BRIAN PRATHER is a designer of visual environments - sculpting space and material to create a unique setting for telling stories and sharing experiences. With over one hundred productions to his credit, Brian has designed for venues both familiar and unexpected, creating experiences at times sweeping and in moments intimate.

Design begins and ends in service to the story: it is a responsibility to respect both the voice of story tellers as well as the awareness of story listeners. Design is about creating a space to bring the two together and inviting them to share that space for the most human of experiences. Design is understanding and active engagement.

Brian has spent the better part of two decades designing Off-Broadway and in some of the larger regional theatres in the country, including the Alley Theatre, Asolo Rep, Goodspeed Musicals, Barrington Stage, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Virginia Repertory Theatre, The Barter Theatre, and many more. He’s been awarded the Joseph Jefferson Award for Set Design in Chicago, and two Berkshire Theatre Critics Awards for his work at Barrington Stage in Massachusetts. Internationally, Brian designed the premiere of the new musical Minyeo-neun Goerowo in Seoul, South Korea, based on the popular Korean film.

Brian has also designed a variety of other projects, including the nationally broadcast PBS music performance series “The Kate”, for which he was nominated for a regional Emmy Award. He designed the recent national tour of A Night With Janis Joplin as seen on Broadway HD, and he’s designed several concerts for the band The Black Lillies.

Education is also a major component of Brian’s career, having headed the design concentration at Alvernia University after several years teaching Scenic Design at Ithaca College. Brian has also been an adjunct or visiting artist at The University of Connecticut, The University at Albany, NYU, the Yale Dramat, Emerson College and others.

Brian is currently the Resident Designer and Design Coordinator for TheaterWorks Hartford, where he has designed for over a decade. He is also an Associate Artist at Barrington Stage Co., and a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 - supporting the work of designers and scenic artists.

Feeling equally at home with projects both live and filmed, traditional and experimental, favorite stories and stories yet to be written, Brian is always excited for new collaborations and is actively committed to participating in and promoting teams of diverse artists who each bring with them their unique backgrounds and valuable perspectives.

Listen to an interview with Brian for "in 1: the podcast," hosted by lighting designer Cory Pattak: #12 Brian Prather

SELECTED RESUME

Complete C.V. available upon request

UPCOMING PROJECTS

Eleanor (Premiere) - Henry Stram, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Grand Horizons  - Celine Rosenthal, dir. - Asolo Repertory, FL

OFF-BROADWAY

Mrs. Warren’s Profession  - David Staller, dir. - Gingold Theatrical Group - Theatre Row

Caesar & Cleopatra  - David Staller, dir. - Gingold Theatrical Group - Theatre Row

After   - Joe Brancato, dir. - 59E59th St. Theatre

Heartbreak House  - David Staller, dir. - Gingold Theatrical Group - Theatre Row

Daniel's Husband   - Joe Brancato, dir. - Primary Stages

You're A Good Man Charlie Brown   - Michael Unger, dir. - The York Theatre

Widowers' Houses  - David Staller, dir. - TACT/Gingold Theatrical Group - Theatre Row: Samuel Beckett Theatre

Would You Still Love Me If (premiere) - Kathleen Turner, dir. - New World Stages

A Christmas Carol   (Patrick Barlow adap., NY premiere)  -  Joe Calarco, dir.  -  Theatre at St. Clements

Becoming Dr. Ruth   (NY premiere, with Debra Jo Rupp)  -  Julianne Boyd, dir.  -  Westside Theatre

The Preacher and the Shrink   (premiere)  -  Steven Yuhasz, dir.  -  Theatre Row-Samuel Beckett Theatre

The Memory Show   (NY premiere) - Joe Calarco, dir. - Transport Group/The Duke on 42nd St.

Nymph Errant  - William Pomerantz, dir. - Prospect Theatre Co.

Iron Curtain   (premiere) - Cara Reichel, dir. - Prospect Theatre Co.

WTC View  - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - 59E59 Theatres

Freud's Last Session  (NY premiere) - Tyler Marchant, dir. - Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre/New World Stages

The Burnt Part Boys  (NY premiere) - Joe Calarco, dir. - Playwrights Horizons

Fugitive Songs  (premiere) - Joe Calarco, dir. - Dreamlight Theatre Co.

