F##KING BIRD at Capital Stage
by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2017
Capital Stage presents Stuping F##king Bird by Aaron Posner, the irreverent adaptation of Chekov's classic The Seagull, originally comissioned and first performed by Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC in 2013.
by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2017
Capital Stage presents Stuping F##king Bird by Aaron Posner, the irreverent adaptation of Chekov's classic The Seagull, originally comissioned and first performed by Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC in 2013.
Capital Stage presents Sacramento Premiere of STUPID F##KING BIRD by Aaron Posner
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 8, 2017
Capital Stage presents Stuping F##king Bird by Aaron Posner, the irreverent adaptation of Chekov's classic The Seagull, originally comissioned and first performed by Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC in 2013. Michael Stevenson, Capital Stage Producing Artistic Director, will direct this Sacramento Premiere which will feature a powerhouse cast of local favorites including Brittni Barger, Jason Kuykendall and Capital Stage Co-Founder Peter Mohrmann. Bird will be the fifth production of Capital Stage's 2016-17 Season: Love + War, and will run from May 3 - June 4, 2017 with a Press Opening on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 8pm.
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 8, 2017
Capital Stage presents Stuping F##king Bird by Aaron Posner, the irreverent adaptation of Chekov's classic The Seagull, originally comissioned and first performed by Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC in 2013. Michael Stevenson, Capital Stage Producing Artistic Director, will direct this Sacramento Premiere which will feature a powerhouse cast of local favorites including Brittni Barger, Jason Kuykendall and Capital Stage Co-Founder Peter Mohrmann. Bird will be the fifth production of Capital Stage's 2016-17 Season: Love + War, and will run from May 3 - June 4, 2017 with a Press Opening on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 8pm.
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