Linda Buchanan biography

Linda Buchanan

At Writers Theatre: Stick Fly, Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody, The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, The Uneasy Chair, Rocket to the Moon

Ms. Buchanan is a Chicago-based scene designer who has designed hundreds of stage productions at regional theatres throughout the country and abroad. She has received the Merritt Award for Design and Collaboration, Joseph Jefferson Awards for Scene Design for House, Black Snow (Goodman Theatre) and I Hate Hamlet (Royal George Theatre). In addition, she received a Helen Hayes Award for Dancing at Lughnasa (Arena Stage). Recent design work includes Having Our Say (Goodman Theatre), Pride And Prejudice (Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Great Lakes Theatre), Inherit The Wind (Resident Ensemble Players) and Quack (Alley Theatre). Notable past projects include the American premiere of House and Garden, the musical adaptation of Wings (Goodman Theatre, NY Public Theatre), the premiere production of Marvin's Room and ten subsequent regional productions and commercial productions in New York and London. Buchanan was Resident Designer at Court Theatre (1976-1984) and Design Director of R.D. Design Associates (1985-1989), where her work included the State of Illinois Center dedication ceremony and over 100 environments for corporate theatre and special events. Buchanan is Professor Emeritus, The Theatre School at DePaul University, where she was head of the Scene Design program.  Her work has been published in Interior Design, Contract, Exhibit Builder, American Theatre and TCI (Theatre Crafts International) and ED (Entertainment Design). buchananscenedesign.com

[Bio as of June 2019]