“I absolutely could not stop myself from writing to tell you how astoundingly good you are and how much I enjoyed the work you did today in Ever Present. I'm obsessed; you're so funny and so versatile and so game. Working with you is a dream! This process isn't even over and I'm desperate to work with you again!”

— playwright and author R. Eric Thomas

“She’s pretty good.”

— my Mom

“That’s a lot of words you memorized.”

— my Dad

“The entire cast is up to the challenge of this deftly multi-faceted play. The four teens: Jen (Annie Fang), Samantha (Kimie Muroya), Kyung-Hwa (Claris Park), and Mimi (Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters) are all memorable and distinct. 

I could rave about each performance and how each surprised me, challenged me, and delighted me. It is easier to say: go see these fine actors at work. I cannot think of a stronger ensemble in recent memory.”

— Joshua Herren, Philly Life and Culture

“Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters, Claris Park, Annie Fang, Kimie Muroya, and Justin Jain form a small but mighty cast. The audience gets a real sense of who these characters are, both from a comprehensive script and intensely expressive acting. The central quartet have great chemistry throughout the highs and lows of their time in the hotel room.”

— Christina Anthony, Broad Street Review

“This new, short, fascinating play by Anna Moench, with its exceptionally fine cast and directed with great imagination by Maura Krause, just opened at InterAct Theatre, and it is not to be missed.

The show manages to be both deadly serious and hilarious at the same time; these subtle actors can pivot and shift tone on a dime.”

— Toby Zinman, Phindie

“Charlotte Northeast is the lusty and conniving Goneril, who betrays her husband the Duke of Albany. Kimie Muroya’s Regan proves she can be just as calculating to get what she wants as they divide up the spoils after Lear’s abdication.”

— Lewis J. Whittington, Alternatetakes2

“The three Lear daughters, the epicenter of all the play’s tribulations, were handled ably. […] Charlotte Northeast was fittingly despicable as Goneril, while Kimie Muroya was only less so as Regan. Those two made the rapid switch from fawning to taunting their pathetic father fully believable.”

— Philly Press Review

“I commend the actors, and Croce's directing, for being creative, keeping up the pacing of the script, remembering the sequence of scenes, and keeping the emotions "fresh.”

Schulner's play is a relatable story, filled with humor, heartbreak, and longing. The characters, as well as their situation and relationship, resonate no matter what stage of life and love you are in. Muroya and Harding together are endearing and funny. They have a believable push and pull, acting comfortable and uncomfortable with each other, morphing as their relationship in the play constantly changes.”

— Amber Kusching, Broadway World

“The actors generally rise above their material. Muroya imbues Hope with a level of complexity that’s largely absent in the writing. Hope’s tendency toward indecision might seem flighty in lesser hands, but Muroya suggests a searching spirit.”

— Cameron Kelsall, Broad Street Review

“Julia Frey, Anita Holland, Maya Lerman, and Kimie Muroya play a variety of male soldiers and bureaucrats convincingly, alongside fellow ensemble actors Michael Gamache and David Pica. At the play's end, it's astounding to see that the production’s dozens of roles are realized by only five men and six women.”

— Mark Cofta, Broad Street Review

“Kimie Muroya has an especially fine scene as the messenger, Titinius, whose news, alas, arrives after it has already been disastrously misconstrued.”

— Neal Zoren, NealsPaper