lighting design by Oona Curley

Off-Broadway Review: “I Love You So Much I Could Die” at New York Theatre Workshop (Closed Saturday, March 9, 2024)

March 5, 2024 | Off-Broadway > | "I Love You So Much I Could Die", costume design by Enver Chakartash, David Roberts, Jenny Anderson, lighting design by Oona Curley, Lucas Hnath, Mona Pirnot, music direction by Will Butler, New York Theatre Reviews, New York Theatre Workshop, NYTW, scenic design by Mimi Lien, sound design by Mikhail Fiksel and Noel Nichols, Terri K. Kohler Miles, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

Microsoft’s Text to Speech Voice read’s Mona Pirnot’s script aloud (scored with sequences of punctuation to create pauses and silences) as the playwright sits with her back to the audience at a small desk adorned by her laptop and a small lamp. Pirnot’s non-fictional narrative is the personal yet “Everyman” story of loneliness, love, loss, death, bereavement, acceptance, confession, forgiveness,…

Off-Broadway Review: “Dark Disabled Stories” Sadly Disappoints at the Public’s Shiva Theater (Closed Sunday, April 2, 2023)

I am an LGBTQ+ able-bodied and hearing person walking into the lobby of one of my favorite venues: The Public Theater. There is a notice on the door to mask up before entering. I am early and after masking up and picking up my ticket, I lean up against one of the columns in the lobby and check out my…