PRESS

  • A pitched sword-and-shield battle breaks out [...] It’s an attention-grabbing and resonant prelude, [...] with expert fight choreography by Raisa Donato.

    LILY JANIAK, SF CHRONICLE on “A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Shotgun Players, 2024

  • Donato’s fight choreo, gets great mileage out of a wushu sword fight […] A fight between Mimi and Kyung-Hwa gets laughs not for being too slapstick-y, but for its heightened realism.

    CHARLES LEWIS III, 48 HILLS on “Man of God" at Shotgun Players, 2022

  • The women dance and sing, fight and console […] engaging choreography by Raisa Donato and Natalie Green throughout.

    CAROLINA CRAWFORD, BAY CITY NEWS on "Yerma" at Shotgun Players, 2023

  • Fight choreographer Raisa Donato kept the boys' rumble thrilling...

    VINCE MEDIAA, VMEDIARTS on “Spring Awakening" at Pacifica Spindrift Players, 2023

Listen up

Catch Raisa on The Yay — Bay Area Theatre Podcast: Episode 243, recorded June 2022

Raisa Donato is a fight coordinator and a weapons expert, who recently did the fight coordination for the wonderful production of Man of God. We’ve had a lot of Bindlestiff’ers but none with the resume of Raisa. She talk about her experiences in theatre, her upbringing and where she sees herself in the future. Jeannie (formerly in Episodes 18, 32 and 221) also comes back on the Yay for the fourth time – and tomorrow is her birthday! Glad to have Jeannie in Norman’s seat while Norman celebrates his birthday and Jeannie tells us what’s happening her life.