wilson chin · set design
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EDUCATION & AWARDS:
Yale School of Drama, M.F.A. in Set Design University of California at Berkeley, B.A. in Architecture Donald and Zorka Oenslager Travel Fellowship Award, Yale University Donald M. Oenslager Scholarship in Stage Design, Yale University Roslyn Schneider Eisner Prize for Continuing Creative Achievement, University of California at Berkeley
SELECTED DESIGN WORK (New York City):
SHOW: DIRECTOR: THEATRE: Boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb Alex Timbers Ars Nova Theatre Masked by Ilan Hatsor Ami Dayan Daryl Roth Theatre Len, Asleep in Vinyl by Carly Mensch Jackson Gay Second Stage Theatre The Dear Boy by Dan O'Brien Michael John Garces Second Stage Theatre King of Shadows by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Connie Grappo The Working Theater Dark Matters by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Trip Cullman Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre Holy Cross Sucks! by Rob Nash (set and costume) Jeff Calhoun Ars Nova Theatre Blueprint by Bixby Elliot Jonathan Silverstein Summer Play Festival Hardball by Victoria Stewart Lou Jacob Summer Play Festival Widows by Ariel Dorfman Hal Brooks 59E59 / Reverie Productions Christine Jorgensen Reveals by Bradford Louryk Josh Hecht Dodger Stages / Theatre Row As You Like It by William Shakespeare Moritz von Stuelpnagel HERE Arts Center The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero by Marissa Kamin Ben Rimalower Daryl Roth Theatre The Voyage of the Carcass by Dan O'Brien Randy Baruh Soho Playhouse Dread Awakening by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & others Pat Diamond & others 45th Street Theatre Golden Age by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Claire Lundburg Kraine Theatre Say You Love Satan by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Claire Lundburg FringeNYC Boise by David Folwell Rob Bundy Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre Joy by John Fisher Ben Rimalower Actors' Playhouse Snoopy! the Musical by Grossman and Lockhart Ben Rimalower Symphony Space Fran's Bed by James Lapine (video sequence) James Lapine Playwrights Horizons A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard Jeff Janisheski Columbia University Virgin of the Vieux Carre by Aury Wallington Pat Diamond Double Helix ONE Festival Sanguine by Andy Hyman David Muse Double Helix ONE Festival 2 Josh by Jeff Janisheski Jeff Janisheski Cherry Lane Theatre
SELECTED DESIGN WORK (Opera):
SHOW: DIRECTOR: THEATRE: Don Giovanni composed by W.A. Mozart Catherine Malfitano San Francisco Opera, CA The Saint of Bleecker St. by Gian-Carlo Menotti Catherine Malfitano Central City Opera, CO Dido and Aeneas composed by Henry Purcell Ira Siff New York Chamber Opera, NYC L’italiana in Algeri composed by Rossini David Scott Marley Berkeley Opera, CA Faust composed by Gounod (assistant designer) Andrei Serban Metropolitan Opera House, NYC Rusalka composed by Dvorak (assistant designer) Robert Carsen Opera National de Paris, France
SELECTED DESIGN WORK (Regional):
SHOW: DIRECTOR: THEATRE: The Way of the World by William Congreve Michael Kahn Shakespeare Theatre Company, DC The Violet Hour by Richard Greenberg Barry Edelstein Barrington Stage Company, MA The American Plan by Richard Greenberg Kim Rubinstein The Old Globe, CA Some Things Are Private by Deborah Salem Smith Laura Kepley Trinity Repertory Company, RI Candida by George Bernard Shaw Barbara Oliver American Conservatory Theatre, CA The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Ken Ruta American Conservatory Theatre, CA Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck James Still Indiana Repertory Theatre, IN Iron Kisses by James Still Stephanie Gilman Geva Theatre, NY Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg Kathleen Gaffney Studio Arena Theatre, NY Breath, Boom by Kia Corthron Michael John Garces Yale Repertory Theater, CT "Master Harold"...and the boys by Athol Fugard Hal Brooks Weston Playhouse, VT Cyrano adapted by Jo Roets Stephanie Gilman Weston Playhouse, VT Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer Jesse Berger Dorset Theatre Festival, VT Rough Magic by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Kevin Moriarty Hangar Theatre, NY Christine Jorgensen Reveals by Bradford Louryk Josh Hecht Boston Center for the Arts, MA Haunted Prince by Christie Brown and Gary Sloan Stephen Fried Shakespeare in DC Festival, DC The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare Stephen Fried New Jersey Shakespeare Theatre, NJ Amadeus by Peter Shaffer Randy White Cardinal Stage Company, IN A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Trip Cullman Yale School of Drama, CT The Summer People by Maxim Gorky Paul Mullins Yale School of Drama, CT The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare Gia Forakis Yale School of Drama, CT The Sungatherers by Tim Acito David Muse Yale School of Drama, CT The Muckle Man by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa David Muse Yale School of Drama, CT Dogg's Hamlet by Tom Stoppard David Muse Yale Cabaret, CT
SELECTED ASSOCIATE & ASSISTANT WORK:
SHOW: DESIGNER: DIRECTOR: THEATRE: Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg Santo Loquasto Joe Mantello Jacobs Theatre, B'way Shining City by Conor McPherson Santo Loquasto Robert Falls Biltmore Theatre, B'way The Times They Are a-Changin' music by Bob Dylan Santo Loquasto Twyla Tharp Brooks Atkinson Theatre, B'way Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet Santo Loquasto Joe Mantello Royale Theatre, B'way 110 in the Shade by Nash, Schmidt and Jones Santo Loquasto Lonny Price Studio 54 , B'way Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Santo Loquasto Doug Hughes Lyceum Theatre, B'way A Second Hand Memory by Woody Allen Santo Loquasto Woody Allen Atlantic Theatre Company Assassins by Weidman & Sondheim Robert Brill Joe Mantello Studio 54, B'way Caroline, or Change by Kushner & Tesori Riccardo Hernandez George C. Wolfe NYSF/ Public Theatre Wrong Mountain by David Hirson Giles Cadle Richard Jones O'Neill Theatre, B'way