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BIO

Recent Broadway: costumes for A Doll's House Part 2 (Tony nomination), set design for Present Laughter and The Humans (Tony award), and sets and costume for Amelie, Fun Home (Tony nomination) and The Last Ship. Other shows include Airline Highway (Tony nomination), Rocky, Other Desert Cities, Good People, In the Next Room... (Tony nomination) and Xanadu. Recent Off-Broadway includes set design for Hamlet (Public Theater), costume design for Othello (NYTW), and set and costume designs for The Flick, and Circle Mirror Transformation, and Dogfight. Also Shakespeare in the Park, Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature, Roundabout, Elevator Repair Service and Target Margin. Around the country his work as been seen at Steppenwolf, Center Theatre Group, ART, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Yale Rep, Guthrie Theater, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Los Angeles Opera and San Francisco Opera.

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Productions

Stereophonic
 
[US Tour, 2025]
Scenic Designer
The Ziegfeld Files
 
[Off-Broadway, 2025]
Set Designer
Prince F****t
 
[Off-Broadway, 2025]
Scenic Designer
The Notebook
 
[US Tour, 2025]
Scenic Designer
Saturday Church
 
[Off-Broadway, 2025]
Scenic Designer
Stereophonic
 
[West End, 2025]
Scenic Designer
Prince F****t
 
[Off-Broadway, 2025]
Scenic Designer
Here We AreHere We Are
 
[West End, 2025]
Set Designer
Costume Designer
The Last Five YearsThe Last Five Years
 
[Broadway, 2025]
Set Designer
Kimberly AkimboKimberly Akimbo
 
[US Tour, 2024]
Scenic Designer
Once Upon A MattressOnce Upon A Mattress
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Scenic Design
StereophonicStereophonic
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Scenic Designer
An Enemy of the PeopleAn Enemy of the People
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Costume Design
The NotebookThe Notebook
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Scenic Design
Once Upon a MattressOnce Upon a Mattress
 
[Off-Broadway, 2024]
Scenic Designer
StereophonicStereophonic
 
[Off-Broadway, 2023]
Scenic Designer
Jaja's African Hair BraidingJaja's African Hair Braiding
 
[Broadway, 2023]
Scenic Design
Funny GirlFunny Girl
 
[US Tour, 2023]
Scenic Designer
Kimberly AkimboKimberly Akimbo
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Scenic Designer
Almost FamousAlmost Famous
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Costume Designer
Funny GirlFunny Girl
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Scenic Design
The MinutesThe Minutes
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Scenic Designer
DianaDiana
 
[Broadway, 2021]
Scenic Designer
TUMACHOTUMACHO
 
[Off-Broadway, 2020]
Set Design
ParisParis
 
[Off-Broadway, 2020]
Scenic Designer
Almost FamousAlmost Famous
 
[San Diego, CA (Regional), 2019]
Costume Design
DianaDiana
 
[San Diego, CA (Regional), 2019]
Scenic Designer
Choir BoyChoir Boy
 
[Broadway, 2019]
Scenic & Costume Designer
Soft PowerSoft Power
 
[Los Angeles, 2018]
Scenic Designer
Torch SongTorch Song
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Set Designer
The Waverly GalleryThe Waverly Gallery
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Scenic Designer
The Boys in the BandThe Boys in the Band
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Scenic & Costume Designer
The AmateursThe Amateurs
 
[Off-Broadway, 2018]
Scenic Designer
SpongeBob SquarePantsSpongeBob SquarePants
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Scenic and Costume Designer
The MinutesThe Minutes
 
[Chicago, 2017]
Scenic Designer
The HumansThe Humans
 
[US Tour, 2017]
Scenic Design
Torch SongTorch Song
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Scenic Designer
For Peter Pan on her 70th BirthdayFor Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Scenic Designer
HamletHamlet
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Scenic Designer
A Doll's House, Part 2A Doll's House, Part 2
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Costume Designer
Present LaughterPresent Laughter
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Set Designer
AmelieAmelie
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Scenic and Costume Designer
How to Transcend a Happy MarriageHow to Transcend a Happy Marriage
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Set Designer
The Outer SpaceThe Outer Space
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Scenic and Costume Designer
AmelieAmelie
 
[Los Angeles, 2016]
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
OthelloOthello
 
[Off-Broadway, 2016]
Costume Designer
Fun HomeFun Home
 
[US Tour, 2016]
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Twelfth NightTwelfth Night
 
[Off-Broadway, 2016]
Scenic Designer
The Spongebob MusicalThe Spongebob Musical
 
[Chicago, 2016]
Costume Designer
An Act of GodAn Act of God
 
[Broadway, 2016]
Costume Designer
The HumansThe Humans
 
[Broadway, 2016]
Scenic Designer
HirHir
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Scenic Designer
The HumansThe Humans
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Set Design
AmelieAmelie
 
