Thoroughly Modern Millie:

"A shining example of verve and ingenuity. Ann Bartek's ingenious set, dominated by an orange Manhattan skyline, creates a clever multi-purpose playing space....orchestrates the scene transitions with a seamless fluidity that puts the original overproduced 2002 Broadway production to shame." - Heather J. Violanti for NYTheatre.com

"...the production has a charm and an earnestness which the orignal lacked" - Shari Perkins for TheaterOnline.com

"I was initially skeptical about how the show would work in a more intimate, Off-Off-Broadway-sized space. But tucked into this smaller venue, the show’s charms are only more obvious—there’s still plenty of dancing and gleaming grins galore, but the characters and the comedy are all the more vivid when viewed from a cozier seat."
- Amy Krivohlavek for offoffonline.com

The Magic Flute:

"Nobody goes to The Magic Flute expecting the opera to make sense: It is a fairy tale, and a rather incoherent one, set to consistently wonderful music. Nonetheless, the new production at the University of Washington Opera has its own internal logic, in a show that's a bright and imaginative take on the Mozart classic."

"The two-story set, designed by Ann Bartek, gives plenty of scope for dramatizing the two-tier story in the University of Washington's imaginative, contemporary retelling of the Mozart opera The Magic Flute."
- Malinda Bargen for the Seattle Times

Running:

"The set, by Anne Bartek was light and peaceful—obviously reflecting the home Maryanne thinks she lives in." - Antonio Miniño for The Fab Marque

McReele:

"A minimalist and highly effective set. " - Dianna Martin for The Fab Marque

As You Like It:

"The first thing that one is introduced to in the Gallery Players’ production of As You Like It is Ann Bartek’s simple and elegant set. A series of grey platforms arranged at various heights are joined to the ceiling by thin white ropes pulled taut. This stylish design ingeniously suggests the Forest of Arden where most of the play will take place—the rope trees giving depth without obstructing view—and it also gives the set the feel of a giant stringed instrument that fits nicely with the production’s emphasis on music." - Fred Backus for NYTheater.com