Brian Sidney Bembridge
Brian returns to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park having designed sets and/or lights for The Thanksgiving Play and Disgraced. His extensive design credits include works off-Broadway at The Public Theater, Second Stage, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Kids with Guns and Theatre at St. Clements. Internationally, he designed at Theatre Royal Stratford East in London; Town Hall Theatre in Galway, Ireland; and Illawarra Performing Arts Centre and Platform Hip Hop Festival in Sydney, Australia, among others. Regionally, his work has been seen at The Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Second City, Lookingglass Theatre Company (Artistic Associate), ACT Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alliance Theatre Company, Geffen Playhouse, A.C.T., Court Theatre, Writers Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Northlight Theatre, Drury Lane Theater, Ravinia Festival, Children’s Theatre Company, Pittsburgh Public Theater, City Theatre Company, Circle X Theatre (Company Member), TimeLine Theatre Company (Artistic Associate), Opera Omaha, Virginia Opera, Juneau Lyric Opera and Asolo, St. Louis, Milwaukee and Madison repertory theatres. He is the recipient of seven Jeff Awards, two Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, LA Weekly Theater Awards, three Garland Awards, two Gregory Awards and an Ovation Award. Brian represented the United States at the Prague Quadrennial in 2011 with his design of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. Film designs include Marie and Bruce, Holding Out, Stray Dogs, Late for Church and Muppets from Space. For more information, visit briansidneybembridge.com.