[Los Angeles, 2015]
Scenic, Costume Designer
Cymbeline
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Costume Design
An Act of GodAn Act of God
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Costume Design
Airline HighwayAirline Highway
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Costume Design
Fun HomeFun Home
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Set and Costume Designer
The Real ThingThe Real Thing
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Set Design
VioletViolet
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Designer
The Realistic JonesesThe Realistic Joneses
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Design
RockyRocky
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Costume Designer
Kung FuKung Fu
 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Designer
The MadridThe Madrid
 
[Off-Broadway, 2013]
Scenic Designer
PicnicPicnic
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Costumes Designer
The Other PlaceThe Other Place
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Costume Designer
CarrieCarrie
 
[Off-Broadway, 2012]
Set Designer
SeminarSeminar
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
Other Desert CitiesOther Desert Cities
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
We Live HereWe Live Here
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
CompletenessCompleteness
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
The Select (The Sun Also Rises)The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
A Minister's WifeA Minister's Wife
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad ZooBengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
KinKin
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
Good PeopleGood People
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
Other Desert CitiesOther Desert Cities
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Costume Designer
MiddletownMiddletown
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
The PrideThe Pride
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Scenic Designer
In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Costume Designer
Circle Mirror TransformationCircle Mirror Transformation
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
Scenic Designer
Chair
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Costume Designer
Scenic Designer
Back Back BackBack Back Back
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Costume Designer
Scenic Designer
A Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two Cities
 
[Broadway, 2008]
Costume Designer
The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928)
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Scenic Designer
The Four of Us
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Costume Designer
Scenic Designer
Paradise Park
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Scenic Designer
XanaduXanadu
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Costume Designer
Horizon
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Costume Designer
The Jew of Malta
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Costume Designer
Faust, Parts I & II
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Assistant Costume Designer
A Tale of Two Cities
 
[Chicago, 2006] Cancelled
Costume Designer
Bach at Leipzig
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
A Soldier's Play
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Costume Designer
Songs From An Unmade Bed
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Costume Designer
White Chocolate
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Costume Designer
String of Pearls
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Costume Designer
Wintertime
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Costume Designer
tick, tick... BOOM!
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Costume Designer
The Dead Eye Boy
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Costume Designer
Saved or Destroyed
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Costume Designer
A Place at the Table
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Costume Designer
Trudy Blue
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Costume Designer
Clean
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Costume Designer
The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Costume Designer

Movies

Straight Time
[ 1978 ] producer
The Long Riders
[ 1980 ] producer
A Small Circle of Friends
[ 1980 ] producer
Tex
[ 1982 ] producer
Impulse
[ 1984 ] producer
Fandango
[ 1985 ] producer

Awards and Nominations


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play

David Zinn, Stereophonic


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Scenic Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

David Zinn, Stereophonic

The Lortels - 2024 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, Stereophonic

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Costume Design of a Play

David Zinn, An Enemy of the People


winner
Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

David Zinn, Stereophonic

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

David Zinn, Jaja's African Hair Braiding

Drama Desk Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical

David Zinn, Kimberly Akimbo

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical)

David Zinn, The Minutes


winner
BroadwayWorld Awards - 2018 - Best Costume Design

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Drama Desk Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Set Design for a Musical

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Costume Design

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Set Design

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Costume Design of a Musical

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical


winner
Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Scenic Design of a Musical

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Costume Design of a Play

David Zinn, A Doll's House, Part 2

The Lortels - 2016 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, The Humans


winner
Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

David Zinn, The Humans

Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Costume Design of a Play

David Zinn, Airline Highway

Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Scenic Design of a Musical

David Zinn, Fun Home

Drama Desk Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Set Design

David Zinn, The Flick

The Lortels - 2012 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)

The Lortels - 2011 - Outstanding Costume Design

David Zinn, Other Desert Cities

The Lortels - 2010 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, The Pride

Tony Awards - 2010 - Best Costume Design of a Play

David Zinn, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)

Drama Desk Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Costume Design

David Zinn, In the Next Room

Helen Hayes Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

David ZinnThe Mystery of Irma Vep

The Lortels - 2009 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, Chair

The Lortels - 2008 - Outstanding Scenic Design

David Zinn, The Four of Us

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Review: STEREOPHONIC at Connor Palace (Key Bank Broadway Series) Photo
Review: STEREOPHONIC at Connor Palace (Key Bank Broadway Series)
by Roy Berko - Jan 8, 2026

STEREOPHONIC, which is now on stage at the Connor Palace, is a 4-act, 3-hour production, was written by American playwright David Adjmi, with music composed by Will Butler.  
Last Chance to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards; THE JACK OF HEARTS CLUB Photo
Last Chance to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards; THE JACK OF HEARTS CLUB Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 29, 2025

This is the last chance to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Last Chance to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards; Leads Best Musica Photo
Last Chance to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards; Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 29, 2025

This is the last chance to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Final Weeks to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards Photo
Final Weeks to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 22, 2025

