Jeff Herrmann’s set design and Richard Ingraham’s sound design both enhance the production.
Roy Berko - (Member, American Theatre Critics Association) - --THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS--
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times
The play takes place in Lewis’s mind, where we meet his militant brother Rex, who summons all their ancestors (sound designer Richard Ingraham’s echoes of Africa set the tone), beginning with great-grandfather Simon, a slave. Lawrence’s depiction of young Simon’s courtship of his wife is charming and funny.
Fran Heller - Cleveland Jewish NewsThe solo piano interludes (sound design by Richard Ingraham) underscore the straightforward simplicity and beauty of the piece.
Fran Heller - Cleveland Jewish NewsAltar Boyz - Beck Center - 2008
And even though the Beck Center production has a tiny fraction of the Broadway show's budget, the Lakewood "Boyz" look and sound and play like a million bucks.
Tony Brown - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document Given to Me By a Young Lady from Rwanda - Dobama - 2008
Richard Ingraham’s sound design adds great
depth and the sounds of Rwanda underscore the beauty of the country and the
misery of yet another senseless destruction of precious human life.
Roy Berko - (Member, American Theatre Critics Association) - --THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS--
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times
Beauty and the Beast - Beck Center - 2007
"Ben Needham’s scenic design and Richard Ingraham’s sound design were carefully thought out and merely tweaked in the two revivals."
Art Thomas - West Life
Take Me Out - Dobama - 2007
"The mood of each scene was well set by sound designer Richard Ingraham’s selection of the different versions of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” as they play progressed."
Roy Berko - (Member, American Theatre Critics Association) - --THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS--
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times
Hamlet - Beck Center - 2006
"Richard Ingraham’s sound, especially the music and echoing voice of the king, also add to Hansen’s interpretation."
Roy Berko - (Member, American Theatre Critics Association) - --THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS--
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times
From Door to Door - Jewish Community Center of Cleveland - 2006
"Richard Ingraham selected excellent music, including a vocal version of the play’s title, ‘L’dor V’dor,” to tie the sound to the plot."
Roy Berko - (Member, American Theatre Critics Association) - --THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS--
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times
Mrs. Warren's Profession - Beck Center - 2006
"...Richard Ingraham’s selection of music set the proper tone before the opening curtain and between scenes."
Roy Berko - (Member, American Theatre Critics Association) - --THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS--
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times
Diary of Anne Frank - Beck Center - 2006
"There is much to praise in this fine production, but the overriding impression
is the extraordinary attention to detail.
Credits start with Richard B. Ingraham’s saturating sound design, beginning with
the fleeting chirp of birds, which signals the family’s rupture from the world
outside."
Fran Heller - Cleveland Jewish News
"Richard Gould’s set, Jeff Lockshine’s lighting, Richard Ingraham’s sound design and Alison Garrigan’s costumes all enhance the production."
Roy Berko - (Member, American Theatre Critics Association) - --THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS--
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times
A Number - Dobama - 2006
"Sound designer Richard B. Ingraham punctuates each scene change with musical interludes that mimic a Philip Glass composition. The notes are similar, but not quite the same, just like the two Bernards. With the appearance of Michael Black, the tune changes completely."
Fran Heller - Cleveland Jewish News
Beauty & the Beast - Beck Center - 2005
"A reverb-enhanced bass voice gives us the back-story of the too-proud prince who was turned into an ugly beast until he learns the meaning of unselfish love."
"Everyone is aided by Richard Ingraham's first-rate sound design that does not call attention to itself while balancing voices, instruments and special effects."
Art Thomas - West Life
T.I.D.Y - Beck Center - 2005
"Don McBride’s grim, factory-like setting includes two shredding machines that
cough up gobs of paper strips with every scene change, all to the delightful
sounds of Aryavarta Kumar’s original music. It’s a gas.
Richard B. Ingraham’s terrific audio design doesn’t
skip a beat, from car locks, cell phones and microwaves sounding off, to the
ker-plop of dripping water in an underground garage. Jeff Lockshine’s lighting
adds definition to the various milieu..."
Fran Heller - Cleveland Jewish News
Ten Minutes from Cleveland - Dobama - 2005
"The exceptional sound design was by Richard Ingraham and incorporated recordings of local radio personalities, as well as Cleveland musical artists."
Kelly Ferjutz - Cool Cleveland contributor
The Exonerated - Dobama - 2005
"...images reenact the crime scenes, hyped by Richard Ingraham's sound effects."
Fran Heller - Cleveland Jewish News
Ragtime - Jewish Community Center of Cleveland - 2004
"But it isn't just the lovely and elaborate costumes by Dana Romeo, the evocative lighting by Colleen Dowling or the vivid sets and effects by Richard Gould and Richard Ingraham that impress."
Carolyn Jack - Cleveland Plain Dealer Arts Reporter -
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
"Richard Ingraham's projections are key to each changing scene"
and
"Richard Gould's malleable set design includes a painted backdrop of colorful gears that works as an eye-catching symbol of the industrial age. Richard Ingraham's baleful sound effects and Colleen Dowling's lurid lighting hype the violence during a racist incident."
Fran Heller - Cleveland Jewish News
Ears on a Beatle - Dobama - 2004
"Sound design is integral to the milieu, and Richard B. Ingraham does yeoman's work from the whirr of overhead choppers to the roar of the crowd and screech of city traffic."
Fran Heller - Cleveland Jewish News
"Richard Ingraham has done a wonderful job of patching together the complicated sound design which blends together music, voice-overs, and segments from historical speeches and media performances."
Roy Berko - (Member, American Theatre Critics Association) - --THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS--
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times
Of Mice and Men - Beck Center - 2004
"Richard Ingraham has added some fine background sounds
and fine underscoring musical interludes."
Roy Berko - (Member, American Theatre Critics Association) - --THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS--
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times
The Seagull - Beck Center - 2004
"Sets and lights by Don McBride (with a turn-about wall, the summerhouse becomes the interior of the house) readily evoke the time of day or night, and sound by Richard Ingraham reflects the stillness of country life, accented by storms, birds, or barking dogs."
Kelly Ferjutz