NATIONAL TOUR

A Night With Janis Joplin   - Randy Johnson, dir.

SELECT NEW YORK, REGIONAL and OTHER

The Irish and How They Got That Way - Maggie Cahill, dir. - Capital Rep, NY

The Lifespan of a Fact - Tracy Brigden, dir. - TheaterWorks Hartford, CT

The Lifespan of a Fact - Celine Rosenthal, dir. - Asolo Repertory, FL

American Son - Rob Ruggiero, dir. - TheaterWorks Hartford, CT

Fully Committed - Bill Fennelly, dir. - TheaterWorks Hartford, CT

Time Flies - Tracy Brigden, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Into The Woods   - Joe Calarco, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Twelfth Night   - Claire Kelly, dir. - Shakespeare on the Sound, CT

The Three Musketeers - Rick Sordelet, dir. - Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey

Girlfriend - Rob Ruggiero, dir. - TheaterWorks Hartford, CT

Red Maple - Margaret Hall, dir. - Capital Rep, NY

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly - Maggie Cahill, dir. - Capital Rep, NY

Charley’s Aunt - Joseph Discher, dir. - Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey

The River - Rob Ruggiero, dir. - TheaterWorks Hartford, CT

The Glass Menagerie   - Julianne Boyd, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Grant and Twain (premiere)   - Regge Life, dir. - PS21, NY

After   - Joe Brancato, dir. - Penguin Rep., NY

A Doll’s House, Part 2   - Joe Calarco, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

A Midsummer’s Night Dream   - Claire Kelly, dir. - Shakespeare on the Sound, CT

Typhoid Mary - Matthew Penn, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Relativity - Joe Brancato, dir. - Penguin Rep., NY

Blithe Spirit   - Maggie Cahill, dir. - Capital Rep, NY

The Magic Flute   - Michael Unger, dir. - St. Petersburg Opera, FL

Mary Poppins  - Chase Kniffen, dir. - Virginia Repertory Theatre

She Loves Me   - Maggie Cahill, dir. - Capitol Rep., NY

Fall River (premiere)   - Joe Brancato, dir. - Penguin Rep., NY

The Devil's Music   - Joe Brancato, dir. - Mosaic Theater, DC

This   - Louisa Proske, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Mamma Mia   - Maggie Cahill, dir. - Capital Rep, NY

Ragtime   - Joe Calarco, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Macbeth   - Claire Kelly, dir. - Shakespeare on the Sound, CT

The Cottage   - Richard Rose, dir. - The Barter Theatre, VA

Camelot   - Maggie Cahill, dir. - Capital Repertory, NY

I Am My Own Wife   - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - About Face Theatre Co., Chicago

relativity   (premiere, with Richard Dreyfuss)   - Rob Ruggiero, dir. - TheaterWorks Hartford, CT

A Night With Janis Joplin   - Randy Johnson, dir. - Capital Repertory, NY

American Son  (premiere)   - Julianne Boyd, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Hamlet   - Claire Kelly, dir.   - Shakespeare on the Sound, CT

Sex With Strangers  - Rob Ruggiero, dir. - TheaterWorks, Hartford

Gypsy  - Chase Kniffen, dir. - Virginia Repertory Theatre

Playing the Assassin  - Joe Brancato, dir. - Delaware Theatre Co.

A Wonderful Life  - Michael Perlman - Goodspeed Musicals, CT

Engagements  (premiere) - Louisa Proske, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Merrily We Roll Along  - John Simpkins, dir. - Sharon Playhouse, CT

South Pacific  - Chase Kniffen, dir. - Virginia Repertory Theatre

Shining City  - Christopher Innvar, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

All's Well That Ends Well  - Mary Robinson, dir. - Shakespeare on the Sound, CT

Abraham Lincoln Was a Faggot  (premiere) - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - About Face Theatre, Chicago

Butler  - Joe Discher, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Playing the Assassin  - Joe Brancato, dir. - TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT

Dancing Lessons  - Julianne Boyd, dir. - TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT

Playing the Assassin  (premiere) - Joe Brancato, dir. - Penguin Rep., NY

Romance in Hard Times  (workshop of new revision with William Finn) - Joe Calarco, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Breaking the Code  - Joe Calarco, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

