Triptych
written by Edna O'Brien
produced @ Magic Theatre

"Directed with sizzling restraint by Paul Whitworth, aided by Kurt Landisman's fine lighting, B.Modern's character-defining costumes, and Michael Woody's subtle sound, Triptych, the second play under the helm of new artistic director Chris Smith, is a compelling work."

Robert Lee Hall
Piedmont Post
December 17, 2003

The Sex Habits of American Women
written by Julie Marie Myatt
produced @ Magic Theatre

"Everybody looks terrific in Todd Roehrman's crisp '50s fashions, and Michael Woody's sound design features some wonderfully appropriate music..."

Chad Jones
Oakland Tribune
October 17, 2003

Schrödinger's Girlfriend
written by Matthew Wells
produced @ Magic Theatre

"Director Kenn Watt has tremendous fun with his cast , but his talents have been put to better use at the Magic on less structured, more fundamentally obtuse pieces like Charles Mee's "Summertime." All the slapstick physicality and fancy video projections (by Michael Woody) in the world can't disguise the fact that Schrödinger's Girlfriend is fun for its 50 minute first act, but loses momentum in its hour long second act."

Chad Jones
Oakland Tribune
November 5, 2001

Schrödinger's Girlfriend
written by Matthew Wells
produced @ Magic Theatre

"Michael Woody's musical sound bites and period video projections offer whimsical nostalgia against Kate Boyds ultra-modern set, and Fumiko Bielefeldt's costumes are as good as it gets."

Staff
Bay Times
November 15, 2001

Schrödinger's Girlfriend
written by Matthew Wells
produced @ Magic Theatre

"He uses Michael Woody's black-and-white videos and Kurt Weill-inspired music to vibrantly reflect the mutlilayered qualities of the play."

Mark De La Vina
Mercury News
November 5, 2001

Schrödinger's Girlfriend
written by Matthew Wells
produced @ Magic Theatre

"Watt and the Magic give the play a good shot, with Michael Woody's clever musical quotes and slide and video projections on Kate Boyd's cyclotron-sleek black-and-white set."

Robert Hurwitt
SF Chronicle
November 5, 2001

The Serfs

"The Serfs, who include songwriter Michael Woody and acclaimed playwright John O'Keefe among their collaborators, bring the pain with a vengeance--and laughout-loud insights for an age of chaos."

KR
East Bay Express
November, 1999

Summertime
written by Charles Mee Jr.
produced @ Magic Theatre

"Kate Boyd's Magritte-meets-Chekhov set is a beautifully airy vision that curiously helps to ground this bounding play, and Michael Woody provides the campy, beguiling soundtrack for romance. Some may find Summertime's Felliniesque mélange frustrating, but for me its wonderfully frisky embrace of love's head-over-heels madness feels much like the real thing."

Brad Rosenstein
SF Bay Guardian
July 12, 2000

Bake Sale
written by Fifth Floor
produced @ Cell Space

"Somewhere in the wild conflation of video, movement, fragmentary narrative, and Michael Woody's textured sound and music, flashes of truth about an awful chapter in our history shine through. Not all the strands connect, but this is a rich, ambitious work, as provocatively inclusive as a nightmare."

Staff
SF Bay Guardian
August 6, 1997

Bake Sale
written by Fifth Floor
produced @ Cell Space

"...compelling original music by sound designer Michael Woody."

Robert Hurwitt
SF Examiner
August 1, 1997

Dr. Faustus Lights The Lights
written by Gertrude Stein
produced @ Intersection

"...eclectic sound design and musical direction by Michael Woody."

"Stein meant her 'Faustus' to be an opera, though her chosen composer (Gerald Beners) never came through with a score. Watt and Woody fill the void by setting her arias to a wild assortment of rock, country, folk, jazz, including everything from 'Chopsticks' to 'Frere Jaques.' Not all of it works, but there's a real kick in the way they've wrapped Stein's lyrics around the swinging lilt of "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" and Louis Prima's 'Sing, Sing, Sing.' "

Robert Hurwitt
SF Examiner
November 11, 1997

Scenes From An Execution
written by Howard Barker
produced @ Brauva Theater

"Michael Woody's sound offers squalling experimental jazz and tinkly cocktail standards that sometimes drown out the dialogue."

Dennis Harvey
SF Bay Guardian
September 4, 1996

Marisol
written by José Rivera
produced @ Life on the Water

"Michael Woody's rich sound design keeps up a steady, ominous growl or eerie wind beneath the action, when it isn't regaling us with an uplifting Renaissance motet or pulsing, Philip Glass-like runs."

Robert Hurwitt
SF Examiner
July 1, 1996

Marisol
written by José Rivera
produced @ Life on the Water

"Orestes, director Watt creates a blown-out, freaky-deaky atmosphere, with much help from Marsha Ginsberg's set, Rand Ryan's inventive lighting, and Michael Woody's sound design."

Dennis Harvey
SF Bay Guardian
July 1, 1996

Speaking of Music
hosted by Charles Amirkhanian
produced @ Exploratorium

"Overseen by an exceptionally credentialed Exploratorium staff of composers, instrumentalists, radio technicians, and sound engineers, including Pete Richards, Pamela Winfrey, and Michael Woody, and hosted by Charles Amirkhanian, music director of KPFA radio, Speaking of Music is a fascinating forum for conversations between musicians and Amirkhanian and the attending audience."

Derk Richardson
SF Bay Guardian
October 16, 1991

All Night Long
written by John O'Keefe
produced @ Encore Theater

"Director Kenn Watt has cleverly succeeded in keeping this barrage of non sequitur vignettes interesting enough and never boring; he is greatly aided by the solidity of David Maier's detailed stage set and Michael Woody's sound design."

Staff
Coming Up!
July 11, 1987

L.B.J.
written by Jamal
produced @ Lorraine Hansberry Theater

"Eric Sinkkoren's stark set, Michael Woody's sound design and Stephanie Johnson's lighting add considerablly to this highly reccommended production."

Gene Price
Coming Up!
Febuary 11, 1986

Accidental Death of an Anarchist
written by Dario Fo
produced @ Eureka Theater

"There is a good deal of rowdy vaudevillian fighting, beautifully choreographed by Michael Cavetti, and soundman Michael Woody creates a splendid explosion with light effects by Kurt Landisman."

Nancy Scott
Coming Up!
November 9, 1984