Souvenir
by Stephen Temperley

"A beguiling comic jewel with a heart.” —Variety. “Life holds up a funhouse mirror to art in SOUVENIR, Stephen Temperley’s wildly funny and surprisingly touching portrait of real-life musical laughingstock Florence Foster Jenkins… a memorable illustration of the real limits of self-perception, and of the purely theatrical magic that can turn the tinniest ear to gold.” —Time Out New York. “Tone-deaf but utterly pitch-perfect. What is extraordinary about SOUVENIR is that Temperley has made Jenkins, for all her foolishness, a remarkably sympathetic woman. You never doubt that Jenkins has tremendous dedication to the composers whose work she massacres. Kaye makes her devotion to Art incredibly moving. To have made Jenkins a tender, poignant human being is breathtaking… A kind of loony triumph.” —New York Daily News. “If you’re lucky enough to see SOUVENIR: A FANTASIA ON THE LIFE OF FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS…you’ll have one distinct advantage over Jenkins’ audiences. You won’t have to tr"

— The New York Times