“This Piazza looks stunning too, with Karen Perlow’s sun-warmed lighting saturating the Tuscan hues of Susan Zeeman Rogers’ elegant versatile set and Charles Schoonmaker contributing some of the most flattering costumes in recent memory.”

“Scott Edmiston’s production, set by Susan Zeeman Rogers amid folding arches on a sunny canvas that furls at one end, is as tener and lovely as Clara.”

“…here the scenis design – by Susan Zeeman Rogers – is far simpler, yet wonderfully effective, dominated by a large, scrolling painting of the Florentine skyline that flows from the floor to the rafters.”

“Susan Zeeman Rogers’ elegant set, inspired by an artist’s half-filled sketchbook, suggests the fairy-tale quality of the young romance…”

“Against a back wall of effectively used archways, the lovely set designed by Susan Zeeman Rogers is all pen and ink drawings, reminiscent of the sketches that Clara creates as she tours the city. Several flats paired at right angles cleverly roll and swing to suggest a multitude of locations. As well, the entire stage floor represents a huge sketch pad with the in-progress image of an Italian skyline flowing across and up the right side of the stage wall.”

Feature Article: “Designing the Magic Portals to ‘Piazza’” by Terry Byrne for the Boston Globe