David Gallo Biography David Gallo is an award-winning scenic designer and visual storyteller. His work can be seen daily in more than a dozen cities worldwide. Mr. Gallo has designed over 30 Broadway plays and musicals and is the recipient of the esteemed Tony Award. He also designs media, video and projections. Some recent Broadway credits include First Date, Stick Fly, The Mountaintop, Memphis, Reasons to be Pretty, A Catered Affair, Xanadu, Company, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Mr. Gallo has collaborated with notable stage directors and also teamed with a bevy of directors on their first foray into theater including AI Pacino (Hughie), Jerry Seinfield (Colin Quinn: Long Story Short-includes video) and Jerry Lewis (The Nutty Professor, Marvin Hamlisch's last musical). David delivers a unique and mind-blowing visual experience to each project. As creative director for jam band Phish's New Year's Eve epic arena concert extravaganzas, he provides a complete vision for every aspect of the experience from conceptualization and creative development to design, choreography and execution. His work with Blue Man Group has been seen by millions in New York, Boston, Chicago, and Las Vegas. Dream Works, Nickelodeon, PBS and S2BN turn to Mr. Gallo to adapt their animated features for the stage by creating living universes for their classic animated characters. Madagascar Live, Yo Gabba Gabba Live, Dora the Explorer, Blues Clues Live and SpongeBob Squarepants transitioned seamlessly before national and international audiences via Gallo's vision and expertise. The same is true for the current US Tour of Super Why Live tor S2BN, PBS and Out of the Blue Productions. As a core member of celebrated playwright August Wilson's creative team from 1996 until Mr. Wilson's death, David designed the premiere productions of Wilson's later works including King Hedley II, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Jitney, Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf which garnered him two Tony Award nominations for Best Scenic Design. David designed the Kennedy Center's historic tribute production of August Wilson 's Twentieth Century, a 'cycle of ten plays chronicling 100 years of the African American experience, featuring more than 30 stars of the stage and screen.' David continues to advocate and support Mr. Wilson's work with his fellow 'Wilsonian soldiers', most recently as designer for Wilson's autobiographical play How I Learned What I Learned at the Signature Theatre. Mr. Gallo's designs span the globe. International producers include Disney and Joop van den E Ende's Stage Entertainment throughout Europe and South America, Atlantis Productions in Manila, 0 Seol & Co in South Korea, and Broadway Asia. David is currently collaborating with Stan Lai on the (.) • still untitled Bruce Lee musical which will premiere in Singapore 2015. 0 David is the Performing Arts/Design Contributing Editor at Stated Magazine and on the advisory -ca board of LIVE DESIGN magazine where he serves as Creative Consultant for their Scenic Design C) Master Classes. He was honored with The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of The Drowsy Chaperone and is also the recipient of the Obie for Sustained Excellence in Set Design, multiple -c NAACP, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, American Theater Wing, Hewes Design, Ovation, and LA ·-> Critics Circle awards. David Gallo represented innovative contemporary American set design in the (U Cooper-Hewitt inaugural National Design Triennial. His paintings for the 1997 Broadway revival of A -c View from the Bridge are in the Smithsonian Institution archives in Washington, D.C. Mr. Gallo's complete resume with photographs from select projects can be found at http://www .davidgallo .com . .