Mimi Lien
American set designer (born 1976)
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Mimi Lien (born 1976) is a Chinese American set designer, best known for the scenic design of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. In 2017, she received a Tony Award for her work with the Broadway production.[1] Lien is also a 2015 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.[2]
New York University (MFA)
Mimi Lien | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Education | Yale University (BA) New York University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Set designer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Awards | |
| Website | www |
Education
Lien graduated from Yale University in 1997, and she then attended New York University, where she earned her MFA in design from Tisch School of the Arts in 2003. Much of Lien's education is centered around architecture, which contributes to the large scale of her set designs. She has designed over 100 shows, operas, and installations, including two Broadway premieres. Lien is currently teaching as an adjunct professor in Set Design at NYU Tisch.[3]
Lien is married to writer and director Alec Duffy. Together, Lien and Duffy are co-founders of JACK, a performing arts space in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
Theater
- An Octoroon (2015)
- Preludes (2015)
- The Long Walk Opera (2015)
- John (2015)
- Memory Palace (2015)
- Lost in the Meadow (2015)
- War (2016)
- A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (2016)
- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (2016)
- Pelleas et Melisande (2017)
- Four Nights of Dream (2017)
- A Period of Animate Existence (2017)
- Memoirs of a Unicorn
- Fairview (2018)
- Lifespan of a Fact (2018)
- True West (2018)
- Die Zauberflöte (2019)
- The Secret Life of Bees (2019)
- Fairview (2019)
- Superterranean (2019)
- The Thin Place (2019)
- Moby-Dick (2019)
- Help (2020)
- Love Unpunished (2021)
- Suffragist (2022)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2023)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Lucille Lortel Award | Outstanding Scenic Design | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | Won |
| 2015 | MacArthur Fellowship | |||
| 2016 | Obie Award | Special Citation for Collaboration | John by Annie Baker | |
| 2017 | Tony Award | Best Scenic Design in a Musical | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | |
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Set Design | |||
| Outer Critics Circle Award | ||||
| Lucille Lortel Award | Outstanding Scenic Design | Signature Plays | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Set Design | Fairview | Nominated |
| 2023 | Tony Award | Best Scenic Design in a Musical | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Nominated |
