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GO BRONZEVILLE
"...an artfully designed set piece by J.P. Luckenbach."

"All the period details are finely conjured, from set designer J.P. Luckenbach’s impressive Mission home to Naila Aladdin Sanders’ costumes."

Bronzeville Sarah Happel - Socal.com

"J.P. Luckenbach’s set design is masterfully unique and functional."

Nicole Collins - LASplash

"Bronzeville is easily the best play I have seen in years...The small set never changes but serves as a family's home, a night club, a camera shop, a police station, a garden, and so on. As an audien...

Bronzeville Review by Ross Anthony

"The set sprawls lengthwise across this long narrow space. It's inviting, welcoming, and wooden. Warmly reminds me of home with a beautiful staircase to a merely hinted at second floor with moonlight ...

Bronzeville co-author Aaron Woolfolk

...the direction and the use of the space was fantastic," "incredible," and "masterfully executed."

Spring's Awakening National Youth Theatre

"It all takes place on a well-conceived set featuring a scrim with a depiction of spring, centered by a butterfly that can appear both lovely and menacing as it gazes down on the human drama playing o...

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A Funny Thing...National Youth Theatre

"JP Luckenbach has designed a remarkable Roman set in which so many funny things happened."
Nominated for Outsatnading Set Design 2009.

It's Only Life by Philip Brandes

"Production values are far higher than the typical bar for revues."

It's Only Life by Steven Stanley

Stage Scene LA.com
"The final moments of It's Only Life are a breathtaking blend of set, lighting, and imagination."

A House With No Walls by Philip Brandes...

"Ben Guillory's staging infuses the piece with passion and urgency"

A House With No Walls By Steven Stanley...

Stage Scene LA.com
"As both political drama and history lesson, A House With No Walls is well worth seeing."

Rob Hopper National Youth Theatre

"they’ve certainly put together a very professional-looking production with impressive sets (JP Luckenbach), lighting (Rob Fritz and Matt Shulman), and costumes (Kim Overton). "

Oklahoma Wendell Stevenson Director

Thank you J. P. for making the show so beautiful

Chicago National Youth Theater

"The Hamilton Academy razzles and dazzles as they bring Chicago to Los Angeles with their steamy, energized production"

Hope Runs Eternal by David Avery

CurtainUp
The Internet Theater Magazine of Reviews, Features, Annotated Listingswww.curtainup.com "John Paul Luckenbach's set design is cleverly splits the stage into two distinct areas (t...

Red River By J.L. Curtin

"The sets, designed by Sinead Thibault, David A. Cox and J.P. Luckenbach and dressed by Eileen Dietz-Albany are quite impressive in materials and concept, as there are many shifts in locale."

Why Is The Dog Howlin', Mama? By Rosalyn...

"David Cox directs an amazingly talented cast and brings out the deep Texas flavor in each of them. His innovative set design (worth seeing by itself) turns the stage into a metaphor for the fa...

Front Street Michael Green Review

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The Darker Face Of The Earth LA Weekly...

The 22nd Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards NominationsThe Darker Face of the Earth, Fountain Theater/BAND, the American Renegade Theater

The Liberation Of Jerome Gleason & The Viewing...

"BE THERE"

The Russians Are Here! By Danny Margolies

Back Stage West "This production, written by and starring Ilia Volok and David Laird Scott, is a decently crafted and neatly performed love letter to the American way with a tinge of Russian sardoni...

Theater Hell By Reed Johnson

5,023,656 articles and books``J.P. has been like a saving grace,'' Cox said. ``He knows all the things I don't.''