Megan M. Reilly

written by KJ Sanchez

|| produced by Mary Moody Northen Theatre | performed April 2025 at St. Edward’s University, Austin TX | directed by KJ Sanchez | scenic design by Theada Haining | costume design by Avalon McPhail | lighting & projection design by Megan Reilly | photography by Megan Reilly and ||

“Visually, the production is stark and evocative. Scenic designer Theada Haining constructs a cold, isolating lunar habitat, while Megan Reilly’s lighting and media design inject pockets of warmth into the sterile surroundings.”

Broadway World Review, April 5, 2025

“Theada Haining's set design places H on a small elevated center platform that emphasizes the limited living space within the lunar module. For video calls, her friends appear in pools of light at the corners of the theatre-in-the-square. The Mary Moody Northen Theatre has stage platforms high in the corners of its space, but for this production they're masked them with panels of dark, irregular lattice work. These and the  shadows left overhead by Megan Reilly's lighting design reinforce the feeling of  H's confinement without becoming claustrophobic…Walden [remixed] explores these characters' approaches to the basic choices of young adulthood. It contrasts them with the blithely reasonable, emotionless responses of H's AI friend Larrry Bird. He's a useful foil for her meditations in isolation. We hear him at first and may perceive him as a flickering image that Reilly projects onto the latticework in the high corners.”

CTX Live Theatre Review, April 10, 2025