David Zinn is a costume and scenic designer based in New York, New York. He has been nominated seven times for the Tony Award for both his costume designs and scenic designs, winning one Best Scenic Design for a Play award for ''The Humans'' and one Best Scenic Design in a Musical award for ''

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credits in his lifetime.

Early life

Zinn was born on

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. He wanted to be an actor and then moved backstage to start designing in middle school. After using his high school career at Bainbridge High School to work in and around Seattle and Bainbridge Island, Zinn decided to move to New York City.Houlihan, Mary
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's Tisch School of the Arts for his MFA in Design for Stage and Film where he said he was most influenced by musicals and by avant-garde theatre like the Wooster Group.

Career

Soon after leaving NYU, Zinn went to work as a costume designer for regional theater. After a big break at Santa Fe Opera, which featured his scenic and costume designs, he became known for both aspects of his work. He then went on to work in several Off-Broadway theater for years. He also worked closely with Target Margin Theater Company, headed by David Herskovits and graduate school friend Lenore Doxsee. In 2010 Zinn worked on Broadway with his costume designs for ''

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''. He then went on to design costumes on Broadway for ''A Tale of Two Cities'', ''

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'', ''Good People'', '' Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'', '' Other Desert Cities'', ''The Other Place'', ''Picnic'', ''Rocky'', '' Airline Highway'', and '' An Act of God'' as well as scenic designs for ''The Realistic Joneses'', ''

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'', ''The Real Thing'', '' The Humans'', and ''Present Laughter'', and scenic and costume designs for ''Seminar'', ''The Last Ship'', '' Fun Home'', '' Amélie'', and '' SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical''.

Awards and nominations

Theater

Source:"David Zinn Off-Broadway Credits"
lortel.org

References

External links

David Zinn Internet Broadway database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zinn, David American scenic designers Broadway set designers Tony Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Bainbridge Island, Washington Tisch School of the Arts alumni Drama Desk Award winners