Reviews & Awards
Awards
2018 SFBATCC award for Lighting Design, Mother Night
2017 SFBATCC award for Lighting Design, The Ice Cream Sandwich Incident
2014 SFBATCC award for Lighting Design, Next to Normal
2013 SFBATCC award for Video Design, A Bright Room Called Day
Video
Every 28 Hours at Talks @ Google
Every 28 Hours (Livestream on Howlround)
The Ice Cream Sandwich Incident (Livestream)
Oreo, Carrot, Danger: A Play of Rituals (Livestream)
Stegosaurus Or Three Cheers for Climate Change (Livestream)
The Deceiver of Citizens (2020 video opera)
Shoshana in December, 2022 (Custom Made Theatre & FaultLine Theater)
“Vanessa Flores’ direction exemplifies how theater doesn’t need a sky-high budget to make transformative art (though Maxx Kurzunski’s ace, mood-defining lighting design certainly helps).” - SF Chronicle, Lily Janiak
Mother Night 2017, Custom Made Theatre
"Maxx Kurzunski’s lighting is among the show’s most effective devices. So often in contemporary theater the overriding mandate from director to designer seems to be, “Just let me see everything.” Refreshingly, Katz, who also directs, keeps the show shrouded in darkness, so that even on a tiny stage, Kurzunski can create myriad hermetically sealed little worlds, each in isolated cones of peach, blue and red light. In this twilit universe, it’s easy to see how Howard could remain so cut off from the consequences of his actions." - SF Chronicle, Lily Janiak
"Kurzunski changes the mood, and the time. One moment he uses bright yellow light to interrogate Campbell. The next moment, he shows us a dark stage, illuminated only by a painting of Adolf Hitler." -Theatrius
"includes projections by Maxx Kurzunski that are awesome." -Talkin Broadway
Man of La Mancha, 2018 Custom Made Theatre
while Maxx Kurzunski’s low lighting captures the dank atmosphere of a claustrophobic cave. -Berkshire Fine Arts
The exception to the makeshift atmosphere is the colorful, moody lighting (by Maxx Kurzunski) – especially excellent in “To Each His Dulcinea” and the showdown with the Knight of the Mirrors. - StarkInsider
Sam and Dede, 2017 Custom Made Theatre & 59E59
Maxx Kurzunski’s lighting complements the barren set with nice touches like the moon, a projection that comes and goes at a click. - NewYork Arts
Maxx Kurzunski’s lighting design strikingly reinforces the sense of homage to Beckett with its brightness that fluctuates, and that accentuates the passage of time. -TheaterScene
Tutor: Enter the Exclave video
https://vimeo.com/60577974
Next to Normal, 2015 Custom Made Theater
remarkably lit by Maxx Kurzunski.-Westsideobserver
A Bright Room Called Day
with video designer Maxx Kurzunski, he has made sophisticated use of historical photos, film footage, and obtuse Kushner-written scene titles projected on the rear of Marci Ring's set - The Bay Area Reporter
Still at Risk
Maxx Kurzunski’s lighting design is exquisite and properly moody - Marc Gonzalez
