Neil Patel is an American designer for film and television, as well as for opera and the theater. For his work in theater he has twice been honored with the

Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given since 1956 by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theater artists and groups involved in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Starting just after th ...

for "sustained excellence".

Career

Neil Patel is a graduate of

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and the

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and has designed for the theater throughout the world. His work in theater includes that for Warren Leight’s

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...

–winning play '' Side Man'' on Broadway, London's West End, and the

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; '' 'night, Mother'', '' Oleanna'', '' itle of show' and '' Time and the Conways'' on Broadway; '' Mughal E Azam'' at the National Centre for the Performing Arts Mumbai and Delhi; the

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–winning '' Dinner With Friends'' off-Broadway and on national US tour; and productions for the Guthrie Theater, the Steppenwolf Theater, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court Theatre, Tokyo's Parco Theater, the

Gate Theatre The Gate Theatre is a theatre on Cavendish Row in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1928. History Beginnings The Gate Theatre was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir with Daisy Bannard Cogley and Gearóid Ó Lochla ...

, the Edinburgh International Festival, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and many other regional companies in the United States and abroad. Since 1997 he has been a member of Anne Bogart’s SITI Company. His

scenic design Scenic design, also known as stage design or set design, is the creation of scenery for theatrical productions including Play (theatre), plays and Musical theatre, musicals. The term can also be applied to film and television productions, wher ...

for opera includes those for the world premieres of Javier Martinez and Leonard Foglia's ''El Milagro del Recuerdo'' at the Houston Grand Opera, Bright Sheng’s '' Madame Mao'' at the Santa Fe Opera, and David Carlson’s '' Anna Karenina'' at the Florida Grand Opera. Production design he has done for television includes those for the

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–winning series '' In Treatment'' for

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, Neil LaBute's ''Billy and Billie'' for

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, ''Dickinson'' for Apple TV+, and '' ''The Path'''' for

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. His production design portfolio for film includes ''Aardvark'', ''Little Boxes'', ''Some Velvet Morning'', ''Loitering with Intent'', and '' Dil Dhadakne Do''.

References

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Time and the Conways
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Neil American scenic designers Yale College alumni Year of birth missing (living people) University of California, San Diego alumni People from Bangor, Gwynedd Obie Award recipients American people of Indian descent American people of Gujarati descent Living people Welsh emigrants to the United States