A Rockin' Midsummer Nights Dream - Michael Unger, dir. - 12.14 Foundation, Newtown, CT

Two Gentleman of Verona  - Claire Kelly, dir. - Shakespeare on the Sound, CT

The Other Place - Christopher Innvar, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Becoming Dr. Ruth   (set and projection design, with Debra Jo Rupp) - Julianne Boyd, dir. - Parker Playhouse, FL

Freud's Last Session  - Tyler Marchant, dir, - The Alley Theatre, TX

Fiddler on the Roof  - Richard Parrison, dir. - Virginia Repertory Theatre

Gypsy  (BroadwayWorld Central NY Award Best Set Design) - Stephanie Yankwitt, dir  - The Hangar Theatre, NY

Muckrakers   (premiere) - Giovanna Sardelli - Barrington Stage Co., MA

As You Like It  - Claire Kelly, dir. - Shakespeare on the Sound, CT

Becoming Dr. Ruth   (set and projection design, with Debra Jo Rupp) - Julianne Boyd, dir. - TheaterWorks, Hartford

The Fabulous Lipitones  - Gordon Greenberg, dir. - Goodspeed Musicals, CT

The Columnist  - Kate Alexander, dir. - Florida Studio Theatre

Freud's Last Session   (with Judd Hirsch and Tom Cavanagh) - Tyler Marchant, dir. - The Broad Stage, Los Angeles

A Christmas Carol   (Patrick Barlow adap., premiere) - Joe Calarco, dir. - Delaware Theatre Co.

The Trip to Bountiful  - Stephanie Yankwitt, dir. - The Hangar Theatre, NY

The North Pool - Giovanna Sardelli, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Dr. Ruth: All the Way   (set and projection design, with Debra Jo Rupp) - Julianne Boyd, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Freud's Last Session   (Jeff Award for Best Set Design) - Tyler Marchant, dir. - The Mercury Theatre, Chicago

Minyeo-neun Goerowo   (revival) - Gina Lee, dir. - Chungmu Art Hall, Seoul, South Korea

Four Dogs and a Bone  - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - Berkshire Actors Theatre, MA

Mormons, Mothers, and Monsters   (premiere, set and projection design) - Adrienne Campbell-Holt, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Going to St. Ives  - Tyler Marchant, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Rounding Third - Stephanie Yankwitt, dir. - The Hangar Theatre, NY

The Memory Show  (premiere) - Joe Calarco, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Poolboy  (premiere) - Daniella Topol, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

The 39 Steps  - Wendy Dann, dir. - The Hangar Theatre, NY

Shakespeare's R&J  - Rob Ruggiero, dir. - TheaterWorks, Hartford

A Streetcar Named Desire  - Julianne Boyd, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Freud's Last Session  (premiere) - Tyler Marchant, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Underneath the Lintel  (set and projection design) - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

The Year of Magical Thinking  - Steve Campo, dir. - TheatreWorks, Hartford

Minyeo-neun Goerowo  (premiere) - Kim Dong-hyuk, dir. - Chungmu Art Hall, Seoul, South Korea

This Wonderful Life  - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Castronauts  - William Pomerantz, dir. - The Zipper Factory/NY Musical Festival

The Two of You  (premiere) - Margarett Perry, dir. - The Kitchen Theatre, NY

No Child…  - Rob Ruggiero, dir. - TheaterWorks, Hartford

See Rock City  (premiere) - Kevin Del Aguila, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

My Scary Girl  (premiere) - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick  (premiere, set and projection design) - Joe Calarco, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

I Am My Own Wife  - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Old Times  (set and lighting design) - Margarett Perry - The Kitchen Theatre, NY

Bed No Breakfast  (premiere, lighting design) - Rachel Lampert, dir. - The Kitchen Theatre, NY

Fully Committed  - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Fair Game  - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - Theatre Row-Lion, NYC

Funked Up Fairytales  - Kevin Del Aguila, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Calvin Berger  (premiere) - Stephen Terrell, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Badge  - Jenn Thompson, dir. - The Rattlestick Theatre, NYC

