Review: ‘Knock Me a Kiss’ at M Ensemble is the embrace we need right now

Dina Lewis as Yolande and Jean Hyppolite as Jimmy Lunceford in M Ensemble’s “Knock Me a Kiss” at the Sandrell Rivers Theater through Sunday, April 27. (Photo by Christa Ingram/Courtesy M Ensemble)
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By Michelle F. Solomon Artburst Miami

There’s much at play in M Ensemble’s “Knock Me a Kiss” on stage at the Sandrell Rivers Theater.

Notwithstanding, the company had to push back the production to April due to what it stated was “unforeseen delays with county funding.” While its season usually starts in February, this is the first production of Florida’s oldest still-operating Black theater company, now in its 54th season.

It was worth the wait. Playwright Charles Smith gives André L. Gainey, the production’s director and M Ensemble’s artistic director, plenty to work with along with a cast that revels in the depth of Smith’s characters.

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