Chicago Tribune

The claustrophobic basement of the Chopin Theatre has never been put to better use than in Melania Lancy's crepuscular kitchen with mossy yellow-green walls, set off by the sickish lighting of Julie E. Ballard.

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PerformInk Online 

Melania Lancy’s scenic design takes advantage of the Chopin basement, using the existing columns to extend the illusion of a fourth wall. Julie Ballard’s sharp lighting changes are effective, and together Ballard and Lancy make literal Stanley’s fragmenting world. - Kevin Heckman

An Angry White Guy in Chicago - Blog

The production feels right - Melania Lancy's set is detailed and complete (she provides a genuine sense that there is an outside world beyond the subtlely cracking walls of the boarding house) and the low ceilings and pillars in the remarkable Chopin Theatre Downstairs space adds to the feeling of claustrophobia and unease necessary. - Don Hall

EDGE Chicago

Melania Lancy’s literal scenic design and Anthony Ingram’s seaside sound design work together as a naturalistic universe that puts on display the familiar unreality of the place. - Jack Hafferkamp

Chicago Critic

The production values, always high caliber in a Signal Ensemble show, are evidenced by Melania Lancy’s quaint cottage-like set with Else Hiltner’s costume design together with Julie E. Ballard’s lighting and Anthony Ingram’s sound design. - Tom Williams