A Picasso  - Tyler Marchant, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Mame  - Julianne Boyd, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Disorder  (premiere) - Jack Cummings III, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Travels With My Discontent  (premiere) - William Finn, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

The Burnt Part Boys  (premiere) - Joe Calarco, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

The Collyer Brothers At Home & Period Piece  - Chris Innvar, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

The Exonerated  - Rob Ruggiero, dir. - TheaterWorks, Hartford

My Heart and My Flesh  (premiere) - Courtney O'Connor, dir, - Boston Playwrights Theatre

Santaland Diaries  - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

Thief River  - Andrew Volkoff, dir. - Barrington Stage Co., MA

EVENTS, TELEVISION, FILM, and OTHER PROJECTS

Connecticut Public Annual Fund Drive studio set

The Black Lillies New Years Eve Concert 2017 - Bijou Theatre, TN

NewArts (formerly 12.14 Foundation) annual benefit productions for the students of Sandy Hook, CT   2014-present

Faust Symphony - Hartford Symphony Orchestra - Symphony performance with original monologues

"Life Lessons" televised panel discussion series - Connecticut Public Television

"The Kate" nationally televised live concert performance series - Connecticut Public Television

The Black Lillies 2014-15 New Year's Eve concert - Tennessee Theatre

The Black Lillies "Runaway Freeway Blues" national tour opening concert and CD release event - Tennessee Theatre

"Speck's Last"  (film - production design) - Mark DeChiazza & Mike Dowling - Hilltown Pictures

Design of Barrington Stage Co. Stage 2 performance space (now the St. Germain Stage), MA

"Christmas in the City" - Design for multiple storefront windows - Knoxville, TN

AWARDS

Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Award: Best Scenic Design for Into The Woods

Emmy Award Nomination: Set Design (Regional: New England) for "The Kate" concert television series, CT Public Television

Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Award: Best Scenic Design for Ragtime

Joseph Jefferson Award: Set Design (Chicago) for Freud's Last Session

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Resident Designer and Design Coordinator at TheaterWorks Hartford

United Scenic Artists Local 829

Associate Artist at Barrington Stage Co.

Resident Designer for the New Musical Theatre Lab at Barrington Stage Co.   2006 - 2011

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

A Streetcar Named Desire - Kim Stauffer, dir. - The University at Albany, NY

Water By the Spoonful  - Nathan Thomas, dir. - Alvernia University Theatre, PA

Low Level Panic (regional KCACTF finalist)  - Nathan Thomas, dir. - Alvernia University Theatre, PA

What Mighty Magic  - Nathan Thomas, dir. - Alvernia University Theatre, PA

Creation  - Nathan Thomas, dir. - Alvernia University Theatre, PA

King Lear  - Nathan Thomas, dir. - Alvernia University Theatre, PA

Beggar On Horseback  - Nathan Thomas, dir. - Alvernia University Theatre, PA

Plumfield, Iraq  - Cynthia Henderson, dir. - Ithaca College Theatre, NY

L'Enfant et les Sortileges / Cendrillon  - David Lefkowich, dir. - Ithaca College Theatre, NY

La Finta Giardeniera  - David Lefkowich, dir. - Ithaca College Theatre, NY

On the Town  - MichaelJohn McGann, dir. - The Hartt School, CT

Festival of New Work   - Various Directors - NYU Dept. of Dramatic Writing

Urinetown  - Dana Harrel, dir. - Yale Dramatic Association, CT

Working  - Stephen Terrell, dir. - Emerson College/Cutler Majestic Theatre, MA

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

The University of Connecticut, Adjunct Professor 2019

The University at Albany, Visiting Artist 2018

Alvernia University, Assistant Professor of Design   2012 - 2015

Ithaca College, Assistant Professor of Scenic Design   2007 - 2012

University of Hartford, The Hartt School, Visiting Artist   2008

NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Dept. of Dramatic Writing, Visiting Artist, 2006 - 2007

Yale University Dramatic Association, Visiting Artist   2006

Emerson College, Visiting Artist   2005

Pellissippi State, Resident Designer and Technical Director   1995 - 2002

EDUCATION

Brandeis University, Department of Theatre Arts   Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design, emphasis in Scenic Design   2005