Dining for One at the Rubber Repstaurant

Austin’s Rubber Repertory provided, I mean, anything you desired

"...afternoon. You show up at the Cherrywood home of Lisa Laratta, that talented designer of the Paper Chairs theatre..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Paper Chairs Makes Theatre With a Little Lone Star Surregionalism

The Texas premiere of Will Arbery’s Plano play knows place like home

"...endlessly in order to make themselves look bad; and Lisa Laratta, Iman Corbani, and Miriam Alexander didn't toil away..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Suicide

The title may sound heavy, but this is a black comedy, given an artful and playful new staging by Paper Chairs

"...inspires a childlike sense of awe, and set designer Lisa Laratta proves herself again to be one of the..."

May 23, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

Knot a Secret

After 17 years, playwright Hank Schwemmer is finally getting seen

"...to his unique and nuanced work," says scenic designer Lisa Laratta. She had worked with Schwemmer – in the..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Paper Chairs' The Repentance of Saint Joan

Patrick Shaw’s new play is less a tale of Joan of Arc’s life than a divine meditation on love lost

"...incredibly genuine and vulnerable. Co-direction by Shaw, Doss, and Lisa Laratta ensures a cohesive production that carries us not..."

April 6, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Paper Chairs' Plano

Paper Chairs' production gets inside the heads of three sisters over a decade that races by in a breakneck 90 minutes

"...ranch-style home where the play happens (set design by Lisa Laratta). Eventually, sister Isabel (Elizabeth Doss) winds up in..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Salvage Vanguard Theater’s Antigonick

This production gives an ancient tale a fresh look and feel while retaining its tragic power

"...which the action occurs is a "chandelier" that designer Lisa Laratta has made from scores of plastic bottles, the..."

March 29, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Paper Chairs' The Audience

Elizabeth Doss' adaptation of García Lorca's unfinished play is less a drama than a dream, unbound by logic, reason, or convention

"...the ride steady, and so do co-directors Doss and Lisa Laratta, who also designed the elegant, somewhat spooky set..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Paper Chairs’ Catalina de Erauso

Elizabeth Doss’ latest plays with history in a way that serves its feminist hero, and it’s also a comedy that knows its stuff

"...The script and set (designed by Lisa Laratta) play to Dustin Wills' strengths as a director:..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Paper Chairs' Poor Herman

Elizabeth Doss' new play shows the literary lion Melville to be just like one of us

"...stitched-canvas backdrop and bare wooden structure by scenic designer Lisa Laratta, which evoke the sails and decks of Melville's..."

May 20, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mast

Elizabeth Doss' new play is about lost souls not sure when to give up and go home

"...smart decision to use a single set from designer Lisa Laratta, allowing the characters to operate atop the debris..."

July 31, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Measure for Measure

Mary Moody Northen Theatre delivers a colorful version of Shakespeare's grayscale comedy that's worth seeing

"...director Michelle Polgar's hands. An arresting sapphire stage dominates Lisa Laratta's set. Kathryn Eader's magical lighting brings oranges, purples,..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Machinal

Paper Chairs' debut looks great but doesn't keep this drama revved at full speed

"...the set and how they work with it. Designer Lisa Laratta has covered the stage in doors of all..."

June 4, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Murder Ballad Murder Mystery

You'll be hard-pressed to find a riskier production in Austin this year than this strange string of ballads and mysteries

"...Or look at set designer Lisa Laratta's transformation of the Vortex space, which I've never..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Steadfast Tin Soldier, Allen Robertson & Damon Brown Underground, Lisa Thompson With Great Difficulty Alice Sits, Hannah Kenah Wraith..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2019 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Five shows share top honors with four awards each

"...the outstanding production prize, along with awards for director Lisa Scheps and actors Mariela Denson and Sarah Marie Curry;..."

Nov. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Field Ia Ensterä, There and Back/Middletown/Fun Home/Crime and Punishment Lisa Laratta, The Audience/Antigonick Cliff Simon, Sunday in the Park..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Lisa del Rosario, Leave It to Beverly..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Lisa Holmstrom and Robin Lewis, High School Musical..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Review: Zach Theatre's The Girl Who Became Legend

World premiere of epic Americana folktale delights young and old

"...a timeline to this staging. Scenic and prop designer Lisa Laratta creates a Dustbin cluttered with things discarded –..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...Crown, Bottle Alley Theatre Company & VORTEX Repertory Company Lisa Laratta, Bright Mother: An Invitation to Being, Salvage Vanguard..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

ICOSA Gallery Flows Like a River of Creative Glory

The Canopy-based collective keeps visual conversation bold and bright in our community's eyes

"...the artists collaborated with composer Curtis Heath and designer Lisa Laratta on the video and installation pieces. Knowing, as..."

April 2, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Robert Faires' Top 10 Theatre Treasures of 2019

History came alive and exceptional ensembles propelled the year's most memorable shows

"...in her play, and director Diana Lynn Small, designer Lisa Laratta, and a game cast tapped the work's trickster..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Conard & Zac Thomas, Pocatello Magdalena Jarkowiec, “In Here” Lisa Laratta, Catalina de Erauso/The Repentance of Saint Joan Roxy..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The ATX Arts Scene Will Fill Your Saturday but Good

So much to do in this town, and here are just a few excellent ideas

"...rising from the stage's polychrome plain … Scenic Designer Lisa Laratta has conjured a proving ground that's like an..."

July 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Lisa Laratta, The Suicide..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Hamlet

The melancholy Dane gets fierce in this most professional staging by Mary Moody Northen Theatre

"...memorable by their placement on these overhangs. Set designer Lisa Laratta provides a three-piece, multileveled staircase of sorts that..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

'Murder Ballad Murder Mystery'

Paper Chairs resurrects its hit musical as portable, hit-and-run bar entertainment

"...to eight characters, and director Keri Boyd and designer Lisa Laratta have worked to make the space adaptable to..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

And You Were There, and You Were There, and –

"...Lisa Laratta theatre artist..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Arts Feature

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Lisa Laratta, Machinal/Baal/Heddatron..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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