What are the people saying?
Grounded - The Pilot "This narrative of a female fighter pilot's increasingly disorienting daily tug of war between her mission to destroy enemy life and the comforting support of her own domestic life is so well portrayed onstage by master storyteller Kayla, that the audience is held spellbound throughout the no-intermission play...Kayla Ryan Walsh carries the audience with her into the Pilot's disintegrating world.
Kayla Ryan Walsh is a master of theatrical expression able to express many layers of sensitivity through her characterization. Her diction is impeccable, her projection clear, and her very presence is commanding. Given nothing for props but a chair and a helmet in a box-like environment of lighted poles, she creates a mesmerizing environment that increases in intensity as the story progresses. Kayla's stellar performance as The Pilot reflects the grueling, emotional preparation she must have undertaken to perfect this multi-layered role."
- Cynthia Berresse Ploski, The Chronicle News
"Walsh commands the stage... Watching Walsh go through a gamut of emotions right before our eyes was an amazing sight. Kayla made us feel compassion, sadness, fear, and very uncomfortable throughout the night. All signs of a stellar performance."
- Kirk Loudon, The Chronicle News
"The Pilot (Walsh) takes the audience through her life and career, and leaves the audience emotionally wrecked by the end. Walsh maintains an invigorating pace to keep up with lights and sound effects as she utilizes the small stage & light cube to its fullest. The sand was a nice touch, but the actress doesn’t need anything more to take us along on this emotional ride. While other productions of Grounded may have a more elaborate setting or technically complex projections, the simplicity of SCRT’s production using timing, light and sound made for a fantastic and immersive show. Walsh is a knockout."
-Jonathan Smith, New Legends Magazine
Kayla Ryan Walsh is a master of theatrical expression able to express many layers of sensitivity through her characterization. Her diction is impeccable, her projection clear, and her very presence is commanding. Given nothing for props but a chair and a helmet in a box-like environment of lighted poles, she creates a mesmerizing environment that increases in intensity as the story progresses. Kayla's stellar performance as The Pilot reflects the grueling, emotional preparation she must have undertaken to perfect this multi-layered role."
- Cynthia Berresse Ploski, The Chronicle News
"Walsh commands the stage... Watching Walsh go through a gamut of emotions right before our eyes was an amazing sight. Kayla made us feel compassion, sadness, fear, and very uncomfortable throughout the night. All signs of a stellar performance."
- Kirk Loudon, The Chronicle News
"The Pilot (Walsh) takes the audience through her life and career, and leaves the audience emotionally wrecked by the end. Walsh maintains an invigorating pace to keep up with lights and sound effects as she utilizes the small stage & light cube to its fullest. The sand was a nice touch, but the actress doesn’t need anything more to take us along on this emotional ride. While other productions of Grounded may have a more elaborate setting or technically complex projections, the simplicity of SCRT’s production using timing, light and sound made for a fantastic and immersive show. Walsh is a knockout."
-Jonathan Smith, New Legends Magazine
Slave Play - Alana
"Moss and Walsh are heart-wrenching... uniformly stellar performances... Walsh does an excellent job trying to make up for the sinking feeling that the play has a particular loathing for Alana, singling her out for a greater degree of ridicule than the other characters get... an exemplary production."
- Richard Sanford, Columbus Underground
- Richard Sanford, Columbus Underground
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Eileen Evergreen "Kayla Walsh is pure trouble as spoiled Eileen Evergreen, and she milks every moment for all that it’s worth... Ms. Walsh pounces on each moment she has to draw attention to herself, and she truly steals every scene... headlining the song “Delishious,” the title of which may just as well apply to Ms. Walsh as it does her character. Keep an eye out for this star performer, we haven't seen the last of her, this is just the beginning..."
~ Chuck Pennington, Life Full of Cheese
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Eileen Evergreen "Kayla Walsh is pure trouble as spoiled Eileen Evergreen, and she milks every moment for all that it’s worth... Ms. Walsh pounces on each moment she has to draw attention to herself, and she truly steals every scene... headlining the song “Delishious,” the title of which may just as well apply to Ms. Walsh as it does her character. Keep an eye out for this star performer, we haven't seen the last of her, this is just the beginning..."
~ Chuck Pennington, Life Full of Cheese
"The actor who had the most impressive range that I have ever seen was Kayla Ryan Walsh. If you have not witnessed Kayla hit a high E, then you have not witnessed greatness..."
~Mohamed Quteifan, Ohio Theatre Now
~Mohamed Quteifan, Ohio Theatre Now