PRESS

THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING)

"Stephanie Buchner is a lighting designer with a keen sense of humor." —Chad Jones theaterdogs.net 3/29/2009

AMP- MEET ME NORMAL

"The courtship ritual infiltrates “Meet Me Normal.” A dancer will spin in place to attract another, while the second initiates a rotation of arms that threaten to tear the limbs from their sockets. The details linger in the mind. The exchanges can be ominous or benign, and [Loni] Landon keeps you watching for the next gesture…Stephanie Buchner’s lighting scheme masterfully pinpointed all these confrontations."—Allen Ulrich, San Francisco Chronicle, 11/10/2014

THE LATE WEDDING

"As stories shift, Stephanie Buchner ’s lights seem to open up the enticing boxes of Melpomene Katakalos’ beautiful, white-on-white set. "—Robert Herwitt, San Francisco Chronicle, 9/23/2014

THE ARSONISTS

"Stephanie Buchner's lights provide a fiery finale."— Robert Herwitt, San Francisco Chronicle, 4/12/2013

THE CREATURE

"Without benefit of prostheses, [James] Carpenter transforms himself into the humanoid creation of Victor Frankenstein. His jaw juts and limbs contort as if assembled from corpses. His eyes dart with feral, probing intelligence in an eerily sallow face (an effect aided by Stephanie Buchner's moody lights). His voice booms from the deep hollows of his chest, even as he tries to imitate normal conversation."  —Robert Herwitt, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/26/2009