Laura Jellinek is a New York City based scenic designer known for her work on A Life at Playwrights Horizons.
Jellinek started her scenic design career in high school where designers came into her school and mentored her. She then obtained an internship with the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. She went to college for design began with scenic and costume design, and met her mentor Michael McGarty.[1] She then went on to get her MFA at New York University Tisch School of the Arts's Design for Stage and Film.[2]
She was touted by Live Design, a national magazine for theatrical and concert design and technology, as a Young Designer to Watch in 2010.[3]
She opened her first show on Broadway in 2017 with Marvin's Room at the American Airlines Theatre with Roundabout Theatre Company.[4]
| Year | Award | Show | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design | Mrs. Murray's Menagerie | Won |
| 2019 | Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical | Oklahoma! | Nominated |
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Nominated | ||
| Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future | Nominated | ||
| Henry Hewes Design Award for Outstanding Scenic Design | Nominated | ||
| Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design | Mary Jane | Nominated |
| 2017 | Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design | A Life | Won |
| Henry Hewes Design Award for Outstanding Scenic Design | |||
| Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Scenic Design | Nominated | ||
| Henry Hewes Design Award for Outstanding Scenic Design | The Wolves | ||
| The Light Years | |||
| 2015 | Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design | The Nether | |
| 2013 | Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Set Design | — | Won |