David Korins

Personal Information
On Broadway, David designed Passing Strange and Bridge & Tunnel. His numerous off-Broadway credits include When the Rain Stops Falling (Lortel nomination) and Stunning at Lincoln Center Theater; The Marriage of Bette and Boo at the Roundabout Theatre Company; The Wiz at City Center; Pumpgirl, The Receptionist, and Romantic Poetry at Manhattan Theatre Club; Hamlet at the Delacorte; Why Torture is Wrong…(Lortel nomination), Passing Strange, and Yellow Face at the Public; Jack Goes Boating at LAByrinth (Lortel and Drama Desk nominations); The Drunken City, Floyd and Clea…, and Miss Witherspoon at Playwrights Horizons; Farragut North at Atlantic Theater Company; Blackbird (Drama Desk nomination) and Orange Flower Water (Drama Desk nomination) with Edge Theater Company; and Swimming in the Shallows at Second Stage (Lortel nomination). David’s regional credits include A.C.T., The Geffen Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, The Huntington, The Old Globe, Santa Fe Opera, Toho Tokyo, Alliance Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Guthrie, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. In 2009, David won the Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Design as well as the Drama Desk Award and Henry Hewes Design Award for Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them at the Public Theater. He also received the Hewes Award for his work on Blackbird, as well as thirteen other Hewes nominations.
 
Credits

Designer
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Only Gold The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space/ Susan and Ronald Frankel Theater 11/07/2022 Set Designer
2 The Low Road Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater 03/07/2018 Set Designer
3 Dear Evan Hansen Second Stage Theatre 05/01/2016 Set Designer
4 Permission Lucille Lortel Theatre 05/18/2015 Set Designer
5 Hamilton Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 02/17/2015 Set Designer
6 Found Linda Gross Theater 10/14/2014 Set Designer
7 Fly By Night: A New Musical Playwrights Horizons 06/11/2014 Set Designer
8 Here Lies Love Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall 05/01/2014 Set Designer
9 Here Lies Love Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall 04/23/2013 Set Designer
10 Really Really Lucille Lortel Theatre 02/19/2013 Set Designer
11 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 11/12/2012 Set Designer
12 Assistance Playwrights Horizons 02/28/2012 Set Designer
13 Play Dead Players Theatre 11/10/2010 Set Designer
14 In the Wake Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 11/01/2010 Set Designer
15 The Human Scale 3LD Art and Technology Center 10/12/2010 Scenic Consultant
16 The Metal Children Vineyard Theatre 05/19/2010 Set Designer
17 When the Rain Stops Falling Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 03/08/2010 Set Designer
18 Still Life Lucille Lortel Theatre 10/05/2009 Set Designer
19 Stunning The Duke on 42nd Street 06/18/2009 Set Designer
20 Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 04/06/2009 Set Designer
21 Farragut North Linda Gross Theater 11/12/2008 Set Designer
22 Romantic Poetry New York City Center/ Stage I 10/28/2008 Set Designer
23 The Marriage of Bette and Boo Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 07/13/2008 Set Designer
24 Hamlet Delacorte Theater 06/17/2008 Set Designer
25 The Drunken City Playwrights Horizons/ Peter Jay Sharp Theater 03/26/2008 Set Designer
26 Hunting and Gathering 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 02/03/2008 Set Designer
27 Yellow Face Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 12/10/2007 Set Designer
28 Pumpgirl New York City Center/ Stage II 12/04/2007 Set Designer
29 The Receptionist New York City Center/ Stage I 10/30/2007 Set Designer
30 A View From 151st Street Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall 10/18/2007 Set Designer
31 Walmartopia Minetta Lane Theatre 09/03/2007 Set Designer
32 Passing Strange Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater 05/14/2007 Set Designer
33 Essential Self-Defense Playwrights Horizons/ Peter Jay Sharp Theater 03/28/2007 Set Designer
34 Jack Goes Boating Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 03/18/2007 Set Designer
35 Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell Minetta Lane Theatre 03/06/2007 Set Designer
36 Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky Playwrights Horizons 12/05/2006 Set Designer
37 Striking 12 Daryl Roth Theatre 11/12/2006 Set Designer
38 Tryst Promenade Theatre 04/06/2006 Set Designer
39 Dog Sees God Century Center For The Performing Arts 12/15/2005 Set Designer
40 Miss Witherspoon Playwrights Horizons 11/29/2005 Set Designer
41 Sides: The Fear is Real Theatres at 45 Bleecker/ Bleecker Street Theatre 08/25/2005 Set Designer
42 Oedipus at Palm Springs New York Theatre Workshop 08/03/2005 Set Designer
43 Swimming in the Shallows McGinn-Cazale Theatre 06/28/2005 Set Designer
44 Terrorism Harold Clurman Theater 05/09/2005 Set Designer
45 Eve-olution Cherry Lane Theatre 10/20/2004 Set Designer
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2023 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Set Design for a Musical Only Gold Set Designer
2 NOMINATED 2015 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Set Design Hamilton Set Designer
3 NOMINATED 2015 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design Hamilton Set Designer
4 NOMINATED 2014 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Scenic Design Here Lies Love Set Designer
5 NOMINATED 2013 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design Here Lies Love Set Designer
6 NOMINATED 2013 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Set Design Here Lies Love Set Designer
7 NOMINATED 2012 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Set Design Assistance Set Designer
8 NOMINATED 2010 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Scenic Design Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Set Designer
9 WON 2010 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Scenic Design When the Rain Stops Falling Set Designer
10 NOMINATED 2010 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design When the Rain Stops Falling Set Designer
11 WON 2009 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Set Design of a Play Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Set Designer
12 WON 2009 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Set Designer
13 NOMINATED 2009 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design Stunning Set Designer
14 NOMINATED 2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Set Design of a Play Hunting and Gathering Set Designer
15 NOMINATED 2008 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design Hunting and Gathering Set Designer
16 NOMINATED 2008 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design The Receptionist Set Designer
17 NOMINATED 2008 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design Pumpgirl Set Designer
18 NOMINATED 2008 Hewes Design Award, Notable Effects The Drunken City Set Designer
19 NOMINATED 2007 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Scenic Design Jack Goes Boating Set Designer
20 NOMINATED 2007 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Set Design of a Play Essential Self-Defense Set Designer
21 NOMINATED 2007 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky Set Designer
22 NOMINATED 2007 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design Jack Goes Boating Set Designer
23 NOMINATED 2007 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell Set Designer
24 NOMINATED 2007 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design Essential Self-Defense Set Designer
25 NOMINATED 2007 Hewes Design Award, Notable Effects Jack Goes Boating Set Designer
26 NOMINATED 2006 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Scenic Design Swimming in the Shallows Set Designer
27 NOMINATED 2006 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design Miss Witherspoon Set Designer