About the production
The story of Rosalind Franklin, the brilliant X-ray crystallographer whose Photo 51 revealed the structure of DNA, and the men who took the credit.
“…Director Kimberly Senior's inspired staging of Photograph 51…”
— Theater Notes, Paul Myrvold
“Director Kimberly Senior's staging is unerring, and as brisk and knowing as the one hour, 40-minute script. The acting is intelligent and light, and the play feels like it's constantly on the move.”
— The Show Report, Staff
“Photograph 51 may not tempt a new wave of women into genetic research, but that's not to say that this stylish and informative production, directed by Kimberly Senior, is a downer. […] Director Senior keeps the pace taut, and she does her best to offset the script's talkiness with stage business.”
— Los Angeles Times, Margaret Gray
“Franklin seems, at least within Kimberly Senior's directorial vision and Helen Sadler's riveting portrayal, a fully formed, self-reliant woman about 20 years before her time, one whose passion is her work; she has no time, patience or interest in being the 'kind' of woman men expect.”
— The OC Weekly, Joel Beers
“Photograph 51 is a crisply directed 100-minute you-are-there work. […] Director Kimberly Senior invests the non-stop talkiness of the play with vigor and a keen eye for movement, the male characters particularly conveying intent and urgency.”
— Orange County Register, Christopher Smith
“Ziegler constantly breaks the fourth wall, a convention director Kimberly Senior pushes even further by keeping all of the supporting characters onstage throughout, taking in the action upstage, then coming off their seats to deliver narrative like NBA reserves coming off the bench. This is Alienation Effect 101, and it won't work unless all hands on deck can give it an organic flow. They do.”
— Random Lengths News, Greggory Moore
“Kimberly Senior directs Photograph 51 as a memory play, and since it's the men in Rosalind's life who are doing the remembering, she keeps them on stage at all times, observing even scenes in which they do not take part as Rosalind occasionally disappears from view.”
— Stage Scene LA, Steven Stanley
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