Louisa Thompson – Set Designer

LOUISA THOMPSON (Set Design) Credits include the set for the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production of [sic] (Obie and Hewes Awards) at Soho Repertory Theatre. Off-Broadway credits include Manic Flight Reaction (Playwright’s Horizons); Fat Pig, The Distance from Here (MCC Theatre); 21 Dog Years at Amazon.Com (Play all Day Productions); and The Roaring Girle, (The Foundry Theatre Company). Other New York credits include: Suitcase, Molly’s Dream, The Year of the Baby (Soho Repertory Theatre); The Cherry Orchard (SALT Theatre); Tulpa (Target Margin Theatre), Walk Two Moons, First in Flight, Just so Stories (Theatreworks/USA); People are Wrong, 131 (P.S.122) Tex Arcana Waltz, No. 11 Blue and White (The Play Company). Regional Credits: La Jolla Playhouse; The Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis; Philadelphia Theatre Company; Actor’s Express; Geva Theatre; Triad Stage; The Empty Space Theatre; Yale Repertory Theatre; The Juilliard School, and Bard College. M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama. Currently an Assistant Professor at Hunter College New York.
http://www.louisathompsondesign.com
CONGRATULATIONS to Summit’s 2019 OBIE AWARD winners!
Summit designers COOKIE JORDAN (Hair, Wig, & Makeup Design) and LOUISA THOMPSON (Scenic Design) were honored at the Obie Awards on Monday May 19th, 2019 for sustained excellence in their respective fields.
Congratulations to LOUISA THOMPSON on her 2018 Lucille Lortel Award win in the Outstanding Scenic Design category for her work on IN THE BLOOD!
See the full list of nominees and winners here.
Congratulations to Summit’s 2018 DRAMA DESK AWARD nominees! LOUISA THOMPSON, Scenic Design, IN THE BLOOD; AMITH CHANDRASHAKER, Lighting Design, THE LUCKY ONES; COOKIE JORDAN, Hair & Wig Design, SCHOOL GIRLS; OR THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY; CHARLES G. LaPOINTE, Hair & Wig Design, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, BRENDAN AANES, Sound Design, BALLS
“Washeteria” is the loopy creation of the terrific set designer Louisa Thompson.
Review: Soho Rep’s ‘Washeteria,’ Staged in a Brooklyn Storefront
Louisa Thompson’s Site-Specific show “WASHETERIA” transforms a once vacant storefront into a fantastical laundromat.
Featured in the Wall Street Journal: With ‘Washeteria,’ Soho Rep Takes Children’s Theater Through Spin Cycle
Washeteria: Innovative Site Specific Theater for Kids
Washeteria: Innovative Site Specific Theater for Kids By Louisa Thompson & Soho Rep Check out more on their Kickstarter site.