Christine Jones (scenic designer)
Christine Jones | |
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Education | |
Occupation(s) | Scenic designer, professor |
Spouse | Dallas Roberts |
Children | 2 |
Christine Jones is an American scenic designer on Broadway. Her best-known designs include Spring Awakening, American Idiot, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. In 2010, she created an experimental, two-week project called Theatre for One[1] in which one actor performs for one audience member. It was repeated in 2015.[2] She is a professor at New York University and a lecturer at Princeton University.[3]
Education
After graduating from the creative arts, literature and languages program at
Off-Broadway work
Jones has designed for many productions Off-Broadway:[3]
- Mr. Fox
- Burn This
- Coraline
- Debbie Does Dallas
- First Love
- Flesh And Blood
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Nocturne
- People Be Heard
- The Onion Cellar
- True Love
- Cyrano, a 2019 musical production starring Peter Dinklage
Awards
In 2015, Jones was awarded the Obie Award presented by the American Theatre Wing for sustained excellence in set design.[5]
Broadway
Jones made her Broadway scenic design debut in 2000 with her design for The Green Bird, directed by Julie Taymor.[3] Jones designed the set for the 2007 Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design but lost to Bob Crowley for Mary Poppins.[6] Jones designed the set for the 2010 musical American Idiot,[7] for which she earned her first Tony Award. Jones has said, "It's just great to be recognized for doing something that you love, with people you love."[8] Jones also designed the set for the 2011 musical revival of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" starring Harry Connick Jr.[9][10] and the 2016 production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London's West-End.[11][12]
Awards
Year | Show | Award | Category | Result |
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2018 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Tony Award
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Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
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Won |
2016 | Critics' Circle Theatre Award[13] | Best Designer | Won | |
2015 | Let the Right One In | Drama Desk Award | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design | Nominated |
n/a | Obie Award | Sustained Excellence in Set Design | Won | |
2010 | American Idiot | Tony Award
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Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical | Won |
2007 | Spring Awakening | Tony Award
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Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical | Nominated |
2000 | The Green Bird | Drama Desk Award | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design | Nominated |
Personal life
Jones is married to actor Dallas Roberts. They have two children.[14]
References
- ^ "Profile: Christine Jones - Tony-winning designer for American Idiot". The Charlebois Post - Canada. 26 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- Time Out New York. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Christine Jones" tisch.nyu.edu
- ^ [1] Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine concordia.ca
- ^ 2015 Winners obieawards.com
- ^ "2007 Tony Award Winners". www.broadwayworld.com.
- ^ "Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT on Broadway – A New Musical – Official Site - Team". Archived from the original on 2010-05-22. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Jones, Kenneth (6 October 2011). "Tony Winner Christine Jones Will Design On a Clear Day; Kerry O'Malley, Drew Gehling Among Cast". Playbill. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (11 December 2011). "Reincarnation All Over Again". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (26 June 2015). "Harry Potter Play to Open in London Next Year". Variety. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ Finnan, Jack (6 June 2016). "Harry Potter And 'The Cursed Child' - Everything We Know About The Eighth Story And West-End Play". New Musical Express (NME). Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "2016 Results | Critics' Circle Theatre Awards". 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Designer Christine Jones on American Idiot and Theater for One | Theater Talk". Archived from the original on 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
External links
- Biography at the American Repertory Theatre
- Christine Jones IBDB