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BIO

Recent Broadway: costumes for A Doll's House Part 2 (Tony nomination), set design for Present Laughter and The Humans (Tony award), and sets and costume for Amelie, Fun Home (Tony nomination) and The Last Ship. Other shows include Airline Highway (Tony nomination), Rocky, Other Desert Cities, Good People, In the Next Room... (Tony nomination) and Xanadu. Recent Off-Broadway includes set design for Hamlet (Public Theater), costume design for Othello (NYTW), and set and costume designs for The Flick, and Circle Mirror Transformation, and Dogfight. Also Shakespeare in the Park, Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature, Roundabout, Elevator Repair Service and Target Margin. Around the country his work as been seen at Steppenwolf, Center Theatre Group, ART, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Yale Rep, Guthrie Theater, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Los Angeles Opera and San Francisco Opera.

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Productions

Kimberly AkimboKimberly Akimbo
 
[US Tour, 2024]
Scenic Designer
Once Upon A MattressOnce Upon A Mattress
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Scenic Design
StereophonicStereophonic
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Scenic Designer
An Enemy of the PeopleAn Enemy of the People
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Costume Design
The NotebookThe Notebook
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Scenic Design
Once Upon a MattressOnce Upon a Mattress
 
[Off-Broadway, 2024]
Scenic Designer
StereophonicStereophonic
 
[Off-Broadway, 2023]
Scenic Designer
Jaja's African Hair BraidingJaja's African Hair Braiding
 
[Broadway, 2023]
Scenic Design
Funny GirlFunny Girl
 
[US Tour, 2023]
Scenic Designer
Kimberly AkimboKimberly Akimbo
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Scenic Designer
Almost FamousAlmost Famous
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Costume Designer
Funny GirlFunny Girl
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Scenic Design
The MinutesThe Minutes
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Scenic Designer
DianaDiana
 
[Broadway, 2021]
Scenic Designer
TUMACHOTUMACHO
 
[Off-Broadway, 2020]
Set Design
ParisParis
 
[Off-Broadway, 2020]
Scenic Designer
Almost FamousAlmost Famous
 
[San Diego, CA (Regional), 2019]
Costume Design
DianaDiana
 
[San Diego, CA (Regional), 2019]
Scenic Designer
Choir BoyChoir Boy
 
[Broadway, 2019]
Scenic & Costume Designer
Soft PowerSoft Power
 
[Los Angeles, 2018]
Scenic Designer
Torch SongTorch Song
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Set Designer
The Waverly GalleryThe Waverly Gallery
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Scenic Designer
The Boys in the BandThe Boys in the Band
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Scenic & Costume Designer
The AmateursThe Amateurs
 
[Off-Broadway, 2018]
Scenic Designer
SpongeBob SquarePantsSpongeBob SquarePants
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Scenic and Costume Designer
The MinutesThe Minutes
 
[Chicago, 2017]
Scenic Designer
The HumansThe Humans
 
[US Tour, 2017]
Scenic Design
Torch SongTorch Song
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Scenic Designer
For Peter Pan on her 70th BirthdayFor Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Scenic Designer
HamletHamlet
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Scenic Designer
A Doll's House, Part 2A Doll's House, Part 2
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Costume Designer
Present LaughterPresent Laughter
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Set Designer
AmelieAmelie
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Scenic and Costume Designer
How to Transcend a Happy MarriageHow to Transcend a Happy Marriage
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Set Designer
The Outer SpaceThe Outer Space
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Scenic and Costume Designer
AmelieAmelie
 
[Los Angeles, 2016]
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
OthelloOthello
 
[Off-Broadway, 2016]
Costume Designer
Fun HomeFun Home
 
[US Tour, 2016]
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Twelfth NightTwelfth Night
 
