As Cyrano in "Cyrano"
at The Gloucester Stage Company 2018, Andrea Goldman as Roxanne...

"...Finally making his Gloucester Stage debut after 35 years on Boston-area stages, the endlessly resourceful Kissel demonstrates again that he is constitutionally and temperamentally incapable of delivering a dull performance. The actor’s variegated powers of expression — to say nothing of his ability to build a connection with the audience — enable him to convey an entire palette of contradictory emotions with, yes, panache. Under the direction at Gloucester Stage of Robert Walsh, whose extensive experience as a fight director is evident in the robust duels and the fast pace of this New England premiere of “Cyrano,” Kissel creates a Cyrano who is both larger-than-life and poignantly, vulnerably human. Kissel is equally credible as a combative swashbuckler, a go-for-broke romantic, or a lovelorn outcast from the world of the good-looking. He’s also no slouch in the play’s scenes of knockabout comedy...----The Boston Globe

"...Of course, the success or failure of any production of Cyrano rests on the hero’s ample shoulders. Here, the great Jeremiah Kissel once again proves himself to be one of the region’s most skilled actors. Most of the delicious and heartbreaking moments are his, and he revels in them. When he’s at the center the GSC production it serves up rich helpings of emotion, wit, romance, and comedy..."---The Arts Fuse