We're in the final weeks to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Final Weeks to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards; Provincetown Theater Le Photo
Final Weeks to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards; Provincetown Theater Leads Favorite Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 22, 2025

We're in the final weeks to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Review: THE NOTEBOOK Makes it Rain at DCPA Photo
Review: THE NOTEBOOK Makes it Rain at DCPA
by Jon Bee - Dec 18, 2025

It is no wonder so many movies, tv shows, and musicals start out as the written word. I would argue the best stories are those that draw you in and keep you engaged from start to finish, regardless of how long it takes to finish. Perhaps that is why when I first read The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks in high school, I read it in one day. Reading the book so long ago led me to watch the movie with equal enthusiasm which leads me now to the performance hall of DCPA's Buell Theatre for the National Touring production of this new classic.
THE NOTEBOOK National Tour is Coming to BroadwaySF's Orpheum Theatre Photo
THE NOTEBOOK National Tour is Coming to BroadwaySF's Orpheum Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 16, 2025

THE NOTEBOOK, a new musical based on the best-selling novel that inspired the iconic film, will play San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre.
Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards; THE JACK OF HEAR Photo
Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards; THE JACK OF HEARTS CLUB Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 15, 2025

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards; BEAU Leads Photo
Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards; BEAU Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 15, 2025

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Review: STEREOPHONIC at Hollywood Pantages Theatre Photo
Review: STEREOPHONIC at Hollywood Pantages Theatre
by Harker Jones - Dec 14, 2025

The actors are phenomenal musicians, playing the instruments themselves, and are extraordinary vocalists, with DeJean being particularly jaw dropping.
Additional Cast Set for ANTIGONE (THIS PLAY I READ IN HIGH SCHOOL) at The Public Photo
Additional Cast Set for ANTIGONE (THIS PLAY I READ IN HIGH SCHOOL) at The Public
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 11, 2025

The Public Theater has revealed additional cast members for the world premiere of ANTIGONE (THIS PLAY I READ IN HIGH SCHOOL), a new play by 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist Anna Ziegler.
PADDINGTON THE MUSICAL and More Nominated For WhatsOnStage Awards Photo
PADDINGTON THE MUSICAL and More Nominated For WhatsOnStage Awards
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2025

Nominations have been announced for the 26th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards. The announcement of the nominations marks the opening of the final voting stage. Learn more and check out the full list here!
Single Tickets For THE NOTEBOOK To Go On Sale At The Kravis Center Photo
Single Tickets For THE NOTEBOOK To Go On Sale At The Kravis Center
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 9, 2025

The Kravis Center will soon welcome the acclaimed musical adaptation of The Notebook, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson and a book by Bekah Brunstetter.
Rachel Dratch, Wayne Brady and More Join 2026 Encores! Productions Photo
Rachel Dratch, Wayne Brady and More Join 2026 Encores! Productions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 9, 2025

New York City Center has revealed additional cast members for the 2026 Encores! series, including Rachel Dratch, Wayne Brady, Claybourne Elder, and more.
Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards; Leads Favorite Photo
Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards; Leads Favorite Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 8, 2025

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards Photo
Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 8, 2025

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Review: THE NOTEBOOK at Des Moines Performing Arts Photo
Review: THE NOTEBOOK at Des Moines Performing Arts
by DC Felton - Dec 5, 2025

Stories can be one of the most powerful things in the world. We all have different reasons we share a story.  Sometimes it's to pass down a lesson we have learned.  Other times it's to remind us or someone we know about our story. 'The Notebook: The Musical,' which opened on Tuesday at Des Moines Performing Arts as part of the Willis Broadway Series, not only tells a beautiful story, but the way it is told is something I'm going to remember for a long time.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has David Zinn been nominated for?

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Stereophonic, Outstanding Scenic Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Stereophonic, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for Stereophonic, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for An Enemy of the People, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Stereophonic, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Minutes, Best Costume Design (BroadwayWorld Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Outstanding Set Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Outstanding Costume Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Outstanding Set Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for A Doll's House, Part 2, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for The Humans, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Humans, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Airline Highway, Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Fun Home, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Flick, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for The Select (The Sun Also Rises), Outstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for Other Desert Cities, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for The Pride, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for In the Next Room, Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Mystery of Irma Vep , Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for Chair and Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for The Four of Us.

What awards has David Zinn won?

David Zinn has won several prestigious awards for his work in scenic and costume design. He received the Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play award at the Drama Desk Awards for Stereophonic. Additionally, he won Outstanding Scenic Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Stereophonic. He was also honored with the Best Scenic Design of a Play award at the Tony Awards for Stereophonic. For SpongeBob SquarePants, he earned Best Costume Design at the BroadwayWorld Awards and Outstanding Set Design for a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards. His work on SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical also won the Best Scenic Design of a Musical award at the Tony Awards. Furthermore, he received the Best Scenic Design of a Play award at the Tony Awards for The Humans.

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