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