Neil Patel (b. 1964 in Bangor, Wales) is a prolific award winning American scenic designer. He has designed productions for theater, opera and dance. He designed Warren Leight’s Tony Award winning play Side Man on Broadway, London's West End, and the Kennedy Center; 'night, Mother, Oleanna and (title of show) on Broadway and Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize winning Dinner With Friends Off-Broadway and on National Tour. He has designed for the Guthrie Theater, the Steppenwolf Theater, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Brooklyn Academy of Music among many regional companies in the United States and abroad. Since 1997 he has been a member of Anne Bogart’s SITI Company.
His designs for Opera include the world premieres of Bright Sheng’s Madame Mao at the Santa Fe Opera and David Carlson’s Anna Karenina at the Florida Grand Opera. Both directed by Colin Graham.
Designs for television include the critically acclaimed series In Treatment for HBO.
Patel has received the Helen Hayes Award, numerous Drama Desk Award nominations and is the recipient of two Obie Awards for Sustained Excellence in Set Design.
He is married to theater director Maria Mileaf.