Ruth Morley Design Award 2009 - Anna Louizos

ANNA LOUIZOS, Set Designer

Anna was introduced by Walter Bobbie.

Anna Louizos is currently represented on Broadway by IN THE HEIGHTS, for which she received a 2008 Tony Award nomination for her scene design, and by AVENUE Q. Other Broadway productions that have benefited from her scene designs are CURTAINS (Drama Desk nomination); HIGH FIDELITY (2007 Tony nomination); IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS (Broadway and multiple cities); TO BE OR NOT TO BE; STEEL MAGNOLIAS; GOLDA'S BALCONY (Broadway and national tour); and the upcoming MINSKY'S. Off Broadway Louizos has been represented by VANITIES, THE MUSICAL (Second Stage); CRIMES OF THE HEART (Roundabout); SPEECH AND DEBATE (Roundabout Underground); IN THE HEIGHTS (37 Arts - Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel nominations); BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY (MTC); BIRDIE BLUE (Second Stage); ALTAR BOYZ (including US tour); THE FOREIGNER with Matthew Broderick (Roundabout); Jonathan Larson's TICK, TICK...BOOM! (world premier). Regional productions include SARAH PLAIN AND TALL (Dallas Theater Center); MINSKY'S (Ahmanson); VANITIES, THE MUSICAL (Pasadena Playhouse); EMMET OTTER'S JUG BAND CHRISTMAS (Goodspeed); SEVEN BRIDES (Paper Mill); THE BAKER'S WIFE (Paper Mill); MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, BEYOND THERAPY (Old Globe); ME AND MY GIRL (Goodspeed). Her art direction for film and television includes episodes of "Sex and the City" (HBO) and the feature film THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS. She attended Mills College and has a Master of Arts degree in scenic design from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Photo: Anna Louizos' set design for IN THE HEIGHTS.

Biography current as of June 2009.