Scott Pask

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American scenic and costume designer

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::summary American scenic and costume designer ::

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FieldValue
nameScott Pask
birth_placeRochester, New York, U.S.
educationUniversity of Arizona (BArch)
Yale University (MFA)
occupationScenic designer, costume designer
years_active1998–present
awardsTony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
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| name = Scott Pask | birth_place = Rochester, New York, U.S. | education = University of Arizona (BArch) Yale University (MFA) | occupation = Scenic designer, costume designer | years_active = 1998–present | awards = Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play

Scott Pask is an American scenic and costume designer. He has worked primarily on stage productions in the United States, on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and in regional theatre, as well as in the United Kingdom. He has won Tony Awards for his work on The Pillowman, The Coast of Utopia and The Book of Mormon.

Early life and education

Pask was born in Rochester, New York and raised in Yuma, Arizona, with his twin brother, Bruce. Pask earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Arizona and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University. Bruce is a noted stylist and men's fashion director at T: The New York Times Style Magazine.

Career

His Broadway credits include Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Urinetown, The Coast of Utopia, The Vertical Hour, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Kiki and Herb: Alive on Broadway, The Wedding Singer, La Cage aux Folles, Amour, Sweet Charity, Little Shop of Horrors, Take Me Out, Nine, The Pillowman, and A Steady Rain. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut with his design for Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes.

Pask designed the original production of The Pillowman and its subsequent UK tour for the National Theatre. Additional credits include On an Average Day (West End) and Tales From Hollywood (Donmar Warehouse), both directed by John Crowley; Bash (Almeida Theatre, New York, Los Angeles, and Showtime); Albert Herring (Opera North U.K); The Underpants, The Bomb-itty of Errors, The Donkey Show (NY, London, Edinburgh, Cambridge), Slanguage, The Gimmick, Love's Fowl, The Beginning of August, Refuge. Also: Baltimore Center Stage, Alliance Theater, South Coast Repertory, Seattle Rep, The Old Globe, ACT, Yale Repertory Theater, Walker Arts Center, Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto, BAM and Williamstown. He also designed the original scenic design for the debut of Johnny Baseball at the American Repertory Theatre Spring 2010.

Of Pask's set design for Hair, Ben Brantley in The New York Times wrote: "Scott Pask's exposed-wall set is the perfect playground for a world in which imagination (aided by chemical substances) provides the décor." Pask has said of his work, "I do love abstracted places, especially one where I can fill it with so much texture."

Pask designed the holiday snow globes for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for 2005 and 2009.

Productions

Broadway

Touring

West End

Off-Broadway

Other

Awards and nominations

Pask won the 1999 Lucille Lortel Award and Henry Hewes Award for his work on The Mineola Twins and the 2001 Bessie Award for Verge.

[[Tony Awards]]

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YearCategoryWorkResult
2005Best Scenic Design in a PlayThe Pillowman
2007The Coast of Utopia (Parts 1-3)
2008Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2009Best Scenic Design in a MusicalPal Joey
2011The Book of Mormon
2013Pippin
2018Mean Girls
The Band's Visit
2022Best Scenic Design in a PlayAmerican Buffalo
2023Best Scenic Design in a MusicalShucked
Some Like It Hot
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[[Drama Desk Award|Drama Desk Awards]]

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YearCategoryWorkResult
2002Outstanding Scenic Design of a PlayTake Me Out
2003Outstanding Scenic Design of a MusicalAmour
2005Sweet Charity
2006The Wedding Singer
2007Outstanding Scenic Design of a PlayBlackbird
The Coast of Utopia (Parts 1-3)
2008Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2009Outstanding Scenic Design of a MusicalHair
9 to 5
2015Outstanding Scenic DesignThe Visit
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References

References

  1. (5 December 2019). "CAPLA Honors Scott Pask {{!}} College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture".
  2. Wolff, Natasha. (March 13, 2017). "A Broadway Set Designer's Home in the Desert".
  3. (December 5, 2019). "CAPLA Honors Scott Pask".
  4. (June 9, 2005). "Light and Truth in the Piazza".
  5. Marcus, Sanford. (April 9, 2007). "Design Guy: Alone Time with Tony-Winning Set Designer, Scott Pask".
  6. Brantley, Ben. (March 31, 2009). "A Frizzy, Fizzy Welcome to the Untamed '60s".
  7. Lampert-Gréaux, Ellen. (April 10, 2009). "Scott Pask's Set Designs for Hair".
  8. Jones, Kenneth. (June 4, 2008). "Designer Scott Pask Embraces the Abstract to Conjure the Threat and Beauty of ''Liaisons''".
  9. Smith, Andy. "Volunteer Profile: Anna Louizos and Scott Pask".

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