[Off-Broadway, 2016]
Scenic Designer
The Spongebob MusicalThe Spongebob Musical
 
[Chicago, 2016]
Costume Designer
An Act of GodAn Act of God
 
[Broadway, 2016]
Costume Designer
The HumansThe Humans
 
[Broadway, 2016]
Scenic Designer
HirHir
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Scenic Designer
The HumansThe Humans
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Set Design
AmelieAmelie
 
[Los Angeles, 2015]
Scenic, Costume Designer
Cymbeline
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Costume Design
An Act of GodAn Act of God
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Costume Design
Airline HighwayAirline Highway
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Costume Design
Fun HomeFun Home
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Set and Costume Designer
The Real ThingThe Real Thing
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Set Design
VioletViolet
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Designer
The Realistic JonesesThe Realistic Joneses
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Design
RockyRocky
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Costume Designer
Kung FuKung Fu
 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Designer
The MadridThe Madrid
 
[Off-Broadway, 2013]
Scenic Designer
PicnicPicnic
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Costumes Designer
The Other PlaceThe Other Place
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Costume Designer
CarrieCarrie
 
[Off-Broadway, 2012]
Set Designer
SeminarSeminar
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
Other Desert CitiesOther Desert Cities
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
We Live HereWe Live Here
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
CompletenessCompleteness
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
The Select (The Sun Also Rises)The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
A Minister's WifeA Minister's Wife
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad ZooBengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
KinKin
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
Good PeopleGood People
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
Other Desert CitiesOther Desert Cities
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
MiddletownMiddletown
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
The PrideThe Pride
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Scenic Designer
In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Costume Designer
Circle Mirror TransformationCircle Mirror Transformation
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
Scenic Designer
Chair
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Costume Designer
Scenic Designer
Back Back BackBack Back Back
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Costume Designer
Scenic Designer
A Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two Cities
 
[Broadway, 2008]
Costume Designer
The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928)
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Scenic Designer
The Four of Us
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Costume Designer
Scenic Designer
Paradise Park
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Scenic Designer
XanaduXanadu
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Costume Designer
Horizon
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Costume Designer
The Jew of Malta
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Costume Designer
Faust, Parts I & II
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Assistant Costume Designer
A Tale of Two Cities
 
[Chicago, 2006] Cancelled
Costume Designer
Bach at Leipzig
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
A Soldier's Play
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Costume Designer
Songs From An Unmade Bed
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Costume Designer
White Chocolate
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Costume Designer
String of Pearls
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Costume Designer
Wintertime
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Costume Designer
tick, tick... BOOM!
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Costume Designer
The Dead Eye Boy
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Costume Designer
Saved or Destroyed
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Costume Designer
A Place at the Table
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Costume Designer
Trudy Blue
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Costume Designer
Clean
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Costume Designer
The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Costume Designer

Movies

Straight Time
[ 1978 ] producer
The Long Riders
[ 1980 ] producer
A Small Circle of Friends
[ 1980 ] producer
Tex
[ 1982 ] producer
Impulse
[ 1984 ] producer
Fandango
[ 1985 ] producer

Awards and Nominations


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play

David Zinn, Stereophonic


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Scenic Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

David Zinn, Stereophonic

The Lortels - 2024 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, Stereophonic

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Costume Design of a Play

David Zinn, An Enemy of the People


winner
Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

David Zinn, Stereophonic

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

David Zinn, Jaja's African Hair Braiding

Drama Desk Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical

David Zinn, Kimberly Akimbo

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical)

David Zinn, The Minutes


winner
BroadwayWorld Awards - 2018 - Best Costume Design

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Drama Desk Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Set Design for a Musical

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Costume Design

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Set Design

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Costume Design of a Musical

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical


winner
Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Scenic Design of a Musical

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Costume Design of a Play

David Zinn, A Doll's House, Part 2

The Lortels - 2016 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, The Humans


winner
Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

David Zinn, The Humans

Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Costume Design of a Play

David Zinn, Airline Highway

Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Scenic Design of a Musical

David Zinn, Fun Home

Drama Desk Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Set Design

David Zinn, The Flick

The Lortels - 2012 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)

