Directing
Photo by Ezra Severin
Scott working with actress Erin Baird as Helen Alving in a scene from Ghosts, by Henrik Ibsen.
King Henry the Sixth Part
One: Talbot & Joan
By William Shakespeare
“Few American regional theatres have the wherewithal to mount this trilogy
in Shakespeare’s “Wars of the Roses” cycle. The epic gives us the younger
Will’s most action-packed opus, rife with royal alliances and rifts,
crosses and double-crosses. Adapted by Scott Kaiser, and co-directed
by Kaiser and Libby Appel, OSF’s brisk, gripping indoor staging of “Henry
VI, Part One” sets up the events leading to the bitter cival war between
two inter-knit British clans: the Lancasters, headed by pious, ineffectual
King Henry VI, and the Yorks, led by Richard Plantagenet.”
Misha Berson, Seattle Times
King Henry the Sixth Parts
Two & Three: Henry & Margaret
By William Shakespeare
“Some people find Shakespeare’s “Henry VI” saga dry and historical.
Phooey. Each of the three Henry’s is stuffed with action, with Sopranos-like
intrigue and infighting, with nasty people turned deathly evil, and with
the introduction of theatre’s vilest villains, the future Richard III.
Scott Kaiser, who adapted Part One, combines Parts Two and Three into
a single play in which the War of the Roses blooms into full-scale battle
and killings, with England’s nobles shifting allegiances while lusting
with “Survivor” like fervor to sit atop Britain’s throne.”
Lee Juillerat, Klamath Falls Herald and News
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
“Southern Oregon University’s new production of “Twelfth Night,” directed
by Scott Kaiser, is so full of warmth and brio it almost floats off the
stage some time after the chicken breasts in balsamic vinaigrette and
before the chocolate mousse. If you’re a Bardophile, you haven’t seen
Sebastian and Viola quite like this. And if you’re new to the Bard, this
is a place to climb aboard.”
Bill Varble, Mail Tribune
The Philadelphia Story
By Phillip Barry
“As directed here by Scott Kaiser, The Philadelphia Story proves to be a vintage wine that has lost none of its sparkle.”
Robert H. Miller, Daily Tidings
Ghosts
By Henrik Ibsen
“SOU is fortunate to have Scott Kaiser as director, who is nationally known for is actor-training techniques. “Ghosts” is a very challenging vehicle, one that demands the full use of a craft-based approach. The actors need completely to immerse themselves in the characters; it can’t be faked in so small a playing space. I’m happy to report that the cast of five do him and Ibsen proud.”
Robert H. Miller, Daily Tidings
Anton in Show Business
By Jane Martin
“SOU opened its six-play season with Jane Martin’s “Anton in Show Business,” smartly directed by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Scott Kaiser.”
Bill Varble, Mail Tribune