Fierce Productions - Chicago, Illinois

Alex K.

It's hard to put to words how much we appreciate Laura and the Fierce team, so we'll just share the text we sent Laura the day after our wedding:

"Laura, it feels like the most common piece of advice people give about weddings is that, 'something will go wrong, just expect that'. However, you delivered a perfect wedding. We wouldn’t have changed a single thing. What you accomplished was absolutely extraordinary. Complete magic. We thought we knew exactly what to expect, but it was so much more than we dreamed of. We are so proud of what we created with you. It left guests feeling so grateful to have experienced something so unique and loving. They’re saying it was the coolest experience and best party they’ve ever been to."

A few other highlights of working with Laura and the Fierce Team:
- She doesn't just see it as her job to plan the wedding; she sees it as her job to allow you to be present during the big day. Many say "it all went so fast," when remembering their wedding, but it didn't feel like that for us because Laura made sure we could be present.
- She respected our vision like it was her own and protected every piece of it.
- By the time the wedding arrived, she was our friend--not a vendor. And that made the experience that day even cooler. Imagine having your friend send you down the aisle...rather than someone your hired.

We would hire Fierce a million times over.

Brandon M.

We hired Laura for our Miami reception at the Ancient Spanish Monastery. We wanted to bring colorful Caribbean fun to the oldest building on the East Coast, and Laura helped us bring that vision to life. I am an extremely picky, high maintenance control freak, but due to both of our demanding work schedules, we knew we couldn't coordinate the reception on our own. We are glad we chose Laura to help us.

She did a great job with executing our vision, dealing with our difficult schedules, and making last minute requests work (we originally weren't going to do flowers, but decided about a month out that we wanted tropical arrangements and she found an INCREDIBLE florist!).

You can tell she has a background in theater, which we loved, because she helped us find amazing entertainment that made our party so memorable. We've had so many people tell us it was the best wedding they've ever been to, and they are still talking about it 5 months later when I'm finally getting around to writing this review.

We planned our whole destination ceremony, so it felt really scary to give the reins to someone else for our Miami reception, but we are so glad we hired Laura. We love that our day was so stress free. She helped us hire staff, plus her and her husband did so much on the day of, so all we had to do was show up. If you want a colorful wedding with memorable entertainment and great design, Laura is your person!

The N. A. A. D.

We have worked with Laura and her team (Allison, Connor, Kathleen and Alex) on our virtual and first in-person social justice conference for more than 3 years now. We owe a huge part of our success to them! Every year, each of them have done an incredible job, showing high levels of commitment and responsiveness and maintaining amazing professionalism and quality standards. The team is made of up of lovely people who are easy to communicate with and are open to feedback. They just take the worries off your back for which I am so grateful to them as an organizer. I highly recommend them to other social justice organizations in Chicago and around.

Saleem W. S.

Our wedding was earlier this year and we have waited to write this review because we wanted photos to prove how amazing, talented and fun Laura and her team are. Hiring Fierce productions was the best decision we could have made.

We interviewed a few wedding planners and we were impressed by Laura. During our consultation she actively listened to our vision and put it into words to help us understand what our day would entail. My husband and I had no idea what we were doing when we embarked on this process. We had a general vision, but did not know how to pull it together. We had several design meetings and after each meeting Laura left us feeling confident that everything was going to come together.

Laura has a great sense for design and event planning. I feel like she can see into the future and predict flaws, prevent them and execute our vision. The day of our wedding we were calm because Laura checked all the boxes, literally! She was able to command the room, and still put us at ease so we could enjoy our day.

Our day had a few tiny setbacks but Laura did what she could to make it right. The most impressive feat was the timeline. We had a very detailed timeline and Laura and her team made sure we covered everything. She handled unforeseen issues with ease.

My advice to you is to hire Fierce Productions full wedding planner service, listen to everything Laura says, sit back and relax. Also hire Adam Biba to be your photographer. He captured the moment of Laura doing her thing!

Thank you again for making our day beautiful.
Saleem and Matt

Elle &. N. E.

