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AWARDS

Tony AWARD nomination, 2022
Outer critics circle Award, 2022
Lortel AWARD, 2022
DRAMA DESK Award, 2022
Henry hewes Award, 2020, 2022
PRINCESS GRACE AWARD, PIERRE CARDIN FELLOWSHIP 2015
LA Weekly Award, 2009
Ovation Award, 2007.2009
DONALD OENSLAGER FELLOWSHIP IN STAGE DESIGN, Yale School of Drama 2013
HOLMES EASLEY SCHOLARSHIP, Yale School of Drama 2012

CURRENT

Teeth michael r jackson & anna k jacoBs // Sarah benson // playwrights horizonS/Mark GordoN PRODUCTIONS

EL NIñO John Adams // lileana blain-cruz // The metropolitan opera

UPCOMING

IllinoisE Sufjan stevens // Justin peck // ST JAMES THEATER, BROADWAY

BLOOD QUILT KATORI HALL // LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ // LINCOLN CENTER THEATER

MITRIDATE MOZART // JAMES DARRAH // BOSTON LYRIC OPERA

THE LISTENERS Missy Mazzoli & Royce Vavrek // lileana blain-cruz // OPERA PHILADELPHIA/CHICAGO LYRIC OPERA

LINCOLN IN BARDO Missy Mazzoli & Royce Vavrek // lileana blain-cruz // The metropolitan opera/LA OPERA

2023-34

IllinoisE Sufjan stevens // Justin peck // Chicago shakespeare theater

IllinoisE Sufjan stevens // Justin peck // Park avenue armory

2022-23

WHIte gIrl in danger Michael R Jackson // Lileana blain-cruz // 2nd stage & THE Vineyard

Transparent musIcal Mj kaufman, joey & faith salloway. // TIna landau // Ctg-Mark tapeR forUm

CREATE DANGEROUSLY LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ // LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ // MIAMI NEW DRAMA

Illinois Sufjan stevens // Justin peck // Bard summerscaPE

THE LISTENERS* Missy Mazzoli & Royce Vavrek // lileana blain-cruz // NORWEGIAN NATIONAL Opera

2021-22

Skin of oUr teeth Thornton wilder // Scenic Design // Lileana blain-cruz // BroadwaY-lCt

MANCAVE John J. CASWELL JR. // Scenic Design // TAYLOR REYNOLDS // PAGE73

CULLUD WATTAH* Erika Dickerson-Despenza // Scenic Design // CANDIS C. JONES // THE PUBLIC THEATER

MANCAVE John J. CASWELL JR. // Scenic Design // TAYLOR REYNOLDS // PAGE73

HERE SHE IS BOYS ANA NOGUEIRA // Scenic Design // MIKE DONAHUE // MCC THEATER

PROVING UP Missy Mazzoli & Royce Vavrek // Scenic Design // James Darrah // CHICAGO LYRIC OPERA

SOFT DONJA R. LoVE // Scenic Design // Whitney White // MCC THEATER

ON SUGARLAND ALEASHA HARRIS // Scenic Design // Whitney White // New York THEATER WORKSHOP

HOOD DOUGLAS CARTER BEAN/LEWIS FINN // Scenic & COSTUME Design // MARK BROKAW // ASOLO REP

THE LORD OF CRIES* John Corigliano & Mark Adamo // Scenic Design // James Darrah // SANTA FE OPERA

2020-21

GIUSTINO George Fridiric Handel // Scenic & Costume // James Darrah // Theater An Der Wien-Vienna

fefu and her friends Maria irene fornes // Scenic desiGn // LiLeana blain-cruz // Theater For a new audience

SPRING AWAKENING SHEIK/SATER // Scenic Design // Alan Paul // RoundHouse Theatre DC

REV23 Julian Wachner // Scenic Design // James Darrah // Trinity Wall Street/PROTOTYPE

