“Projections designer Tao Wang enhances these metamorphoses, as does sound designer and composer John Gromada. Gromada's original music fits wonderfully;” Benrud, 2025) Benrud, K. (2025, January 30). enrud, K. (2025, January 30). Triangle review: Kurt Benrud’s review of Death of a Salesman (Issue Part 6) https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Triangle-Review--January-30--2025-Issue-- Part-6--Kurt-Benrud-s-Review-of-DEATH-OF-A-SALESMAN-.html? soid=1102365224669&aid=aSbowEjsUqc
“Projections created by Tao Wang shine upstage and create illusions of blue skies and passing trains” (Bullock, 2025). Bullock, J. (2025, January 30). Triangle review: Jaye Bullock’s review of DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Issue Part 4) https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Triangle-Review--January-30--2025-Issue-- Part-4—Jaye-Bullock-s-Review-of-DEATH-OF-A-SALESMAN-.html. soid=1102365224669&aid=GrvYuDFh7WI
“Tao Wang’s cinematic projected title screen, whose composition is lifted from the black-and-white thrillers from the 1940s, caps a theatrical vision that evokes the very essence of film noir” (Woods, 2025). Woods, B. (2025, February 7). Through 2/16 dark stories on a darker set: Playmakers reps ‘Death of a Salesman’. CVNC. https://cvnc.org/through-2-16-dark-stories-on-a-darker-set-playmakers-reps-death- of-a-salesman/
Ray, M. (2025, February 4). Behind the scenes of PlayMakers' Death of a Salesman. The Daily Tar Heel. Featuring Tao Wang as projection designer. Retrieved from https://www.dailytarheel.com
Southerland, G. (2025, February 4). Regional Reviews: Raleigh/Durham - Death of a Salesman. Talkin’ Broadway.Retrieved from https://talkinbroadway.com Featuring Tao Wang as projection designer
Wang, T. (2024). Illuminating spaces: Integrative technologies in lighting and projection design at PQ Symposium. Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space.
Wang, T. (2024, August 14). Tao Wang uses innovative design techniques to transform live performances. Research UNCovered: Creativity. Endeavors.
Talking Broadway. (2024). Tao Wang's projections — elegant 3D adventure game renderings — blanket the stage, enveloping the cast and audience in the lush and bewitching technicolor landscape of The Game™.
Garrett, S.Talking Broadway. (2024). Also worthy of special mention are the projections and media design by Tao Wang, which are used briefly near the end of the play but to great effect.
Rooney, M. (2023, October 23). Review of Misery at PlayMakers. Tao Wang's lighting design is dappled, multicolored, and ominously beautiful, providing a perfect ambient atmosphere for character interactions. Lightning flashes create a powerful visual impact. Retrieved from https://www.melissarooneywriting.com/blog/misery-playmakers-13- oct-2023-review
Southerland, G. (2023, October 23). Review of lighting design by Tao Wang. Tao Wang's lighting beautifully adds focus and mood. Retrieved from https:// www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/rd/index.html
Brickman, R. (2022, May 15). Review of Why I Live at the P.O. by Urban Arias. Tao Wang’s lighting is highly effective in separating time and space, spotlighting different performers, and shifting seamlessly between scenes. DC Theater Arts. Retrieved from https://dctheaterarts.org/2022/05/15/urban-arias-why-i-live-at-the-p-o-is-a-glorious- spoof-of-grand-opera/
Eichler, D. J. (2022, February 28). Review of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical at NKU. The set by Tao Wang features a modern welded metal multilevel design with heavy use of projections, including a notable animated Minotaur. League of Cincinnati Theatres. Retrieved from https://www.leagueofcincytheatres.info/gotta-catch- the-lightning-thief-the-percy-jackson-musical-at-nku/
Eichler, L. (2023, January 3). Review of The Lightning Thief at NKU. NKU’s new design professor, Tao Wang, is absolutely amazing. League of Cincinnati Theatres. Retrieved from https://www.leagueofcincytheatres.info/theatre-experiences-past-and-future/
Wang, T. (2024). Scenic rendering for Violet. Impact of dramatic lighting and high contrast. In Building a Design Rendering (p. 8).
Wang, T. (2024). Visualizing light in science renderings. In Digital Painting in Production (p. 115). Explores how scenic renderings incorporate lighting ideas to make a large impact.
Wang, T. (2024). Using shafts of light and atmospherics in scenic rendering. Scenic and media designer Tao Wang uses beams of light through haze in his rendering for Peter and the Starcatcher. In Digital Painting in Production (p. 116).
Wang, T. (2024). Photographs from diverse sources fused to create one fantastical image in The Princess. In Photo Bashing(Figure 8.1, p. 146).
Wang, T. (2024). Sleeping Beauty projection design rendering. Selected by Digital Painting and Rendering for Theatrical Design: Using Digital Tools to Create Scenic, Costume, and Media Renderings (1st ed.) by J. Gillette. ISBN 978-32076925.