Zack Brown Biography (1949-)

Born July 10, 1949, in Honolulu, HI; son of Zack F. and Yvette C. (maiden name, Bilodeau) Brown.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Costume designer, set designer
Birth Details: July 10, 1949; Honolulu, Hawaii

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Work
Dramas and Musicals; Set and Costume Designer
Threepenny Opera, Loeb Drama Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1974
Tartuffe, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1977
Set designer, The Importance of Being Earnest, Circle in the Square, 1977
Play and Other Plays, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1977-1978
Costume designer, St. Joan, Circle in the Square, 1977-1978
13 Rue de l'Amour, Circle in the Square, 1978
Man and Superman, Circle in the Square, 1978-1979
Set designer, Loose Ends, Circle in the Square, 1979-1980
Set designer, Past Tense, Circle in the Square, 1980
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Circle in the Square, 1980
Major Barbara, Circle in the Square, 1980
On Your Toes, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1983-1984 then Palace Theatre, London, 1984
Set designer, The Night of the Iguana, Circle in the Square, 1988
The Devil's Disciple, Circle in the Square, 1988-1989
Chinese Coffee, Circle in the Square, 1992
Salome, Circle in the Square, 1992
Garden District, Circle in the Square, 1995
Costume designer, The Royal Family, Fichandler Theatre, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1999
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Landsburg Theatre, Washington, DC, 2001
Set and costume designer for Animal Crackers, Fichandler Theatre,Arena Stage, and for Candide, Of Thee I Sing, Sunday in thePark with George, and Twelfth Night, all Arena Stage; also designed sets and costumes for productions at Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT,1973-76; McCarter Theatre Company, Princeton, NJ, 1976-77; Hartman Theatre Company, Stamford, CT, 1976-78; and Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1979-80.

Operas; Set and Costume Designer
La Gioconda, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA, 1979
Un ballo in Maschera, Washington, DC, 1980 then San Diego, CA, 1982
Wiener blut, Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre, Washington, DC, 1981
Il barbiere di Siviglia, Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre, 1981
Semele, Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre, 1981 and 1983
Macbeth, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC, 1982
La boheme, Kennedy Center Opera House, 1982
The Bride from Pluto, Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre, 1982
The Marriage of Figaro, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 1982
Die Fledermaus, Santa Fe, NM, 1982 and Seattle Opera, Seattle, WA.
La Traviata, New York State Theatre, New York City, 1984
Prince Igor, San Francisco Opera, 1996-1997
Set designer, Lohengrin, San Francisco Opera, 1996-1997
Designer of principal costumes, Les contes d'Hoffmann, San Francisco Opera, 1996-1997
The Marriage of Figaro, San Francisco Opera, 1998
Un ballo in Maschera, Detroit Opera House, Detroit, MI, 2000
Rigoletto, Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, New York City, 2000
Set and costume designer for La boheme, Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit Opera House; The Ballad of Baby Doe, L'Italiana in Algeri, Tiefland, and Werther, all Washington Opera. Set designer forOn the Town, Arena Stage, then Hamburg Staatsoper, Hamburg, Germany.Designer for productions of the San Francisco Opera, including La forza del destino, 1992, Otello, 1994, and Don Carlo, 1998; and forThe Merry Widow, Washington Opera; also designer for productions at Houston Grand Opera, Houston, TX, New York City Opera, and Wolf Trap.
Ballets
Set designer, Isn't It Romantic?, American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 2000
Set and costume designer, The Nutcracker Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ, 2000
Also designer for Gaite Parisienne, Jardin aux Lilas, and Swan Lake, all productions of American Ballet Theatre; and Trilogy, Hamburg Ballet, Hamburg, Germany.
Major Tours
Set and costume designer, On Your Toes, U.S. cities, 1984
Set designer, Big, North American cities, 2000
Television Work
Specials
Set designer, "La somnambula," a segment of "Balanchine and Cunningham: An Evening at American Ballet Theatre," Great Performances, PBS, 1988
Set designer, "Jardin aux Lilas," a segment of "A Tudor Evening with American Ballet Theatre" (also known as "Dance in America"), Great Performances, PBS, 1990
Costume designer, "Rigoletto," a segment of "The Metropolitan Opera Silver Anniversary," Great Performances, PBS, 1992
Designed set and costumes for La Gioconda, a television broadcastof the San Francisco Opera.
Other
Designed costumes for the miniseries Mourning Becomes Electra.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Opera News, December 7, 1991, p. 26

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