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NEW: Kirsten performs four memorable songs at the 30th Anniversary Celebration of Rockland Family Shelter.
This star studded evening also features Ellen Burstyn, Lorraine Bracco, Didi Conn and many others.

Tickets are $35/$55. Please click here to purchase, or call 866-811-4111.

Click here for directions to the beautiful RIVERSPACE Theatre.

Kirsten and her team have some exciting projects in the works, so please check back here often for the latest news on her concert performances as well as Kirsten's acclaimed solo musical STAY FOREVER: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF DUSTY SPRINGFIELD

Please note, the URL of Kirsten's web site has now changed. Update your bookmarks to: http://www.stayforeverdusty.NET (not "dot com"). Thanks! Be sure to make the site, as well as this MySpace, a regular stop on your list for updated and exclusive information about Kirsten and her Dusty project.

"Kirsten Holly Smith does a smashing Dusty Springfield! Smith captures both the soulfulness and the sultriness of the British chantoozie. ...By the end, you're in love with TWO top-notch singers with big hair."

Michael Musto, Village Voice

"Smith's show [is] an event that has the audience involved and cheering. She is in total control ."

Cabaret Scenes Magazine

Download a PODCAST here of Kirsten on The Joey Reynolds Show, WOR 710, New York.

Read an INTERVIEW WITH KIRSTEN from Theatre Scene On Line here.

L.A. Weekly

"Smith delivers slam-dunk vocals... 'Son of a Preacher Man'and 'The Look of Love' are standouts, although lesser known numbers such as 'Breakfast in Bed' are sultry surprises."

Los Angeles Times

"Smith is captivating, evoking the essence of the Springfield voice...there's no denying (her) charisma."

Backstage West

"You don't have to say you love her, but after seeing Kirsten Holly Smith channel Dusty Springfield, you won't be able to help yourself! Relive some of the greatest tunes of the 20th century with Smith's bluesy and heartfelt ode to a legend."

IN Los Angeles Magazine

WATCH a KNBC-TV FEATURE PIECE ON "STAY FOREVER"

Dusty Springfield's talent and courage blazed a trail for generations of women in music. Her life, however, was tumultuous and misunderstood. In her one-woman musical play, STAY FOREVER : THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, Kirsten Holly Smith celebrates Dusty’s journey through monologue and song, showing how this legendary star influenced her era and remains relevant today, nearly a decade after her passing.

The show features Kirsten’s performances of 13 classic Dusty songs, including the hits “Son of a Preacher Man,” “Just A Little Lovin',” “I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself,” “Wishin and Hopin’” and “I Only Want To Be With You,” as well as less familiar, but equally brilliant numbers such as “I Found My Way” and “Willie and Laura Mae Jones.”

Kirsten was awarded the Spectrum Grant at The University of Southern California to develop this program.

“What an inspiring show. Kirsten Holly Smith is amazing as Dusty. Huge, brooding, sultry, and funny. Her voice will knock you into a trance. “
-Jorja Fox
Actress, CSI, E.R

"I haven’t been that entertained in years."
- JC Brown
Memoirs of a Geisha,
Last Samurari,
Letters from Iwo Jima

“In her fabulous one woman show "Stay Forever," Kirsten Holly Smith summons forth the soul and spirit of the late great Dusty Springfield. This is not just a great performance, it's a reincarnation -- a séance with the spirit of Dusty Springfield filling the night through Kirsten Holly Smith's vocal virtuoso. Each song that springs from the soul of Kirsten Holly Smith, reminds us of the time when Dusty Springfield's rich voice filled the airwaves. "Stay Forever" is the tale of a singer and the story of a generation.”
- Jack Epps
Writer, TOP GUN, DICK TRACY

"Kirsten Holly Smith not only embodies the sultry voice of Dusty but taps the spirit and soul of her"
-Scott Bernstein
Senior V.P. of Production, Universal Pictures

"I've never been a fan of one person shows- which is why Kirsten Holly Smith's portrayal of Dusty Springfield was such a wonderful surprise. The acting, the writing, the inspired use of the space all made me forget where I was, bringing me instead into the heart and mind of one of the most compelling figures in 60's and 70's pop music. Kirsten can sing: I would have been happy just to listen to her renditions of Dusty's material alone. The entire evening was a success on every level. Dusty is smart, moving, funny and tremendously entertaining, and Kirsten Holly Smith is an absolute revelation."
-Topper Lilien
Writer, Where the Money Is

“I can’t stop thinking about that show. I went to buy a Dusty album and I like Kirsten’s voice better!”
Carl Mazzocone Producer, Main Line Pictures

BIO:
Kirsten’s theatre credits include: Natasha in Three Sisters at LATC, Ellie in The Foursome (a leading role in an original work at Tim Robbins' The Actor's Gang Theatre), Pam in Tomfoolery at The Comedy Store, Curly’s Wife in Of Mice and Men at Cape Fear Regional, NC, Lysistrata in Lysistrata and Olivia in Twelfth Night. She has performed leading roles in musicals including Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and No Strings, in addition to a year in Japan performing live with a big band orchestra. In film, she played the lead role in the musical Isle of Lesbos, which had a successful run on the festival circuit and won awards at Berlin and Outfest. She has also appeared in Forever Love with Reba Macintire, Firecracker with Karen Black, After Image with John Mellencamp and Ninja Cheerleaders with George Takei.