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DEREK McLANE SCENIC DESIGN

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OTHELLO

Written by William Shakespeare / Directed by Kenny Leon / Lighting Design by Natasha Katz / Costume Design by Dede Ayite / Barrymore Theatre / 2025

PURLIE VICTORIOUS

Written by Ossie Davis / Directed by Kenny Leon / Lighting Design by Adam Honoré / Music Box Theatre / 2023

A SOLDIER'S PLAY

Written by Charles Fuller / Directed by Kenny Leon / Costume Design by Dede Ayite / Lighting Design by Allen Lee Hughes / Roundabout Theatre Company / 2020

AMERICAN SON

Written by Christopher Demos-Brown / Directed by Kenny Leon / Lighting Design by Peter Kaczorowski / Booth Theatre / 2018

BURN THIS

Written by Lanford Wilson / Directed by Michael Mayer / Lighting Design Natasha Katz / Hudson Theatre / 2019

Read about Derek’s design process: ArchitecturalDigest.com

THE TRUE

Written by Sharr White / Directed by Scott Elliott / Lighting Design by Jeff Croiter / Costume Design by Clint Ramos / THE NEW GROUP / 2018

THE PARISIAN WOMAN

Written by Beau Willimon / Directed by Pam MacKinnon / Lighting Design by Peter Kaczorowski / Hudson Theatre / 2017

Watch a behind the scenes video of Derek on the set TheaterMania.com

THE PRICE

Written by Arthur Miller / Directed by Terry Kinney / Lighting Design by David Weiner / Roundabout Theatre Company / 2017

Go on a set tour + see the NYC locations that inspired Derek's set: NBC Live
To read more about Derek's set design, go to: TDF Stages

IF I FORGET

Written by Steven Levenson / Directed by Daniel Sullivan / Lighting Design by Kenneth Posner / Roundabout Theatre Company / 2017

To see how the set rotates: video

THE WHIRLIGIG

Written by Hamish Linklater / Directed by Scott Elliott / Lighting Design by Jeff Croiter / THE NEW GROUP / 2017

To read about Derek's 'Whirligig' design process: TDF
Watch the set fully rotate: Whirligig Video

 

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Written by Mike Bartlett / Directed by Michael Mayer / Lighting Design by David Lander / Roundabout Theatre Company / 2016

THE NIGHT of the IGUANA

Written by Tennessee Williams / Directed by Michael Wilson / Lighting Design by David Lander / American Repertory Theater / 2017

GENTLY DOWN the STREAM

Written by Martin Sherman / Directed by Sean Mathias / Lighting Design by Peter Kaczorowski / The Public Theater / 2017

TWO GENTLEMEN of VERONA

Written by William Shakespeare / Directed by Jessie Austrian & Ben Steinfeld / Lighting Design by Tim Cryan / Fiasco Theater / 2014

BURIED CHILD - LONDON + NYC

Written by Sam Shepard / Directed by Scott Elliott / Lighting Design (NYC) by Peter Kaczorowski / Lighting Design (London) by Neil Austin / 2016

FULLY COMMITTED

Written by Becky Mode / Directed by Jason Moore / Lighting Design by Ben Stanton / Lyceum Theater / 2016

33 VARIATIONS

Written & Directed by Moisés Kaufman / Lighting Design by David Lander / Projection Design by Jeff Sugg / Eugene O’Neill Theatre / 2009

CHINA DOLL

Written by David Mamet / Directed by Pam MacKinnon / Lighting Design by Russell H. Champa / Shoenfeld Theater / 2015

THE BEST MAN

Written by Gore Vidal, Directed by Michael Wilson / Lighting Design by Kenneth Posner / Schoenfeld Theatre / 2012

BENGAL TIGER at the BAGDAD ZOO

Written by Rajiv Joseph / Directed by Moisés Kaufman / Lighting Design by David Lander / Richard Rodgers Theatre / 2011

A LIE OF THE MIND

Written by Sam Shepard / Directed by Ethan Hawke / Lighting Design by Jeff Crotier / THE NEW GROUP / 2010

EVENING at the TALK HOUSE

Written by Wallace Shawn / Directed by Scott Elliott / Lighting Design by Jennifer Tipton / THE NEW GROUP / 2017

THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE

Written by Granville Barker / Directed by David Warren / Lighting Design by Jeff Crotier / Atlantic Theater Company / 2006

RAFTA, RAFTA

Written by Ayub Kahn-Din / Directed by Scott Elliott / Lighting Design by Jason Lyons / THE NEW GROUP / 2008

NOISES OFF

Written by Michael Frayn / Directed by Jeremy Herrin / Lighting Design by Jane Cox / American Airlines Theatre / 2015

THE TALLEST TREE IN THE FOREST

Written & Performed by Daniel Beaty / Directed by Moisés Kaufman / Projections by John Narun / Brooklyn Academy of Music / 2015

I AM MY OWN WIFE

Written by Doug Wright, Directed by Moisés Kaufman / Lighting by David Lander / Lyceum Theatre / 2003

TWO TRAINS RUNNING

Written by August Wilson / Directed by Lou Bellamy / Lighting Design by Robert Wierzel / Signature Theater / 2006

STICKS AND BONES

Written by David Rabe / Directed by Scott Elliott / Lighting Design by Peter Kaczorowski / THE NEW GROUP / 2014

THE HEIRESS

Written by Ruth & Augustus Goetz / Directed by Moisés Kaufman / Lighting Design by David Lander / Walter Kerr Theatre / 2012

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Written by William Shakespeare / Directed by Noah Brody & Ben Steinfeld / Lighting Design by Christopher Akerlind / Long Wharf Theatre and Fiasco Theater / 2015

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AMERICAN SON

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BURN THIS

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THE TRUE

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THE PARISIAN WOMAN

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THE PRICE

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IF I FORGET

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THE WHIRLIGIG

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LOVE LOVE LOVE

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THE NIGHT of the IGUANA

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GENTLY DOWN the STREAM

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TWO GENTLEMEN of VERONA

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BURIED CHILD - LONDON + NYC

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FULLY COMMITTED

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33 VARIATIONS

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CHINA DOLL

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THE BEST MAN

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BENGAL TIGER at the BAGDAD ZOO

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EVENING at the TALK HOUSE

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THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE

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RAFTA, RAFTA

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NOISES OFF

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THE TALLEST TREE IN THE FOREST

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I AM MY OWN WIFE

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TWO TRAINS RUNNING

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STICKS AND BONES

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THE HEIRESS

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MEASURE FOR MEASURE

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