Montana is a theatre designer from Albuquerque, New Mexico. His grandmother, a lampshade artisan, inspired an early love of fabric, color, and beauty. Montana is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (B.M. Oboe Performance), Oberlin College (B.A. History), Brown University (M.A. Public Humanities), and the Yale School of Drama (M.F.A. Design). Prior to attending Yale, he was the Robert L. Tobin Curatorial Intern at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas.
Off-Broadway: The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead (Lucille Lortel, Audelco nominations), In the Blood (Signature), Is God Is (SOHO REP), He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box (TFANA), Pipeline (Lincoln Center), Ghost Light (LCT3/Third Rail), War (LCT3/Yale Repertory), Red Speedo, Nat Turner in Jerusalem (NYTW), The Last Match (Roundabout), Hamlet, Pretty Hunger, Teenage Dick (Public), O, Earth (The Foundry), Orange Julius (Rattlestick/Page 73)
Regional: Angels in America & An Octoroon (Theatre Bay Area Nomination: Berkeley Repertory), The Bluest Eye (Guthrie), Measure for Measure (California Shakespeare/Santa Cruz Shakespeare), Madiba (Kennedy Center), Our Country’s Good, Side Show (Brown/Trinity Repertory), GURLS, Zoyka’s Apartment (Princeton University), and a number of shows at the Yale School of Drama and the Yale Cabaret.
Montana is the inaugural recipient of the Fellowship for the Study of the Public History of Slavery (Brown), the Presidential Public Service Fellowship (Yale), and the Donald & Zorka Oenslager Scholarship for Stage Design (Yale).
Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth
Montana Levi Blanco, Fefu and Her Friends
Montana Levi BlancoA Strange Loop
Montana Levi Blanco
Montana Levi BlancoHe Brought Her Heart Back in a Box
Montana Levi Blanco has been nominated for several awards in costume design. These include Best Costume Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "The Skin of Our Teeth," Outstanding Costume Design for a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Fefu and Her Friends," a Special Citation at the Obie Awards for "A Strange Loop," the Sam Norkin Award at the Drama Desk Awards, and a Design Award at the Obie Awards for "He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box."
Montana Levi Blanco has won several awards, including Best Costume Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for The Skin of Our Teeth, a Special Citation at the Obie Awards for A Strange Loop, the Sam Norkin Award at the Drama Desk Awards, and a Design Award at the Obie Awards for He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box.
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