astroboy and the god of comics
by natsu onoda power
directed by jaime robledo
presented by sacred fools
scenic design by deanne millais
photos by jessica sherman photography
"Theater doesn’t get any more collaborative than Sacred Fools’ Astro Boy And The God Of Comics, from its brilliantly inspired director Jaime Robledo to live art director Aviva Pressman to scenic designer DeAnne Millais to lighting designer Matt Richter to costume designer Linda Muggeridge to sound designer Robledo to original music composer Ryan Johnson to prop designer Brandon Clark to projection animation designer Jim Pierce to stunt/fight choreographer Mike Mahaffey to Suzuki trainer Joe Fria to projection video designer Anthony Backman to playwright Power’s own puppet design. (Can you say “It takes a village” … or in this case a village of Sacred Fools?)" StageSceneLA Review by Steven Stanley
"In between, Robledo, an ensemble of Sacred Fools all-stars (with standouts Mandi Moss and Marz Richards) and a crack production design (including DeAnne Millais’ set, Matt Richter’s lights, Anthony Backman’s projections and Jim Pierce’s animation) — pump up Power’s text into a kind of high-wire — and highly polished — vaudevillian pastiche." LA Weekly Review by Bill Raden
"...for this West Coast premiere, a rare team of designers has assembled under producer and technical supervisor Brian W. Wallis – Matt Richter’s lights make much of Linda Muggeridge’s bright, poppy costumes and DeAnne Millais’ clean, many-layered set..." Stage and Cinema Review by Jason Rohrer
"Matt Richter and Anthony Backman transform a small physical space into a city, a world, a solar-system with tricks of perspective, light, and shadow all without being overtly clever about it." Backscatter review by Navi Narasimhan
"In between, Robledo, an ensemble of Sacred Fools all-stars (with standouts Mandi Moss and Marz Richards) and a crack production design (including DeAnne Millais’ set, Matt Richter’s lights, Anthony Backman’s projections and Jim Pierce’s animation) — pump up Power’s text into a kind of high-wire — and highly polished — vaudevillian pastiche." LA Weekly Review by Bill Raden
"...for this West Coast premiere, a rare team of designers has assembled under producer and technical supervisor Brian W. Wallis – Matt Richter’s lights make much of Linda Muggeridge’s bright, poppy costumes and DeAnne Millais’ clean, many-layered set..." Stage and Cinema Review by Jason Rohrer
"Matt Richter and Anthony Backman transform a small physical space into a city, a world, a solar-system with tricks of perspective, light, and shadow all without being overtly clever about it." Backscatter review by Navi Narasimhan
