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REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

— THEATER —​​

Oakland Theater Project: CRUCIBLE
Mercury News review
Theatrius review
Sept. 2022
 
WHEN WE KNOW BETTER WE CAN DO BETTER
Projection Light and Staging News Podcast

Jan. 20, 2021
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Aurora Theatre Company’s PARADISE BLUE
Theater Eddys San Francisco Bay Area's review
Feb. 3, 2020
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A RARE GEM, Stephanie Johnson: Lit from the Black!
Interview by the Afro Urban Society
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Oct. 20, 2020

KILL MOVE PARADISE at Shotgun Players, Berkeley
Theatrius review
July 17, 2019
 
FOR COLORED GIRLS
Produced by The African American Shakespeare Company
 The Taube Atrium Theater, San Francisco
Theater & Such review
Sept. 2018
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​Stephanie Anne Johnson was nominated for the 2017 Theatre Bay Area's Outstanding Lighting Design for:

​TO THE BONE - Ubuntu Theatre. Oakland, CA
and
​​HELA -Theatre First. Berkeley, CA
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TO THE BONE —  June, 2017 reviews:
 
"A tight and thrilling show... every moment captivating" — Theatrius

"Impressive in the truest sense" — Berkeley Daily Planet

"Subtle and sure... demands that the invisible world of immigrant workers be  seen"  — KQED

“The striking and innovative lighting by Stephanie Anne Johnson make the bare circle into an effective theater in the round.” ​ — Robert Gardner – Theatrius
 
HELA --Theatre First  May, 2017 reviews:
 
“In remembering Henrietta Lacks as more than just a bunch of cells, “HeLa” posits that it’s important that we name her, but also that stories and memories are part of what allow her, or any of us, to become fully human. In so doing, the show proffers a subtle metatheatrical tribute to the power of performance itself. Theater doesn’t just tell us good stories; it testifies that we existed and that we meant something.”
— Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle
 
“There’s a cumulative power to this story that feels both intimate and epic, another chapter in our history of taking that tells an essential story that should keep being told.” ​ — Chad Jones, Theater Dogs
 Stephanie Anne Johnson lights SHE 
​Brava Theater, San Francisco
Berkeley Times review
April 11, 2013
 
THE WOMEN AT THE TOMB
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WASSUP DOYLE Theater review
Sept. 1998

WE SPEAK
Art Festival of Atlanta
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and
Atlanta Journal Arts & Entertainment review
Sept. 1995

Close-Up on NABET Member Stephanie Johnson

National Assn. of Broadcast Employees & Technicians
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Lighting Designer/Grip or
A woman grip in uncharted waters
Circa 1980s

—  ART —​

ANCESTOR'S GROVE: A SPACE JOURNEY

Lake Merritt Autumn Lights Festival -Oakland, CA
Video by Alexa Burrell 
2021 & 2022

BINDING TIES
​Oakland Theater Project
San Francisco Chronicle review
Broadway World review 
Wanda Sabir Interview 
Local News Matters Bay Area review 
Feb.-March, 2021
 
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN BERKELEY'S HISTORY AND LEGACY
Berkeley Historical Center
Berkeleyside ARTS review
May, 2021

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN BERKELEY: FOUR FAMILIES
Berkeley Historical Society
Berkeley Times review
Nov. 2019 
 
AFRO SOLO ARTS FESTIVAL XIII
Sargent John Gallery
SF Chronicle Article
Aug. 24, 2006
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LIGHT ESSENCE DESIGN

Do you have a project you'd like to discuss? Contact Stephanie to arrange a complimentary 30-minute consultation. 
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