by Thornton Wilder, directed by Alan Paul, Shakespeare Theatre Company, DC
costumes: Sarafina Bush, lighting: Philip Rosenberg, sound: John Gromada, music: Michael John LaChuisa
cast: Holly Twyford, Chinna Palmer, Jake Loewenthal, Craig Wallace, Felicia Curry, Eric Hissom, Natascia Diaz, Tom Story, Elliot Dash, Hudson Koonce, Sarah Marshall, Tommy Nelson, Suzanne Richard, Christopher Michael Richardson, Kimberly Schraf
additional photos provided by Teresa Castracane, copyright protected images
"Wilson Chin has ingeniously transformed Sidney Harmon Hall into a space of communal testimony. He’s created a theatre in the round, with wooden beams hanging above recalling a church, a barn, and somehow the heavens."– Nathan Pugh, Theatrely
"Wilson Chin’s superb scenic design reimagines Sidney Harman Hall in the round, immersing the audience in the fourth-wall-breaking proceedings. That’s not the only trick up his sleeve. The play’s traditional ladders are swapped out for striking spiral staircases, breathtaking rafters hang just above the stage and the seemingly sparse set is filled with third-act surprises."– Thomas Floyd, The Washington Post
"Scenic designer Wilson Chin’s warm wooden ceiling arches suggest a gabled home, a church, or the triangular pediments in so many of DC’s federal buildings. Black spiral staircases punctuate the corners providing some visually striking entrances and exits. An inspired scenic shift in the third act helps underscore human’s tendency to skim the surface and look through each other."– Pamela Roberts, Broadway World
"The set by Wilson Chin evokes both an arena in a Roman amphitheater that would be used for gladiatorial combats and the arches of the sanctuary of a rural American church. It’s a harrowing and holy space in which we witness both the momentous and the everyday in the lives of the citizens of Grover’s Corners."– Gregory Ford, DC Theater Arts