Fierce did an amazing job curating an experience tailored to our tastes and personalities. We did not want a traditional wedding, and they were able to help us create a day that felt like "us." It truly was a unique and magical event. The team's ability to connect with vendors who understood our vision helped bring everything together, and on the day, they made sure everything ran seamlessly.

Angela R.

The entire Fierce team is amazing and helped us plan and execute the wedding of our dreams! Laura has tons of insight into the industry and her recommendations are top tier. She has great taste when it comes to design as well. Our entire day went seamlessly; it was truly a FLAWLESS wedding. Our guests were so impressed and said it was their favorite wedding ever. We could\n't be happier and will cherish the memories from our wedding day forever. Big thanks to Laura and the whole team at Fierce!

Kathryn S.

Laura from Fierce Productions is the BEST in the biz! Our very first meeting with her was a “real talk” budget discussion where she helped my fiancé and me adjust our plans for our big day to fit a more realistic and practical vision. She was straightforward, professional, flexible, and extremely dedicated to and enthusiastic about helping plan our event. She recommended several of our vendors for the big day (ReVrb Sound, The Flower Girl Company, Allie Appel Photography) and each and every one of them knocked it out of the park. Laura also put together a killer team of day-of coordinators to make everything smooth on the big day, and they handled the small hiccups throughout the day so well that we never even knew that anything went wrong! I would absolutely recommend Laura and Fierce Productions to anyone looking to plan their big day!

Chereesca B.

We had an unforgettable, unique, “party-of-the-decade” wedding and we couldn’t have done it without Fierce.

Sure, everyone says they couldn’t do it without a planner, but we truly understand that this team was special and any other team would have resulted in a less perfect wedding for us.

Here are the qualities that made Fierce outstanding:
1. Unicorn-whisperers - In our first meeting, Laura was keen at highlighting the quirky things that were special to us. That meeting was all about listening to who we were as people, our dreams and expectations for the big day, and how we wanted our guests to feel. The first thing that Laura wrote down in her notebook that day was “Chimpanzee ring bearer”. By the time the wedding came around, my husband had given up on that dream, but Laura made it happen!
2. Adaptable to different personalities - During the 10 months we had to plan, Laura filled in the gaps in our capabilities and availability. She also catered to my need to walk through every detail and my husband’s need to get the cliff notes. As a perfectionist who stresses out a lot, while simultaneously being really short on time, I can be pretty tough to work with. I appreciated that Laura never made me feel bad about this, and just adapted to what I needed. I was never made to feel that I was not heard or not in control.
3. Creative / artistic - The Fierce team is fiercely creative and was able to take our nebulous ideas and turn them into a cohesive design (with several directions to choose from). This was pretty involved since we were going for “untraditional and unforgettable”. We were so comfortable with Fierce’s understanding of who we were, and their eye for design and detail, that we happily granted them executive authority to make changes day-of.
4. Well-connected to miracle-workers - Fierce introduced us to vendors who all seemed to provide that extra level of personalization.
5. Organized - They set our expectations with budget (we came in under budget), and gave us software to keep track of everything. They also packed everything up at the end of the night - nothing was missing, and they packed us a ton of flowers!
6. Sharp and capable - On the wedding day, we had 3 master executors from Fierce taking care of all of the details and providing constant support and direction. They arrived in the morning at the groom’s dressing location and my bridal suite armed with their timelines. At least one of the Fierce crew was with me at all times. They anticipated every need, made sure we ate, managed the vendors, and dealt with the last-minute things like implementing our rain plan (crazy storms that day).
7. More than planners - The Fierce team didn’t treat us like clients, but friends. They got to know our family members and bridal party. Laura was part of my girl crew for dress fittings, etc (but also did a great job of herding the cats and quizzing vendors). Because of Fierce, our vendors were engaged in our vision and really put their hearts into our day.

The feedback from our wedding guests were along the lines of “epic”, “so perfectly you”, “intimate and emotional”, “stunningly beautiful”, and “how can you top a surprise chimpanzee”.

So now that the wedding is over, we miss our regular calls with the Fierce team. Since then, I planned a small baby shower for someone. It was a thousand times more stressful without their help. For the next event, I won’t think twice about calling them!