For Blind Mouth Singing:

Zach was nominated for a Henry Hewes Design Award!

“Set designer Zach Zirlin has built a striking and utilitarian playground for Cortinas' grim fairy tale…”

- Sam Thielman, Variety

“Zach Zirlin's evocative set is dominated by a large industrial fan and a long, narrow trough of water that stands in for the well… to create a cumulative effect that is both stylish and striking.”

-Dan Bacalzo, Theatermania

“But what we see, on Zachary Zirlin's extraordinary set, is no well at all; we see a shallow rectangular pool of water, no more than 3 or 4 inches deep, running straight down the middle of the stage... Kudos to Polendo and a visionary design team—Kate Ashton (lighting), Candida K. Nichols (costumes), Jane Shaw (sound), and the aforementioned Zirlin—for creating one of the most imaginative, stimulating environments for a play that I've encountered in quite some time."

- Martin Denton, nytheatre.com

"But in his hands it doesn’t feel hackneyed; the huge fan, or maybe it’s an airplane propeller, at the back of Zach Zirlin’s bold set, sometimes twirling, sometimes ominously still, has a transfixing effect."

- Neil Genzlinger, New York Times

"And Zach Zirlin's suggestive set design spreads the family's barren homestead far and wide."

-Tom Sellar, Village Voice