REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
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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 Aurora Theatre Company’s PARADISE BLUE Theater Eddys San Francisco Bay Area's review Feb. 3, 2020 A RARE GEM, Stephanie Johnson: Lit from the Black! Interview by the Afro Urban Society 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 _____________________________ 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 ____________________________ 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 WASSUP DOYLE Theater review Sept. 1998 WE SPEAK Art Festival of Atlanta and Atlanta Journal Arts & Entertainment review Sept. 1995 Close-Up on NABET Member Stephanie Johnson National Assn. of Broadcast Employees & Technicians 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 |