DETROIT RED* Will Power // Scenic & Costume // Lee Sunday Evans // ArtsEmerson

PRISM ELLEN REID // Scenic Design // JAMES DARRAH // THE KENNEDY CENTER

2019-20

GIRLS* Brendan Jacobs Jenkins // Scenic Design // Lileana Blain-Cruz // Yale Rep

CONTINUITY* Bess Wohl // Scenic Design // Rachel Chavkin // Manhattan Theatre Club

MACBETH SHAKESPEARE // Scenic Design // VICTOR MALANA MAOG // CALSHAKES

WHITE NOISE Suzan LORI-Parks // Scenic Design // Jacki bradley// BerKeley Rep

PRISM ELLEN REID // Scenic Design // JAMES DARRAH // THEATRO MUNICIPAL-BRAZIL

FAUST Gounod // Scenic Design // Lileana Blain-Cruz // Opera Omaha

THE CHRISTIANS Lucas Hnath // Scenic Design // Taibi Magar // Chatauqua Theatre Company

THE SONG OF SUMMER* Lauren Yee // Scenic Design // Taibi Magar // Trinity Rep

PRISM* Ellen Reid/Roxie Perkins // Scenic Design // James Darrah // LA Opera

BLUE RIDGE* Abby Rosenbrock // Scenic Design // Taibi Magar // Atlantic Theatre Company

RECENT ALIEN ABDUCTIONS Jorge Ignacio Cortinas // Scenic Design // Jorge Ignacio Cortinas // PlayCo

2018-19
PROVING UP* Missy Mazzoli & Royce Vavrek // Scenic Design // James Darrah Miller Theater
FABULATION Lynne Nottage // Scenic Design // Lileana Blain-Cruz Signature Theater
HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND Marcus Gardley // Scenic Design // Lileana Blain-Cruz NYTW
IS GOD IS* Aleshea Harris // Scenic Design // Taibi Magar SOHO REP
PROVING UP* Missy Mazzoli & Royce Vavrek // Scenic Design // James Darrah Opera Omaha
FAMILIAR Danai Gurira // Scenic Design // Taibi Magar Seattle Rep
WATER BY THE SPOONFUL Quiara Alegría Hudes // Scenic Design // Lileana Blain-Cruz Mark Taper Forum
FAMILIAR Danai Gurira // Scenic Design // Taibi Magar Guthrie Theater

2017-18
ACTUALLY Anna Ziegler // Scenic Design // Lileana Blain-Cruz Manhattan Theatre Club
THE MAD ONES* Kerrigan + Lowdermilk // Scenic Design // Stephen Brackett 59E59
FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS Suzan-Lori Parks // Scenic Design // LA Williams Juilliard
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE Claude Debussy // Scenic Design // James Darrah Cincinnati Symphony + Opera
ACTUALLY Anna Ziegler // Scenic Design // Lileana Blain-Cruz Williamstown Theater Festival
HENRY IV: Part Two Shakespeare // Scenic Design // Carl Cofield Oregon Shakespeare Festival
BREAKING THE WAVES* Mazzoli & Vavrek // Scenic Design // James Darrah Prototype/Skirball Center
HENRY IV: Part One Shakespeare // Scenic Design // Lileana Blain-Cruz Oregon Shakespeare Festival
TWELFTH NIGHT Shakespeare // Scenic Design // Sanaz Ghajarrahimi NYU Tisch School of the Arts

2016-17
THE INVISIBLE HAND Ayad Akthar// Scenic Design // David Kennedy Westport Country Playhouse
BREAKING THE WAVES* Mazzoli & Vavrek // Scenic Design // James Darrah Opera Philadelphia
REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. Alice Birch // Scenic Design // Lileana Blain-Cruz Soho Rep
O, EARTH* Casey Llwelyn // Scenic Design // Dustin Wills The Foundry Theatre
A RIDE ON THE IRISH CREAM* Erin Markey // Scenic Design // Jordan Fein Abrons Arts Center
DEMONSTRATING THE IMAGINARY BODY* // Scenic & Costume // I AM A BOYS CHOIR UTR @ The Public Theater

