A Raisin in the Sun
2011 Ovation Award Nominee, Best Lighting Design
"The stellar ensemble shines in a production enriched by lighting designer Elizabeth Harper and scenic designer Michael Ganio, whose hauntingly lit tenement towers loom over the Younger household like the crushing weight of history itself."
Bill Raden, LA Weekly
"Scenic designer Michael Ganio and lighting designer Elizabeth Harper perfectly capture the oppressive nature of the cramped Younger home."
Lee Spindle, Backstage
"Today, lighting designer Elizabeth Harper, a 2010 Ovation Award nominee for The Twentieth Century Way (The Theatre @ Boston Court), is currently moving about Ganio’s stage. Having previously worked with [Wren] Brown, Harper, too, was eager to work on this production."
From The Raising of A Raisin in the Sun. Click here to read the full interview.
The Twentieth-Century Way
2010 Ovation Award Nominee, Best Lighting Design
"From the brilliant lighting and precise costumes, to the perfectly subtle sound design, this production is the pinnacle of what what makes theatre, and the live experience, great."
Taren James, KPFK
"'Controlling the lights is a powerful thing and each cue is a power play... I wanted this show to seem as if it were designed extemporaneously by the characters. Working though their eyes and breaking down each beat was challenging and incredibly rewarding.'
The sexually charged, intellectually intriguing play by Tom Jacobson brought one more lighting aspect Harper hadn’t encountered: full-frontal male nudity. But she’s a professional: 'I handled it with class and sidelight.'"
From Lights Up! Spotlight on Lighting Designers Behind Ovation Nominated Shows. Click here to read the full interview
House of Gold
2012 LA Weekly Award Nominee, Best Production Design
"A passionately well-realized staging, which features superlative design elements."
F. Kathleen Foley, LA Times
"House Of Gold’s production design is nothing short of sensational, from Kurt Boetcher’s imaginative, multicolored set design to Elizabeth Harper’s flashy lighting... 'Morbid' and 'unappetizing' is how the Washington Post described House Of Gold when it premiered a year ago. It is no more sunny or savory this time around, but thanks to Wright, McFadden, and the above-mentioned design phenoms, those in search of something out of the ordinary could do worse than give House Of Gold a gander."
Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA
The Malcontent
"As with previous Antaeus productions, The Malcontent is strikingly designed, from A. Jeffrey Schoenberg’s stunningly detailed period fashions to Elizabeth Harper’s vivid lighting design."
Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA
Tales from Hollywood
"Smart hands have contributed to a wonderful evening of thoughtful theatre. These include, no accident, set designer Tom Buderwitz's unaccented sliding-doors for many sets, Elizabeth Harper's fine lighting design and Ashley Portillo's excellent period costume. This is a delicious production, so if you go see it, you will not regret it."
Dale Reynolds, Stagehappenings
"Besides being intelligently written, Tales from Hollywood owes its success to the adroit direction of Michale Peretzian, who stages the many scenes, from drab offices to lavish parties, seemingly uninterrupted. The appropriate sets are designed by Tom Buderwitz, with mise en scene projections by Adam Flemming. Other major contributors to this fine production are lighting designer Elizabeth Harper and sound designer Bill Froggatt. Without their craft, this might have been just another drama about real people in an almost forgotten era."
Ingrid Wilmot, Will Call