Rachel Hauck

Rachel Hauck is an Obie Award winning scenic designer based in New York City who is known for her work in the original Hadestown off-Broadway, John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons on and off-Broadway, and her extensive off-broadway work.

Career

Rachel Hauck started her career as the first ever Art Direction Intern for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 1990 but moved into theater soon after her time in film and TV. She then became the resident scenic designer for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center for ten years, then moved to teaching at Brown University, New York University/Playwrights Horizons, Vassar College, and Cal Arts.[1]

Hauck was also instrumental in creating the first ever off-Broadway collective bargaining agreement for the United Scenic Artists union as one of the trustees of the Eastern Region Executive Board.[2][3]

In 2016, Hauck was honored by the American Theatre Wing with an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Scenic Design.[4]

In the year 2018, she will be traveling to London with the production of Hadestown before moving to Broadway in 2019.[5]

Awards and nominations for theater

Year Award Show Result
2017 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design Hadestown Nominated
Hewes Design Award for Scenic Design Tiny Beautiful Things
2016 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Scenic Design n/a Won
2015 Hewes Design Award for Scenic Design And I and Silence Nominated
2013 Hewes Design Award for Scenic Design Slowgirl
2011 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design This Wide Night
The Lilly Award for Excellence in Scenic Design[6] n/a Won

References

  1. ↑ "Rachel Hauck". Lewis Center for the Arts.
  2. ↑ in 1:podcast, "Design-Focused 'in 1: the podcast' Welcomes HADESTOWN Set Designer Rachel Hauck", BroadwayWorld, April 30th, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Regions, Offices & Officers". www.usa829.org.
  4. ↑ American Theatre Wing, 2016 Obie Awards Announced, May 23rd, 2016.
  5. ↑ Olivia Clement, "Hadestown to Play London's National Prior to Broadway", Playbill, April 19th, 2018.
  6. ↑ "The 2011 Lilly Awards at Playwrights Horizons Theater". thelillyawards.org.
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