NEIL PATEL: NY based scenic designer

His designs are breathtaking. http://www.neilpateldesign.com/

In February of 1994, when I first moved to NY, my old roomates’ brother, Neil Patel, gave me a call late one night to ask if I wanted to help out with the sound for a little play he had designed in the Lower East Village on Ludlow Street. The company was called NADA and the play was Tattoo Girl directed by his wife, Maria Milief. I was 22 and it was my first production experience and a memorable one. Thanks for the call and I’m glad I stayed.

NEIL PATEL is a New York based scenic designer who works in theater, opera, dance and film. He has designed Sideman, [title of show], ‘Night Mother and Ring of Fire for Broadway. Off-Broadway his credits include productions at prominent theatres such as Second Stage, Manhattan Theater Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, BAM, New York Theater Workshop, Vineyard Theater and Playwrights Horizon, having designed productions of [title of show], Living Out, Here Lies Jenny, Dinner with Friends, The Long Christmas Ride Home, Quills and The Grey Zone. His regional work has been seen at the Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, McCarter Theater, Arena Stage, Center Stage, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare among many others. His work with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company has been seen throughout the world, including the Holland Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Exit Festival in Paris and BAM. Opera credits New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theater and the Minnesota Opera. Tokyo: Candide, Bent, Torch Song Trilogy and Take Flight at Parco Theater. London credits include Sideman (West End), A Question of Mercy (Bush Theater) and Henry IV (RSC). Awards include the Helen Hayes Award, the 2000 EDDY Award, numerous Drama Desk nominations and the 1996 and 2001 Obie Awards for sustained excellence in set design.