“From the second you enter the theater, your heart pounds at the amazing setting of a full-sized wrestling ring framed by a floor-to-ceiling teocalli, a golden triangular temple adorned with a large projection screen at the top. In one corner of the ceiling is a gigantic Aztec sunstone that counts down to the show’s finale. (Set designer Anna Louizos and lighting designer Jason Lynch have outdone themselves!)”

“Anna Louizos’ magnificent set design works in perfect coordination with lighting by Jason Lynch and projections by Mike Commendatore and Rasean Davonté Johnson to create a dazzling world rooted in Aztec culture.”

“The production’s successes begin with the wonderfully crafted visuals. Anna Louizos backs the full-sized ring with a gold, stepped pyramid that is just gaudy enough to play with the “low art” flavor commonly associated with wrestling without at all accepting that premise. Double doors set in the center of the base, of course, facilitate dramatic entrances by the luchadores”

“The cleverly designed set by Anna Louizos in Goodman’s smaller Owen Theatre provides glitter and pageantry. The Aztecan step pyramid design serves up the glam, which is appropriate in a world where the Aztec gods are represented by masked wrestlers who enter the ring ornately adorned in sparkly capes and huge feather headdresses”

“The Goodman’s roughly 350-seat Owen theater has been transformed into an intimate arena complete with wrestling ring for “Lucha Teotl,” the title referring both to the fictional wrestling organization producing the bouts and the Aztec concept of sacredness or divinity.
Set designer Anna Louizos puts the roped off ring at the base of a golden pyramid topped by a video screen. Looming above all is a moon-like orb representing an Aztec clock, a dazzle of symbols circling through it like tree rings. ”