Brett J. Banakis

Design for Stage and Film


Copyright 2025 Brett J. Banakis

Brett J. Banakis - Design for Stage and Film

Selected Scenic Design for Stage

Hamlet Hail to the Thief (as AMP Scenography) Royal Shakespeare Co. and Factory Int'l Christine Jones & Steven Hoggett 2025
Creditors & Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes Minetta Lane Theater Ian Rickson 2025
John Proctor is the Villain (as AMP Scenography) Booth Theatre Danya Taymor 2025
The Notebook (Co-Design/David Zinn) Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Michael Greif & Schele Williams 2024
The Outsiders (as AMP Scenography) Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Danya Taymor 2023
POTUS, Or Behind Every Great Dumbass... Geffen Playhouse Jennifer Chambers 2024
The Enigmatist Kennedy Ctr, Geffen Playhouse, Chicago Shakes, Highline Hotel NYC David Kwong 2019-2023
Camp Siegfried Second Stage Theater David Cromer 2022
Your Own Personal Exegesis LCT3, Claire Tow Theater Annie Tippe 2022
The Devil Wears Prada (Co-Design/Christine Jones) Nederlander Theater, Chicago Anna Shapiro 2022
The Unsinkable Molly Brown Transport Group, Abrons Arts Center Kathleen Marshall 2020
Sunday Atlantic Theater Company Lee Sunday Evans 2019
Mysterious Circumstances Geffen Playhouse Matt Shakman 2019
The Cher Show (Co-Design/Christine Jones) Neil Simon Theater Jason Moore 2018
Ghost Light LCT3 Claire Tow Theater Third Rail Projects 2017
What's It All About? / Close To You (Co-Design/Christine Jones) NY Theater Workshop, Criterion Theatre Steven Hoggett 2015
Whorl Inside a Loop (Co-Design/Christine Jones) Second Stage Michael Mayer and Dick Scanlan 2015
D Deb Debbie Deborah Clubbed Thumb Summerworks Festival Lee Sunday Evans 2015
Big Love Signature Theatre Tina Landau 2015
Titus Andronicus Public Theater Michael Sexton 2011


Architectural & Interior Design of Theatrical Venues

Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre, Broadway New York, NY, USA Ambassador Theatre Group 2024
Ed Mirvish Theatre Toronto, Canada Mirvish Productions 2021
Mehr! Großmarkt Theatre Hamburg, Germany Mehr-BB Entertainment 2020
Curran Theatre San Francisco, CA, USA Ambassador Theatre Group 2019
Princess Theatre Melbourne, Australia Marriner Group 2019
Lyric Theatre, Broadway New York, NY, USA Ambassador Theatre Group 2018
Palace Theatre, West End London, England, UK Nimax Theatres 2016


Selected Associate Scenic Design

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Design Sup.) Broadway, Melbourne, San Francisco, Hamburg Christine Jones 2018-Present
La Traviata Metropolitan Opera NYC Christine Jones 2018
The Glass Menagerie Belasco Theater Andrew Lieberman 2017
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Palace Theatre, West End Christine Jones 2016
Old Times American Airlines Theater Christine Jones 2015
Doctor Zhivago Broadway Theater Michael Scott-Mitchell 2015
The Last Ship Neil Simon Theatre David Zinn 2014
If/Then Richard Rodgers Theatre Mark Wendland 2014
Rigoletto Metropolitan Opera NYC Christine Jones 2013
Hands on a Hard Body Brooks Atkinson Theater Christine Jones 2013
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Richard Rodgers Theatre Derek McLane 2011


Education

Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

University of California, Los Angeles

M.F.A. Design for Stage and Film B.A. Theater Arts


Teaching

Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

Adjunct Instructor, Set Studio I, CAD Drafting, Graduate Design for Stage and Film 2016-Present


Awards and Affiliations

Nominee, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, The Outsiders, Tony Awards 2024
Nominee, Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical, The Outsiders, Drama Desk Awards 2024
Nominee, Best Scenic Design (Large Theatre), Mysterious Circumstances, Ovation Awards 2024
Nominee, Scenic Design, Big Love, Henry Hewes Design Awards 2015
Nominee, Outstanding Set Design, Big Love, Lucille Lortel Awards 2015
Nominee, Scenic Design, DDebDebbieDeborah, Henry Hewes Design Awards 2015
Winner, Robert L. B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase presented by OPERA America 2011
Member, United Scenic Artists Local 829
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