The Lortels - 2011 - Outstanding Costume Design

David Zinn, Other Desert Cities

The Lortels - 2010 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, The Pride

Tony Awards - 2010 - Best Costume Design of a Play

David Zinn, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)

Drama Desk Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Costume Design

David Zinn, In the Next Room

Helen Hayes Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

David ZinnThe Mystery of Irma Vep

The Lortels - 2009 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, Chair

The Lortels - 2008 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, The Four of Us

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KIMBERLY AKIMBO is Coming to The Fabulous Fox This Spring Photo
KIMBERLY AKIMBO is Coming to The Fabulous Fox This Spring
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 13, 2025

KIMBERLY AKIMBO is Coming to The Fabulous Fox Theatre this spring! The tour stars three-time Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmel, and more! Learn how to purchase tickets.
Video: Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas in THE LAST FIVE YEARS Music Video Photo
Video: Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas in THE LAST FIVE YEARS Music Video
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 11, 2025

The original music video for “Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You,” by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown featuring Grammy and Golden Globe Award nominee Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren was just released. Watch the new video, directed by Brayden Harry, here!
Applications for 4th Year of 1/52 Project Now Open Photo
Applications for 4th Year of 1/52 Project Now Open
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 6, 2025

Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt, revealed applications for the fourth year of The 1/52 Project, the financial grant program for early career designers, founded by Boritt and a group of Broadway designers, are now open for the 2025 cycle.
Photos: Meet the Cast of LIBERATION; Now in Previews Photo
Photos: Meet the Cast of LIBERATION; Now in Previews
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 5, 2025

Roundabout Theatre Company is presenting the world-premiere of Liberation by Bess Wohl, directed by Whitney White. The play is now in previews. Get a first look at a portrait of the cast here! 
Dates Set and Tickets on Sale For STEREOPHONIC at the Duke of York's Theatre Photo
Dates Set and Tickets on Sale For STEREOPHONIC at the Duke of York's Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2025

Following the production announcement earlier this month, Stereophonic is confirmed to run at the Duke of York's Theatre beginning this May. Learn more about the show here!
Review: Tony-Winning Musical KIMBERLY AKIMBO Amuses at OC’s Segerstrom Center Photo
Review: Tony-Winning Musical KIMBERLY AKIMBO Amuses at OC’s Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - Jan 28, 2025

Winner of 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical, this quirky musical comedy with an intentionally-diffused serious undertone continues performances at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through February 2, 2025. A generally entertaining show with lots of laughs in spite of its title character’s fatal ailment, KIMBERL AKIMBO is a thematically zig-zagging new musical that is at once intentionally endearing but also surprisingly (and amusingly) chaotic. The show is ultimately winning thanks mostly to the wonderful performances of its two leads, three-time Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello and her adorable co-star Miguel Gil.
Tickets on Sale This Week For Memphis Premiere of KIMBERLY AKIMBO Photo
Tickets on Sale This Week For Memphis Premiere of KIMBERLY AKIMBO
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2025

The Orpheum Theatre Group has announced that individual tickets for KIMBERLY AKIMBO will go on sale starting Friday, January 31 at 10am. Learn more here!
Video: Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren Perform From THE LAST FIVE YEARS Photo
Video: Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren Perform From THE LAST FIVE YEARS
by Stephi Wild - Jan 22, 2025

We've got an all new sneak peek at the music from The Last Five Years, featuring clips of Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren in the studio. The video features Nick performing “Moving Too Fast” and Adrienne performing “I Can Do Better Than That.”
Review: JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING at Chicago Shakespeare Theater Photo
Review: JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Rachel Weinberg - Jan 21, 2025

With JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING, Jocelyn Bioh pulls off a challenging theatrical feat: She makes a slice-of-life play consistently engaging and entertaining. Set in Harlem at a hair salon of the same name, JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING follows a group of West African immigrant women working there — along with some of their customers. Bioh has populated her play with a cast of big personalities and peppers in just enough of the stylists’ backstories to allow us to learn more about them.
THE LAST FIVE YEARS Will Feature New Orchestrations From Jason Robert Brown Photo
THE LAST FIVE YEARS Will Feature New Orchestrations From Jason Robert Brown
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2025

