INANIMATE
by Nick Robideau
Theater Wit
Director: Jeremy Wechsler
Set: Joe Johnson
Lighting: Levi Wilkins
Costume: Mara Blumenfeld
Sound: Joe Court
Props: Annamae Durham
TD: Nick Peebles
Painters: Livian Kennedy
Lydia Moss
Photos: Chuck Osgood
"Scenic Designer Joe Johnson has done a capital job creating a versatile environment for the play. His lifelike Dairy Queen building and sign are precise; it’s also fascinating how the drive-in restaurant opens up to become a TV studio. Johnson’s design also offers a motel front, Kevin’s apartment and the tiny living room of Erica and Trish’s home."- Chicago Theatre Review
"The scenic design by Joe Johnson is spot on. The town, Erica and Jodi's apartment, and the Dairy Queen have a familiar feel. The muted wood tones and the hyperreal reds are complemented by Levi J. Wilkins's subtle lighting design"- Third Coast Review
"Thanks to scenic designer Joe Johnson, the players couldn’t wish for a better set from which to tell their tale. It includes a very realistic, older Dairy Queen façade, complete with a picnic bench, a sign pole reaching up into the sky, and an advertisement for Dilly Bars."- Life and Times