Christine Jones (scenic designer)

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Christine Jones
Education
Concordia University (BFA)
New York University (MFA)
Occupation(s)Scenic designer, professor
SpouseDallas Roberts
Children2

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

Concordia University in 1989.[3][4] She later earned her Master of Fine Arts at New York University.[3]

Off-Broadway work

Jones has designed for many productions Off-Broadway:[3]

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
2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Tony Award
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
 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
 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical Won
2007 Spring Awakening
Tony Award
 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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. Time Out New York
    . Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Christine Jones" tisch.nyu.edu
  4. ^ [1] Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine concordia.ca
  5. ^ 2015 Winners obieawards.com
  6. ^ "2007 Tony Award Winners". www.broadwayworld.com.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2017-08-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Brantley, Ben (11 December 2011). "Reincarnation All Over Again". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  11. ^ Barraclough, Leo (26 June 2015). "Harry Potter Play to Open in London Next Year". Variety. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "2016 Results | Critics' Circle Theatre Awards". 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  14. ^ "Designer Christine Jones on American Idiot and Theater for One | Theater Talk". Archived from the original on 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2010-05-16.

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