The music team and orchestra have been announced for the  first-ever Broadway production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown’s THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
Video: STEREOPHONIC Performs Encore of 'Masquerade' at Final Curtain Call Photo
Video: STEREOPHONIC Performs Encore of 'Masquerade' at Final Curtain Call
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 13, 2025

Stereophonic, the 2024 Tony Award-winning Best Play, played its final performance on Broadway, followed by a special encore performance of the hit song, “Masquerade” by the cast and creative team. Check out the video footage here!   
STEREOPHONIC Plays Final Broadway Performance Photo
STEREOPHONIC Plays Final Broadway Performance
by Sidney Paterra - Jan 12, 2025

Stereophonic will play its final performance at the GoldenTheatre following 16 previews and 305 regular performances. The venue will soon be home to Operation Mincemeat.
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Revival Will Release Cast Recording in March Photo
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Revival Will Release Cast Recording in March
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2025

The Broadway cast of New York City Center Encores! revival of Once Upon a Mattress, directed by Lear deBessonet, will go into the studio to record the Cast Album of their production at the end of January.
STEREOPHONIC Will Transfer to the West End and Embark on U.S. Tour Photo
STEREOPHONIC Will Transfer to the West End and Embark on U.S. Tour
by Stephi Wild - Jan 8, 2025

Ahead of its final week of performances, Stereophonic, the 2024 Tony Award-winning Best Play from David Adjmi, has announced a West End engagement in May 2025 at London’s Duke of York’s Theatre, and a U.S. national tour.
Betsy Aidem, Kristolyn Lloyd & More to Star in LIBERATION World Premiere at Roundabou Photo
Betsy Aidem, Kristolyn Lloyd & More to Star in LIBERATION World Premiere at Roundabout
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 6, 2025

Roundabout Theatre Company has revealed the complete cast for the world-premiere of Liberation by Bess Wohl, directed by Whitney White. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
The Best Reviewed Broadway Shows of 2024 Photo
The Best Reviewed Broadway Shows of 2024
by Sidney Paterra - Jan 4, 2025

44 Broadway shows opened in 2024, and while not all of them were loved by the critics, there were plenty of standouts all year long. We're breaking down the best Broadway shows of 2024 by month.
KIMBERLY AKIMBO is Coming to Keller Auditorium in January Photo
KIMBERLY AKIMBO is Coming to Keller Auditorium in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 27, 2024

KIMBERLY AKIMBO, winner of five 2023 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL, will make its Portland premiere at Keller Auditorium. Learn more abut the production and see how to purchase tickets.
Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; MONARCH at Creative Cauldron Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; Creative Cauldron Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Review: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS at Ahmanson Theatre Photo
Review: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS at Ahmanson Theatre
by Jonas Schwartz-Owen - Dec 18, 2024

Lear deBessonet’s rollicking production of Once Upon A Mattress brings festive glee to the Southland.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has David Zinn been nominated for?

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Stereophonic, Outstanding Scenic Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Stereophonic, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for Stereophonic, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for An Enemy of the People, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Stereophonic, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Minutes, Best Costume Design (BroadwayWorld Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Outstanding Set Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Outstanding Costume Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Outstanding Set Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for A Doll's House, Part 2, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for The Humans, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Humans, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Airline Highway, Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Fun Home, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Flick, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for The Select (The Sun Also Rises), Outstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for Other Desert Cities, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for The Pride, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for In the Next Room, Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Mystery of Irma Vep , Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for Chair and Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for The Four of Us.

What awards has David Zinn won?

David Zinn has won several prestigious awards, including: - Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Stereophonic - Outstanding Scenic Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Stereophonic - Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Stereophonic - Best Costume Design (BroadwayWorld Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants - Outstanding Set Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants - Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical - Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Humans

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