Alan Donahue

Theatrical Designer

SD, United Scenic Artists, Local 829

 

847.644.5472

donahuedsign@gmail.com

 

SCOPE OF WORK

 

Over 250 designs of theatre/opera/dance over thirty-five years of nationwide professional practice. More than 150 additional designs for industrial theatre, trade shows, live events, and themed public and commercial spaces.

 

SIGNIFICANT RECENT PRODUCTIONS

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Miss Holmes Returns                 Lifeline Theatre                                 Fall 2023

PrimeCountry                             Dollywood                                           Summer 2021

Middle Passage                            Lifeline Theatre                                 Winter 2020

Whose Body?                               Lifeline Theatre                                  Fall 2019

Reuben's Swashbuckling            Silver Dollar City                                Summer 2019

      Adventure

Neverwhere                                  Lifeline Theatre                                  Summer 2018

Avenue Q                                       Mercury Theatre                                Summer 2018

My People, My Music                   Dollywood                                           Winter 2018

Sylvester                                        Lifeline Theatre                                  Fall 2017

Cymbeline                                     Strawdog Theatre                               Winter 2017

It’s a Wonderful Life                    Dollywood                                            Christmas 2016

Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters          Lifeline Theatre                                  Spring 2016

Miss  Buncle’s Book                      Lifeline Theatre                                  Fall 2015

Soon I Will be Invincible             Lifeline Theatre                                  Summer 2015

All’s Well That Ends Well            Stage Left Theatre                              Spring 2015

One Came Home                           Lifeline Theatre                                  Winter 2015

Avenue Q                                        Mercury Theatre                                Spring 2014

Cheaper by the Dozen                  Fox Valley Repertory                         Spring 2014

An Inspector Calls                         Remy Bumppo Theatre                     Winter 2013

A Christmas Carol                         Dollywood                                           Christmas 2013

The Three Musketeers                  Lifeline Theatre                                  Summer 2013

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THEATRE DESIGN AWARDS:

 

2020 Joseph Jefferson Award      Scenery Design, Middle Passage, Lifeline Theatre

2014 Broadway Theatre World Award   Scenery Design, Avenue Q, Mercury Theatre

2011 Joseph Jefferson Citation    Scenery design, Neverwhere, Lifeline Theatre

2009 Joseph Jefferson Citation    Scenery design, Mariette in Ecstasy, Lifeline Theatre

2003 Joseph Jefferson Citation    Scenery design, Around the World in 80 Days,

                                                            Lifeline Theatre

2001 Joseph Jefferson Citation    Scenery design, Jane Eyre, Lifeline Theatre

1994 Joseph Jefferson Citation    Scenery design, The Little Sister, Lifeline Theatre

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SELECT COMMERCIAL CLIENTS:

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Producers: SBiz, The Bricolage Group, Jack Morton Productions, Mobilisation, Live Marketing.  

Client Companies: American Girl, Sara Lee, Equity Office, TAP Pharmaceuticals, Cisco Systems, Intel Corporation, IBM.