Scott Pask
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Scott Pask is an American Tony Award winning scenic designer born in Yuma, Arizona, well known for his work on Broadway for Urinetown, The Coast of Utopia,The Vertical Hour with Julianne Moore and Bill Nighy, directed by Sam Mendes,Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Kiki and Herb: Alive on Broadway,The Wedding Singer, La Cage aux Folles, Amour, Sweet Charity, Little Shop of Horrors, Take Me Out, and Nine with Antonio Banderas. Pask won his 2005 Tony Award for The Pillowman. He will make his Metropolitan Opera debut next year with his design of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes.
He designed the original production of The Pillowman and its subsequent UK tour for the National Theatre. Additional credits include On an Average Day (West End) and Tales From Hollywood (Donmar Warehouse) both directed by John Crowley. Broadway: The Wedding Singer, directed by John Rando, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, directed by Scott Wittman, Kiki and Herb: Alive on Broadway,Sweet Charity (2005) directed by Walter Bobbie with Christina Applegate, La Cage aux Folles (2004)directed by Jerry Zaks, Urinetown (Lortel nomination) also Toronto and national tour, Take Me Out (Drama Desk nomination) directed by John Rando, Little Shop of Horrors,directed by Jerry Zaks, Nine (revival, Outer Critics Circle nom.), directed by David Leveaux with Antonio Banderas, Amour (Drama Desk nom., Hewes nom.), directed by James Lapine. Other selected credits: Bash (Almeida Theatre, NY, L.A. and Showtime network), Albert Herring (Opera North U.K), The Underpants, The Bomb-itty of Errors, The Donkey Show (NY, London, Edinburgh), Slanguage, The Gimmick, Love's Fowl, The Beginning of August, Refuge. Also: Baltimore Center Stage, Alliance Theater, South Coast Repertory, Seattle Rep, The Old Globe, ACT, Yale Repertory Theater, Walker Arts Center, Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto, BAM and Williamstown. 1999 Lucille Lortel Award and Henry Hewes Award for his work on The Mineola Twins; 2001 Bessie Award for Verge.
Pask earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Arizona and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University. He is the identical twin brother of Bruce Pask, noted stylist and men's fashion director at T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
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