A little about Leazah Behrens
Leazah Behrens is a freelance scenic designer based in Minneapolis, MN. She has worked with over 20 theaters as a designer, scenic arts or Technical Director, she is also a member of IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) Local 13 working as a stagehand for live events (Broadway tours, concerts, corporate events and many more) throughout the Twin Cities area. Leazah has taught at Southwest Minnesota State University and Willamette University as well as for her union. She holds a M.F.A. in theatre arts: Scenic design from Wayne State University’s Hilberry Repertory Theatre and a B.S in Theatre Arts and Art: Graphic Design from Southwest Minnesota State University.
Reviews
Romeo And Juliet by Shakespeare, Mission Theatre Company
The story unfolds on a multi-level set that looks less like buildings in a city than rocks in the wild, adding to the dreamlike fairy quality of the production. Each time a character dies, red rose petals are strewn over them; by the end of the show the stage is littered with rose petals.
- Cherry and the Spoon
Big Money by Sandbox Theatre, Park Square
The design team (including sound and music designer Tim Donahue, lighting designer Heidi Eckwall, and scenic designer Leazah Behrens) have done a great job re-creating the look of Press Your Luck, with flashing squares of color hung across the back of the stage, accompanied by the familiar sounds. The three contestant podiums are also used as various other set pieces when we break away from the game show.
- Cherry and the Spoon
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY by Tracy Letts, Hilberry Theatre
The Hilberry production wows you even before it starts courtesy of Leazah Behrens’ set, which cleverly depicts all three levels of Violet’s crumbling home.
- John Monaghan -Detroit Free Press
Designer Leazah Behrens fills up the stage with the house's many rooms and floors, looking straight through the walls (as if by X-ray) in a manner that makes the space somehow feel both tremendous and stifling.
- Carolyn Hayes - Encore Michigan
The production team for August: Osage County is every bit as on their game as are the actors. Leazah Behrens's sprawling set fills the Hilberry space with utility, care, and creativity. With the bones of the house showing, the very foundation of the family is laid out for us to see. Every little nook and cranny is filled, and alive.
- Modo Review
The Arabian Nights - Mary Zimmerman - Wayne State University Bonstelle Theatre
Sprawling rugs and lush drapery dominate an otherwise sparse stage, transporting the audience from her husband's bed chamber to exotic locales that are imagined simply through performance and the power of words -- a spectacle to be seen.
-Oakland Press
"Scenic designer Leazah Behrens has given us a fanciful set, and the costumes designed by Donna Buckley are (who would have thought I’d ever be able to say this) 'right out of the ‘Arabian Nights.’” - Reviewed -- Robert Delaney, Detroit New Monitor February 14, 2013
The story unfolds on a multi-level set that looks less like buildings in a city than rocks in the wild, adding to the dreamlike fairy quality of the production. Each time a character dies, red rose petals are strewn over them; by the end of the show the stage is littered with rose petals.
- Cherry and the Spoon
Big Money by Sandbox Theatre, Park Square
The design team (including sound and music designer Tim Donahue, lighting designer Heidi Eckwall, and scenic designer Leazah Behrens) have done a great job re-creating the look of Press Your Luck, with flashing squares of color hung across the back of the stage, accompanied by the familiar sounds. The three contestant podiums are also used as various other set pieces when we break away from the game show.
- Cherry and the Spoon
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY by Tracy Letts, Hilberry Theatre
The Hilberry production wows you even before it starts courtesy of Leazah Behrens’ set, which cleverly depicts all three levels of Violet’s crumbling home.
- John Monaghan -Detroit Free Press
Designer Leazah Behrens fills up the stage with the house's many rooms and floors, looking straight through the walls (as if by X-ray) in a manner that makes the space somehow feel both tremendous and stifling.
- Carolyn Hayes - Encore Michigan
The production team for August: Osage County is every bit as on their game as are the actors. Leazah Behrens's sprawling set fills the Hilberry space with utility, care, and creativity. With the bones of the house showing, the very foundation of the family is laid out for us to see. Every little nook and cranny is filled, and alive.
- Modo Review
The Arabian Nights - Mary Zimmerman - Wayne State University Bonstelle Theatre
Sprawling rugs and lush drapery dominate an otherwise sparse stage, transporting the audience from her husband's bed chamber to exotic locales that are imagined simply through performance and the power of words -- a spectacle to be seen.
-Oakland Press
"Scenic designer Leazah Behrens has given us a fanciful set, and the costumes designed by Donna Buckley are (who would have thought I’d ever be able to say this) 'right out of the ‘Arabian Nights.’” - Reviewed -- Robert Delaney, Detroit New Monitor February 14, 2013
