A WIND IN THE WILLOWS CHRISTMAS
TWO RIVER THEATRE, NEW JERSEY USA - 2012
DIRECTED BY AMANDA DEHNERT
LIGHTING DESIGN BY Tyler Micoleau
"A sweet, expertly staged holiday offering at the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank."
"Moley wears eyeglasses, a sweater vest, a bow tie, jeans and on his head, a miner's-cap light, the only acknowledgment that the actor is playing a certain furry mammal rather than a human. Philip Witcomb used similar restraint in costume design for most of the characters, but he does put Mr. Burgess in a bright-green suit to emphasize his toadness."
"Mr. Witcomb also designed the set, which has a fanciful English-country-garden feel, dominated by a rotating, winding wooden path and an elevated, upstage section of Toad Hall, where Dr. Badger always seems to be looking something up in a big book."
The New York Times
"Philip Witcomb's evocative set resembling an abandoned amusement park perfect for a rodent takeover. When Water Rat rows his boat, a turntable makes him seem to be gliding past shoreline."
"Witcomb also designed the costumes, which eschew animal mimicry in favor of character-inflected human garb. Toad, for example, wears a loud chartreuse jacket above shamrock green pants, a perfect look for an ego that's as large as the Emerald Isle."
Variety
"The superb scenic design by Philip Witcomb is centered around a giant rotating circular ramp festooned with greenery. There are platforms at several levels and stairways linking them with the ramp, largely within the latter's circle."
Talkin Broadway.com