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Kester’s Maz, a rebellious-looking figure with pink-streaked hair, radiates woundedness and brooding rage.” Celia Wren, The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58223207cd0f683951b62f89/4c506d87-fe18-4054-ab58-19f22999ef09/BOUNTIFUL_0133.jpg Updates/ Press - tHE tRIP tO BOUNTIFUL AT fORD’S tHEATRE “In the most moving scene, on the bus, Carrie talks with the sweet, sad Thelma (a winningly understated Emily Kester)” Celia Wren, The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58223207cd0f683951b62f89/1519695293607-AVKL9XVR39XV1PTYBQ3M/FY18_Revolutionists_CBP810_2353-web.jpg Updates/ Press - The book on Lauren Gunderson, topping U.S. theater charts "In the less-predictable “The Revolutionists,” Charlotte Corday, of all people, is a flat-out riot. Emily Kester is a manic presence from the instant her Corday appears in frightening navy blue lipstick and frosty blond hair, matching her spectacular dress (David Burdick’s high-style costumes are terrific). “You can write my line while I practice my stabbing and scary eyes,” Corday tells Olympe as Kester’s wild gaze briefly stops the show." Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58223207cd0f683951b62f89/1665535058143-8YQ7SEX7D6DD7YNFII3S/IMG_5166.PNG Updates/ Press - These 3 new D.C. shows show why online theater is more interesting than ever “As the Washington region’s theaters subscribe to the national segue back to live, in-person theater, “Detroit ’67” […]featuring a terrific five-person cast — Stori Ayers, JaBen Early, Emily Kester, Valeka Jessica and Greg Alverez Reid — has been filmed on Signature’s main stage[…] Peter Marks, The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58223207cd0f683951b62f89/1499561522795-L5B6XO5T80X2VISAMVF4/18528044_10154574280153715_1955031890993645040_n.jpg Updates/ Press - Everyman Theatre cast romps through 'Noises Off' "Making an impressive Everyman debut, Emily Kester rounds out the production as young, vacant, one-pose-suits-all actress Brooke Ashton; the backstage scene of Brooke blithely going through yoga and vocal exercises as bedlam breaks out all around her is a production highlight." Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58223207cd0f683951b62f89/4d79aa7f-3f33-458f-a0ac-142a8c27a882/Eurydice2.jpg Updates/ Press - "Portraying a woman disoriented by love, loss and grief, the fine actress Emily Kester anchors, and lends aching poignancy to, NextStop Theatre’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice.” Celia Wren, The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58223207cd0f683951b62f89/1478758866681-BCR4Y3FVIGMMDUK7CRLE/schwartz.jpg Updates/ Press - “The gift that never fails to give, though, seems to be the gorgeous shiksa whose every cheerful inanity dumbfounds the Schwartzes” [...] and the wide-eyed Kester does the bimbo thing extremely well, especially once the family goes to bed and she fires up a joint in the living room." Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58223207cd0f683951b62f89/1478893381179-98LQEQBUC3PCWXGHNSO6/1535641_10151896013593785_267826257_n.jpg Updates/ Press - Edgar & Annabel AT sUTDIO tHEATRE "...what’s best about the production [...] is the edgy, energetic acting of Emily Kester and Maboud Ebrahimzadeh as Marianne and Nick. Kester is excellent at conveying Marianne’s grim commitment, while Ebrahimzadeh magnetically combines a casual facade with bottled fury." Nelson Pressley, The Washington post https://www.emilykester.com/media daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://www.emilykester.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-05-13