Press

Some selected accolades.

 

Winner Outstanding Lighting Design

OC Theater Guild Awards

2024 for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Chance Theatre

2022 for Yellowman at Chance Theatre


Featured Design in TD&T’s Summer 2018 Issue

https://www.usitt.org/tdt/


Anna In The Tropics

This beauty is an equal product of Cruz’s words, the actors’ artisty under Kokernot’s guidance, and the design of the world around them.  Andrea Heilman’s set is simple but just gorgeous. The walls are made up of lines of translucent yellowed pages from a book. - Single White Fringe Geek

https://swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2017/02/review-anna-in-tropics-jungle-theater.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSome%20coats%20keep%20winter%20inside,yellowed%20pages%20from%20a%20book.

 

Bars and Measures at the Jungle Theater

“Ellington's music fits in nicely with Andrea Heilman's neon-streaked set, split into a drab prison and a sleek, modern apartment.” - Graydon Royce

http://www.startribune.com/review-bars-and-measures-at-the-jungle-theater-contemplates-the-uniting-power-of-music-in-these-divided-times/391645161/

“Together with Andrea Heilman's evocative set—the stark prison visitor room on one side, Eric's contemporary-styled apartment, complete with hardwood floors and grand piano, on the other, and Michael Wangen's lighting design, the look and sound of the production add to the momentum of its narrative. “ - Arthur Dorman

https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/minn/minn491.html

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Everything in the physical space is indicative of Christopher and his way of thinking; things are neat, clean, and orderly in his world. However, the chaotic outside world is represented in the stage’s background, where abstract and ominous patterns connect back to Christopher’s anxieties. These feelings are made even more potent through the impressive technical design.

Andrea Heilman’s intense and thoughtful lighting design adds emotional layers to the performance, along with the exquisite sound design provided by Hovis that only adds to the intensity and realness of every scene. - The Orange Curtain Review

https://theorangecurtainrev.com/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time-chance-theater-review/

 

Yellowman

Khanisha Foster's direction... provides both detachment from the subject matter, while maintaining an epic sense of possibility. But with the help of Andrea Heilman's dizzying array of lights, and Darryl B. Hovis’ dramatic sound effects, she makes sure the audience's focus never drifts from the actors, who create, over the course of the performance, the wide array of locations and attitudes that follow the show's central couple through 20 years or so in their relationship. - The Show Report

https://www.theshowreport.org/post/review-yellowman-chance-theater

 

Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet

“The director has harnessed the talents of a young company of players into a beautifully acted, sweetly affecting production that is elegantly designed by Andrea Heilman (sets), Kalere Payton (costumes) and Michael Wangen (lights)” - Rohan Preston

http://www.startribune.com/marcus-gets-a-memorable-staging-at-the-guthrie/275144621/

 

The Brothers Size

“The design – Andrea HeilmanMichael WangenKalere A. Payton and Katherine Horowitz – is outstanding.” - John Olive

https://www.howwastheshow.com/2012/09/the-brothers-size-by-pillsbury-house-theatre-performing-in-the-guthries-dowling-studio/



 

  

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