FINN KILGORE
Actor, New York City
Press
The Tallest Man In The World
Emily Cordes, Theater Is Easy, March 11, 2019
...as gentle giant Eamonn, [Finn] Kilgore is poignant in his clear-eyed accounts of exploitation and hope for better days.
The Tallest Man In The World
Max Berry, OnStage Blog, March 9, 2019
Finn Kilgore brings us the resigned loneliness and fleeting hope of the tallest man in the world...
Independent Study
Hazen Cuyler, Theater Pizzazz, November 13, 2018
Finn Kilgore, a talented chorus member, plays a newscaster. Nuanced character work aside, he illuminates how our limited attention span responds to complex information. When details require effort to continue listening and our interest fades, we laugh as his voice mumbles complex information down to nothing.
Turing Test
Ran Xia, Theatre Is Easy, October 18, 2018
One of the strengths of Turing Test is how its characters are developed and portrayed. Poet David is cantankerous yet charming; Busser brings such authenticity to a somewhat passive character that you cannot help but sympathize with him. And then there’s Adam, across the table and in the epicenter of everything, processing the world around him at fiber optic speed with a childlike wonder, which Kilgore portrays with restrained elegance, creating a captivating and nuanced presence out of a being that’s dispassionate by nature, yet nevertheless vulnerable.
Old Names For Wildflowers
Jacqueline Claire, Stage Biz, May 14, 2018
It’s a monumental work. A colossal saga that astutely comments on 21st Century patriarchy through the lens of post Civil war societal fall out in 1865...
Finn Kilgore as the bookseller has an amazing presence and you wanted to have seen more of him.
Pomegrenade
Emily Cordes, Stage Biz, September 26, 2017
Brooding, awkward, and misunderstood, Kilgore’s Hades elicits empathy even as his choices worsen a bad situation.
Is That Danny Devito? (and other questions from west of the Hudson)
Charlotte Arnoux August 15, 2016
Just like Vladimir and Estrogen in Beckett’s play, Dusty and Geoff’s primary action is to wait. That is not to say, however, that the play does not move and that I, in turn, was not moved by the actors’ performances, especially Kilgore's. Indeed, the play offers up touching moments of reflection on themes such as identity, friendship, and change...
In a particularly wistful moment, Kilgore pulls off a beautiful expression of those moments when we hold our friends up to high standards and the disappointment that comes when they don’t meet them. Kilgore’s capturing honesty is met with Gordon’s lively man-child physicality and humor.
If On A Winter's Night... The Policy
Sergei Burbank, NY TheatreNow, Decemver 6, 2013
In DeLashmutt’s The Policy, Jessie (Alexa Cappiello) is paid a visit by insurance agents Mr. Lange and Mr. Pickles (Artem Kreimer and Finn Kilgore) peddling a most unique hedge against future emotional destruction. Their insurance isn’t against fire or theft, but rather the destruction wrought by unfaithful lovers and selfish friends. The lighter possibilities of this premise are immediately offset by the demeanor of Messrs. Lange and Pickles, who invade Jessie’s living room with the alacrity and just-this-side-of-sinister comportment that wouldn’t be out of place in a production of Pinter. DeLashmutt’s snappy banter is well-served by Sommer’s whirling direction, but it is Finn Kilgore’s deadpan Mr. Pickles who steals the show (and, perhaps, the evening).
If On A Winter's Night... The Policy
Oscar Lopez,Stage Buddy
Next up was "The Policy", written by A.C. DeLashmutt and directed by Katherine Sommer. The short play presented an absurd yet incredibly poignant proposition. Two insurance salesmen, Mr. Pickles (Finn Kilgore) and Mr. Lange (Artem Kreimer), pay a visit to young Jessie (Alexa Cappiello). Yet here is the twist: the insurance offered is not house or health but an insurance of the psyche. Who needs insurance of the psyche you ask? Well, as Pickles and Lange inform us, their policy is vital to anyone living in today’s society. What if you have a fight with your best friend and turn to eating your emotions? What if your boyfriend breaks up with you? Lange and Pickles will pick up the pieces. The absurd little play is filled with laughs, particularly through Kilgore’s pitch-perfect timing as the Lurch-like Pickles.
Kiki Time with...Finn Kilgore
Wednesday, December 12 2012
Name: Finn Kilgore
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Education: Sarah Lawrence College '12
What is a kiki?: A floor thumping thigh slapping balls out shindig.
Tell us about Restoration Comedy: It is a jolly, sexy collision of two time periods. The intersection of their figurative Venn diagram is sexuality, and the play examines how we repress, indulge, vilify and exalt it. The result is all-inclusive and accepting. There are as many different strokes as there are folks.
Describe Restoration Comedy in 3 words: Candied soul poultice
Who do you play in Restoration Comedy?: Sly the hunchback, servant to Ned Worthy
In Blue
Adam McGovern, HiloBrow, December 13, 2019
Finn Kilgore is radiantly contained as the earnest, searching [Franz] Marc...
In Blue
Gillian Russo, Plays To See, December 10, 2019
In the opening scene, Kilgore is instantly captivating when he launches into a story of a witch — not an evil one, as “very rarely witches are,” but a benevolent one. She meets an angel, who grants her one wish: to become — can you guess? — a horse. (It’s better when he tells it.)
In Blue
Julia Lee Barclay, Somewhere In Transition, December 9, 2019
What makes it hold together are the performances of Alyssa Simon and Finn Kilgore, who are grounded in each moment wherever it may go.