2015-16
SALOME Oscar Wilde // Scenic & Costume // Lileana Blain-Cruz Overhead Projector
LIVING HERE* Gideon Patinkin // Scenic & Costume // Melanie Jospeh The Foundry Theatre
BOYS WHO TRICKED ME* // Scenic Design // Shakina Nayfack Musical Theatre Factory
BEAST* // Costume Design // Maurya Kerr tinypistol ODC/SFIAF
OR HOW I BECAME AN ICE PRINCESS* // Scenic & Costume // I AM A BOYS CHOIR REDCAT, BAM, JACK

2014-15
SO LONG, WILLY (LET'S GO HOME)* // Scenic Design // I AM A BOYS CHOIR La Mama ETC
THE GAS HEART // Scenic & Costume // Lileana Blain-Cruz New York Theater Workshop 2050
JACKIE // Scenic Design // Kate Attwell NYU Grad Acting
WANTFUL* // Costume Design // Maurya Kerr/tinypistol dance Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY Tony Kushner// Scenic Design // Scott Ebersold Connelly Theater
GERTRUDE MOODY* Jef Hall-Flavin WellFleet Harbor Actors Theater
DISAPPEARING MAN* Shakina Nayfack MTF Brooklyn/Cloud City

Previous Selected Works
DEAR ELIZABETH *World Premiere Les Waters Yale Rep 2013
WILL AND TEDDY Tea Alagic ArtPond 2013
KATE DOUGLAS & THE IMAGINARY MENAGERIE Hunter Bird Ars Nova ANT Festival 2013
BREATH BOOM Lorraine Moller Gerald W Lynch Theater 2013
LINDBERGH'S FLIGHT Kate Attwell/Gabe Levey Yale Cabaret 2013
K OF D Tanya Dean Yale Summer Cabaret 2012
SECRET IN THE WINGS Margot Bordelon Yale Summer Cabaret 2012
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Margot Bordelon Yale School of Drama 2012
DR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS Lileana Blain-Cruz Yale School of Drama 2011
A THOUGHT IN THREE PARTS Hallie Cooper-Novak Yale Cabaret 2011
REY PLANTA Alexandra Ripp Yale Cabaret 2011
THE TEMPEST Jack Tamburi Yale Summer Shakespeare 2011
DORIAN GREY Adam Rigg Yale Cabaret 2011
PLEASURED Company Devised Yale Cabaret 2011
AN AMERICA TRAGEDY *West Coast Premiere Courtney Selan Broad Stage 2010
TEMPODYSSEY Emily Weisberg Need Theater 2010
SCARCITY *West Coast Premiere Kappy Kilburn Need Theater 2010
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Tessa Drysdale Artbrawl 2009
MERCURY FUR *US Premiere Dado Rosenberg Need Theater 2009
MACBETH John Redding LA Theater Ensemble 2009
LIMONADE TOUS LES JOURS Michael Connors Hudson Theater 2009
LITTLE FISH *Original Cast Recording Kirtsten Sanderson Blank Theatre 2007
365 DAYS/365 PLAYS Efrain Schunior Los Angeles Theater Center 2006
ENDS OF THE EARTH *US Premiere (Set Design) Peter Sanfillipo Variant Theater 2006

*denotes world premiere

COMMERCIAL/FILM/TV
IN VOGUE Set Decoration Fenton Bailey/Randy Barbato HBO Documentary Films 2012
OFFICE MAX: ELF YOURSELF Commercial Evan Spiradellis Jib Jab Productions 2009-2012
END OF THE RAINBOW Evan Spiradellis Jib Jab Productions 2009

RESIDENCIES
THE WASSAIC PROJECT, Wassaic, NY April 2015
MOUNT TREMPER ARTS, Mount Tremper, NY May 2015

EDUCATION
MFA, SET DESIGN, Yale School of Drama
BA, University of California, Los Angeles
I AM A BOYS CHOIR Founding Member