"The first thing I noticed in the theatre at City Theatre's Birthday Candles was the set. My companion for the night and I spent the preshow prying the set apart with our eyes, unaware that nearly every item in that montage would soon have a deeper meaning. Kudos to set designer Sasha Jin Schwartz, who worked with director Mark Masterson to craft a set that seems inconsequential and full of trivia at first, but later proves to great significance. You know, like a life?" - BroadwayWorld Pittsburgh 

"The set, designed by Sasha Jin Schwartz, and lighting, designed by Xuewei (Eva) Hu, adds an extra layer of heartache. At the end of the play, Hu highlights intricate props framed in shadowboxes, causing a ripple of sniffles throughout the audience"- Burgh Vivant