David Jenkins Biography (1937-)

Born July 30, 1937, in Hampton, VA; son of F. Raymond and Cecelia (maiden name, Chandler) Jenkins; married Leigh Rand (a stage designer).

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Designer, art director
Birth Details: July 30, 1937; Hampton, Virginia, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Work
Set Designer
A Musical Timepiece, Equity Library Theatre, Library and Museum ofPerforming Arts, New York City, 1970
The Importance of Being Earnest, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ,1971
The Homecoming, McCarter Theatre, 1971
Child's Play, Trinity Square Repertory Company, Providence, RI, 1971
The Way of the World, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1972
The Tooth of Crime, McCarter Theatre, 1972
The Changing Room, Long Wharf Theatre, 1972, then Morosco Theatre,New York City, 1973
Scenes from American Life, Goodman Memorial Theatre, Chicago, IL,1972
The Tempest, McCarter Theatre, 1973
Romersholm, McCarter Theatre, 1973
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Arena Stage, Kreeger Theatre, Washington, DC, 1973
The Freedom of the City, Goodman Memorial Theatre, 1973, then Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1974
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, Long Wharf Theatre, 1973
Tom, Arena Stage, Kreeger Theatre, 1973
In Celebration and Relatively Speaking (double-bill), ArenaStage, Kreeger Theatre, 1974
The Sea, Goodman Memorial Theatre, 1974
Boccaccio, Arena Stage, Kreeger Theatre, 1974
Mother Courage and Her Children, McCarter Theatre, 1975
Afore Night Come, Long Wharf Theatre, 1975
Rodgers and Hart, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1975
Gorky, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1975
Tartuffe, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1976
Checking Out, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1976
Saint Joan, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1977-1978
Says I, Says He, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York City, 1979
Strangers, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1979
The Elephant Man, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1979-1981
Mary Stuart, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1979-1980
Hamlet, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1979-1980
The Art of Dining, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public/Newman Theatre, New York City, 1979
I Ought to Be in Pictures, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum,Los Angeles, 1979, then Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1980
Piaf, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1981
Special Occasions, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1982
The Good Parts, Astor Place Theatre, New York City, 1982

Poor Little Lambs, Theatre at St. Peter's Church, New York City, 1982
Weekends Like Other People, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, 1982
Lullabye and Goodnight, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public/Newman Theatre, 1982
The Queen and the Rebels, Plymouth Theatre, 1982
Total Abandon, Perry Street Theatre, 1982, then Booth Theatre, 1983
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Center Theatre Group, Mark TaperForum, 1982-1983
Quartermaine's Terms, Long Wharf Theatre, then Playhouse 91, New York City, 1982-1983
Preppies, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1983
Blue Plate Special, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1983
And a Nightingale Sang ... , Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1984
Short Eyes, The Second Stage, New York City, 1984
Husbandry, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1984
Fugue, Long Wharf Theatre, 1985-1986
The Real Thing, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, 1985-1986
Stardust, Theatre Off Park, New York City, 1986-1987, then Biltmore Theatre, 1987
The Common Pursuit, Promenade Theatre, 1986-1987
Progress, Long Wharf Theatre, 1986-1987
Talk Radio, New York Shakespeare Festival, Martinson Hall, PublicTheatre, 1987
Stepping Out, John Golden Theatre, 1987
Sherlock's Last Case, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1987, then John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1987-1988
The Student Prince, New York City Opera, New York State Theatre, New York City, 1987
Bunker Reveries, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1987
The Music Man, New York City, 1988
Other People's Money, Hartford Stage Company, Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 1989
Welcome to the Club, Music Box Theatre, 1989
Accomplice, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, 1990
The Crucible, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1991-1992
Two Shakespearean Actors, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1991-1992
Fortinbras, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA, 1991
A Little Hotel on the Side, Belasco Theatre, 1992
The Master Builder, Belasco Theatre, 1992
The Holy Terror, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1992
Candida, Stage Right, Criterion Center, New York City, 1993
Wrong Turn at Lungfish, Promenade Theatre, 1993
No Man's Land, Stage Right, Criterion Center, 1994
Hedda Gabler, Stage Right, Criterion Center, 1994
The Shadow Box, Circle in the Square, 1994-1995
Taking Sides, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1996
The Herbal Bed, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1998
James Joyce's The Dead, Belasco Theatre, 1999-2000
Set designer for productions of Seconds Out and The Subject WasRoses; also set designer at PAF Playhouse, Huntington Station, NY, 1972-73; American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1975; McCarter Theatre, 1976-77; Long Wharf Theatre, 1975-82, 1984-85; Hartford Stage Company, Hartford,CT, 1976-77, 1980-81; Goodman Memorial Theatre, 1977-78; Milwaukee RepertoryTheatre, Milwaukee, WI, 1978-79, 1982-83; Cincinnati Playhouse, Cincinnati,OH, 1980-81; and Arena Stage, 1983-85.
Lighting Designer
A Musical Timepiece, Equity Library Theatre, Library and Museum ofPerforming Arts, New York City, 1970
Major Tours
Set Designer
Children of a Lesser God, U.S. cities, 1980-1982
The Elephant Man, U.S. cities, 1980-1981
I Ought to Be in Pictures, U.S. cities, 1980-1981
Film Work
Production designer, I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, Paramount, 1982
Television Work
Art director, Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This, 1978
Production designer, The Elephant Man, 1982
Set designer, "The Trial of Bernhard Goetz," American Playhouse, PBS, 1988

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