Covenant
Goodman Theatre
Directed By Malkia Stampley
Scenic: Ryan Emmens
Lighting: Gina Patterson
Costumes: Evelynn Danner
Composition: Mike Pryzgoda
Sound Design: Dee Etti-Williams
Photo Credit: Hugo Hentoff
Audio Samples
Covenant Trailer
Depicted: Jaeda LaVonne, Debo Balogun, Ashli René Funches, Felicia Oduh, & Anji WhiteMusic by Mike Pryzgoda“Music director and composer Mike Przygoda, alongside sound designer Dee Etti Williams, craft a rich sonic landscape that skillfully balances music and spirituality, presenting them as deeply connected and occasionally in conflict. Their work captures the rigidity of a Southern religious household, the soulful joy of the blues, and lingering unease surrounding demonic forces.”
— Emily Werner (Chicago On-stage)
Audio and Video Editing: Dee Etti-WilliamsClips Courtesy of Goodman TheatreReviews
— Barbara Vitello (Daily Herald)
“Dee Etti-Williams’ sinister sound design are an appropriately foreboding complement to Walker’s nightmarish tale”
“Dee Etti-Williams’ sound design…works in haunting tandem with the lighting to create an atmosphere of gathering doom.”
— Wesley David (Buzz Center Stage)
“Dee Etti-Williams' sound design echoes throughout the theater, making several audience members jump and look around, including me and the person sitting next to me.”
— Kathy D. Hey (Third Coast Review))
“Dee Etti-Williams’s haunting soundscape… rattles us right down to the bones.”
— ROBERT ERIC SHOEMAKER (New City Stage)