About me: JENNIFER ZEYL
Selected Press
… delivered on Jennifer Zeyl's evocative single setting, which morphs from an Olympia bedroom into a bullet-pocked stone hut in Gaza.
(My Name is Rachel Corrie – Seattle Repertory Theatre)
MISHA BERSON – SEATTLE TIMES, 2007.
The physical production is incredible. Jennifer Zeyl is an extraordinary set designer, and here she has created a simultaneously indoor and outdoor locale that is icy, vaguely dangerous, bloodless and necrotic.
(Crumbs Are Also Bread- Washington Ensemble Theatre)
JERRY KRAFT – AISLE SAY, 2007.
The set is by Jennifer Zeyl, and it is awesome. Is there somehow more room in this theater than the last time you were here? Is it deeper and wider than you remember? How did Zeyl do that? Everything is washed winter gray and bare trees are suspended from the ceiling and so is, in the center of it all, a chandelier. The conflation of interior and exterior is not only practical, it's intelligent.
(Crumbs Are Also Bread- Washington Ensemble Theatre)
CHRISTOPHER FRIZZELLE – THE STRANGER, 2007.
The first thing we noticed about Crumbs Are Also Bread is that its set is yet another magical emanation from the mind of Jennifer Zeyl. WET's stage isn't large, but somehow the frozen Midwestern town of Breadmouth fits on it: the town square, bedrooms, kitchens, backyards, and the icy river. Even a full moon appears. Trees with bare branches, disquietingly, grow upside down.
(Crumbs Are Also Bread- Washington Ensemble Theatre)
MICHAEL VAN BAKER – SEATTLEST, 2007.
The clever little girl from Kingston, Rhode Island…matured into a woman whose notions are often reason to desert your own idiot box (TV) and head to the theatre. Zeyl’s imagination is as wide as they come, and still searching for places large enough to fit it.
STEVE WIECKING – SEATTLE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE, 2006.
First, let us go directly to the set. Washington Ensemble Theatre's world-premiere mounting of "The Museum Play" has a really nifty one [created by] the company's ace resident designer, Jennifer Zeyl.
(The Museum Play – Washington Ensemble Theatre)
MISHA BERSON – SEATTLE TIMES, 2006.
The use of Asian-style puppets, dance, music and theatricalized objects, all on Jennifer Zeyl's gorgeous scenic design, with fine costumes, lighting and sound design make this one of the most beautifully built productions I've seen in some time.
(The Winter’s Tale – Seattle Shakespeare Company)
JERRY KRAFT – AISLE SAY, 2006
That's the genius of a Jennifer Zeyl design—conceptually robust, beautiful, and efficient… Zeyl has an intelligence and a gale-force will that most of her peers, in small and large theater, lack. She makes things—great things—happen.
BRENDAN KILEY – THE STRANGER, 2006.
Scenic designer Jennifer Zeyl officially deserves a raise for her efforts here. Jean-Paul Sartre must be snickering wherever he is, waiting to shake Zeyl's hand for so cunningly capturing a peep-show purgatory with no exit. Halfway through, the unseen floor of Zeyl's nebulous cavern fills with water, casting wavering shadows of illumination on the walls and drenching the actors to their skin.
(Crave – Washington Ensemble Theatre)
STEVE WIECKING – SEATTLE WEEKLY, 2005.
The secret weapon in the arsenal of upstart company Washington Ensemble Theatre, Jennifer Zeyl is the most exciting scenic designer working in Seattle today…. no one rivals Zeyl in pure conceptual power… she has invented as often as she has arranged, and actively conceived as much as she passively evoked. And her work just keeps getting better.
ANNIE WAGNER – THE STRANGER, 2005.
It's about time someone recognized Jennifer Zeyl, whose work has helped define the world of some good shows and has often been the saving grace of productions otherwise lost in their own universes….. If Zeyl's name is in the program, you'll at least be safe in knowing exactly where you are.
STEVE WIECKING – SEATTLE WEEKLY, 2005.
Personal Press
Jennifer Zeyl lives here. If you knew Jennifer Zeyl, or if you even met her once, you would want to live here, too. You would want to follow her around all day praising her badonkadonk and tossing rose petals at her feet. You will make up songs about her, because her last name rhymes with everything. You CANNOT ESCAPE HER TRACTOR BEAM OF AWESOME.
DANIELLE HENDERSON – KNOTTY YARN, 2006.
Author: Tales from Fish Camp: A City Girl's Experience Working in an Alaskan Fishing Village. 2004
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Iziz movin to the west coast soon! Will be relocatin to Burbank in 6 weeks Holllla! May have to take a trip north to visit yur purdy lil self in 2008 :) Lol and hope you doin GREAT! zz
