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