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ABOUT

"Kendal Hartse refuses to be comodified" -Rebecca Kaplan, Broadway World

"...some lovely small performances in a show that depends on them... especially, Kendal Hartse, whose character carries a weight that no band’s visit could offset."
-Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune

"Kendal Hartse [is] excellent"

- Toronto Globe and Mail

"Hartse is an undeniably dynamic performer"

- The Denver Post

"...mesmerising...left me breathless..."

- Colorado Springs Gazette

"Hartse delivers [a] captivating and heartbreaking performance"

- MetroNorth Newspaper

Kendal Hartse recently performend "Cowboy," a solo dance show that she also choreographed. This was the sophmore production of Harlow Radical following "UH OH! Exclamation Point Kendal Hartse Question Mark Live and In Concert Question Mark. She is their current resident artist. Kendal has appeared on Broadway in Summer: the Donna Summer Musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. She toured the country as Iris in the first national tour of The Band's Visit directed by David Cromer, and Roundabout Theatre Company's Cabaret, originally directed by Sam Mendes. Other favorite projects include Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch , Lucentio in Taming of the Shrew, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Miss Hannigan in Annie and Nellie Collins in Floyd Collins.

 

Kendal has developed work at the Vineyard Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York Stage and Film, Center Theatre Group, and The Julliard School. She has also performed in projects in development at the Drama League (The Adventures of Pericles, dir. Austin Regan), Columbia University at the Signature Theatre (Ming Peiffer's Usual Girls, dir. Kat Yen), Theatre Now New York (We Have Apples, dir. Gina Rattan), and New York University (dir. Estefania Fadul). Kendal stars in two web projectsThis Is Not A Comedy (Such People Production) and Such Good Friends: A Tribute To Nichols and May.

Kendal received her B.F.A. from the Boston Conservatory and studied in New York City with the late Michael Howard.

UH OH!
Harlow Radical / the Gym at Judson Church

★★★★★ FIVE STARS! Deeply felt and beautifully sung . . . masterfully performed. . . . divinely inspired clowning . . . UH OH! is in turn weird, funny, musically diverse, brilliantly performed, and keeps its audience ever so slightly off balance."​​

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— Wendy-Lane Bailey, All About Solo

“Wonderfully wacky … Seductively subversive … Kendal Hartse [is a] powerhouse chanteuse … from a dazzlingly deft Puccini aria to lighter pop … a satisfyingly spirited spoof … There’s little doubt that the brave Harlow Radical company – and this clever, 60-minute production – have prodigious potential for a bright future."

— Rob Lester, Stage and Cinema

Cowboy
Harlow Radical / Royal Family Performing Arts Space
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"SCORE: 95/100! The life of a cowboy and the life of a dancer started to meld together, blend into one . . . surprising and incredibly fitting . . . A physical and immersive story, Cowboy is impeccably well done . . . deeply and heartbreakingly relatable." 

— Nicole Itkin, The Front Row Center​​

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"Ambitious, highly entertaining . . . Cowboy is simultaneously simple and complex, humble and grand, quiet and explosive . . . Cowboy will renew any audience member's faith in the art of movement . . . Hartse's ability to move her body is no less than astonishing . . . the actor has the skill and energy of an entire cast . . . awe-inspiring scenic design and lighting design."​

— Jed Ryan, Lavender After Dark

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