Brett J. Banakis Design for Stage and Film [email protected] / 805.610.5232 www.brettjbanakis.com

Scenic Design (Selected)

Close To You Criterion Theatre, West End Steven Hoggett 2015 Arcadia The Juilliard School Lila Neugebauer 2015 Whorl Inside a Loop Second Stage Dick Scanlan/Michael Mayer 2015 DDebDebbieDeborah Clubbed Thumb Lee Sunday Evans 2015 Big Love Signature Theatre Company Tina Landau 2015 The Winter’s Tale Pearl Theater Company Michael Sexton 2015 OPC (World Premiere by Eve Ensler) American Repertory Theater Pesha Rudnick 2014 As You Like it Two River Theater Company Michael Sexton 2014 What's It All About? New York Theatre Workshop Steven Hoggett 2013 Tamar of the River Prospect Theater Company Daniel Goldstein 2013 Bashir Lazhar (Set & Costumes) Barrington Stage Company Shakina Nayfack 2013 Happy Birthday TACT, Beckett Theater Scott Alan Evans 2013 Lovers TACT, Beckett Theater Drew Barr 2012 Midsummer Night's...(Projections) Classic Stage Company Tony Speciale 2012 Titus Andronicus Public Theater Michael Sexton 2011 Children TACT, Beckett Theater Scott Alan Evans 2011 Three Men on A Horse TACT, Beckett Theater Scott Alan Evans 2011

Associate (Selected)

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 Theater 2014 If/Then Richard Rodgers, Nat’l Tour Mark Wendland 2014 Rigoletto Metropolitan Opera NYC Christine Jones 2013 Hands on a Hardbody Brooks Atkinson Theater Christine Jones 2013 Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Richard Rodgers Theater Derek McLane 2011 On a Clear Day... (Asst.) St. James Theater Christine Jones 2012 How to Succeed in Business…(Asst.) Al Hirschfeld Theater Derek McLane 2011 American Idiot (Asst.) Berkeley Rep, St. James, Tour Christine Jones 2010 (Asst.) Neil Simon Theater Derek McLane 2009

Education, Awards, Affiliations

M.F.A. Design for Stage and Film , Tisch School of the Arts, New York University B.A. Theater Arts , University of California at Los Angeles Nominee, Henry Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design, Big Love, 2015 Nominee, Henry Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design, D Deb Debbie Deborah, 2015 Nominee, Lucille Lortel Awards, Outstanding Scenic Design, Big Love, 2015 Winner, Robert L. B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase presented by OPERA America, 2011 “Young Designer to Watch” – LIVEDesign Magazine, 2011 Member, United Scenic Artists Local 829 Adjunct Faculty, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

References available upon request.