Peter Nigrini
{{Short description|American projection designer}}
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Peter Nigrini is an American projection designer of live theater. His best-known designs include Dear Evan Hansen, Fela!, and Here Lies Love. He also works occasionally as a scenic and lighting designer, most notably his long standing collaboration with Nature Theater of Oklahoma, of which he is a founding member. He is also a lecturer at New York University{{cite web |url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/design/faculty |title=NYU Tisch Faculty Page |website=tisch.nyu.edu |access-date=June 22, 2016 |archive-date=June 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621122021/http://tisch.nyu.edu/design/faculty |url-status=live}}
Education
Nigrini earned his bachelor's degree at Dartmouth College and later received a master's degree at the Central St. Martins College of Art (London) in scenography.
Broadway
- Here Lies Love
- MJ the Musical
- Beetlejuice
- Ain't Too Proud
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- A Doll's House, Part 2
- Amélie
- Dear Evan Hansen
- An Act of God{{cite web |title=Peter Nigrini |url=https://www.ibdb.com/Person/View/104259 |website=Broadway Internet Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=June 23, 2016 |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423152840/http://www.ibdb.com/Person/View/104259 |url-status=live}}
- The Heidi Chronicles
- Fela!
- The Best Man
- 9 to 5: The Musical
- Hell's Kitchen
Off-Broadway and Regional
- Hell's Kitchen - The Public Theater
- The Who's Tommy - Goodman Theatre
- [https://www.ritualofbreath.org The Ritual of Breath is the Right to Exist] - The Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, Stanford Live
- Lempicka - La Jolla Playhouse
- Man in the Ring - Huntington Theatre Company
- The Skin of Our Teeth - Theatre for a New Audience
- Wakey Wakey - Signature Theatre Company (New York City)
- Here Lies Love - The Public Theater, Royal National Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre
- Grounded - The Public Theater
- Our Lady of Kibeho - Signature Theatre Company
- Far from Heaven - Playwrights Horizons
- Notes from Underground - Yale Repertory Theater
- Autumn Sonata - Yale Repertory Theater
- In a Year of 13 Moons - Yale Repertory Theater
- The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity - Second Stage Theatre
Opera, Music, Dance
- [https://www.hanszimmerlive.com Hans Zimmer Live] - European Tour
- Deep Blue Sea for the Park Avenue Armory with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
- Orfeo ed Euridice for the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
- Lucia di Lammermoor for the Santa Fe Opera
- Don Giovanni for the Santa Fe Opera
- Real Enemies at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
- The Grace Jones Hurricane Tour at Hammerstein Ballroom
- Blind Date with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Nature Theater of Oklahoma
Peter is a founding member of the much lauded New York avant-garde theater troupe [http://www.oktheater.org/ Nature Theater of Oklahoma]. He is the sole designer for the company and as such is responsible for every visual aspect of their productions. For them he has designed:
- The Poetics: a ballet brut
- No Dice
- Romeo and Juliet
- Rambo Solo
- Life and Times, Episodes 1-9
Awards and nominations
- Tony (nomination) for MJ {{Cite web|title=Tony Awards 2022|url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/|access-date=2022-05-09|website=Tony Awards|language=en}}
- Tony (nomination) for Ain't Too Proud{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2019/category/any/show/any/ |title=2019 Tony Awards |website=tonyawards.com |access-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421151949/https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2019/category/any/show/any/ |url-status=live}}
- Tony (nomination) for Beetlejuice{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2019/category/any/show/any/ |title=2019 Tony Awards |website=tonyawards.com |access-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421151949/https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2019/category/any/show/any/ |url-status=live}}
- Drama Desk Award (nomination) for Beetlejuice{{cite web |url=https://www.dramadeskawards.com/2019-nominees |title=2019 Drama Desk Awards |website=dramadeskawards.com |access-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501073901/https://www.dramadeskawards.com/2019-nominees |url-status=usurped}}
- Outer Critics Circle Award (nomination) for Beetlejuice{{cite web |url=http://outercritics.org/award-results/awards-for-2018-2019/ |title=Outer Critics Circle 2018-2019 Season |website=outercritics.org |access-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-date=May 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525044635/https://outercritics.org/award-results/awards-for-2018-2019/ |url-status=live}}
- Henry Hewes Award for Dear Evan Hansen{{cite web |url=http://americantheatrewing.org/program/hewes-design-awards/ |title=Henry Hewes Awards |website=americantheatrewing.org |access-date=June 23, 2016 |archive-date=June 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616201108/http://americantheatrewing.org/program/hewes-design-awards/ |url-status=live}}
- Outer Critics Circle Award (nomination) for Grounded {{cite web |url=http://outercritics.org/award-results/awards-for-2015-2016/ |title=Outer Critics Circle 2015-2016 Season |website=outercritics.org |access-date=July 2, 2016 |archive-date=May 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519065148/http://outercritics.org/award-results/awards-for-2015-2016/ |url-status=live}}
- Outer Critics Circle Award (nomination) for Dear Evan Hansen{{cite web |url=http://outercritics.org/award-results/awards-for-2015-2016/ |title=Outer Critics Circle 2015-2016 Season |website=outercritics.org |access-date=July 2, 2016 |archive-date=May 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519065148/http://outercritics.org/award-results/awards-for-2015-2016/ |url-status=live}}
- Drama Desk Award (nomination) for Dear Evan Hansen{{cite web |url=http://dramadeskawards.com/nominees |title=2016 Drama Desk Awards |website=dramadeskawards.com |date=2016 |access-date=May 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225151924/http://dramadeskawards.com/nominees |archive-date=February 25, 2016 |url-status=usurped}}
- Lucille Lortel Award for Grounded{{cite web |url=http://www.lortelaward.com/2016nominees.htm |title=Lucille Lortel Awards 2016 |website=lortelaward.com |access-date=June 23, 2016 |archive-date=July 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702083214/http://www.lortelaward.com/2016nominees.htm |url-status=live}}
- Obie Award for Life and Times{{cite web |url=http://www.obieawards.com/events/year-2013/ |title=Obie Awards 2013 |website=obieawards.com |access-date=June 23, 2016 |archive-date=May 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190528023142/http://www.obieawards.com/events/year-2013/ |url-status=live}}
- Obie Award for No Dice{{cite web |url=http://www.obieawards.com/events/2000s/year-08/ |title=Obie Awards 2008 |website=obieawards.com |access-date=June 23, 2016 |archive-date=August 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811104943/http://www.obieawards.com/events/2000s/year-08/ |url-status=live}}
- Henry Hewes Award for Here Lies Love
- Drama Desk Award for Here Lies Love{{cite web |url=http://www.dramadesk.org/awards?field_nomination_year_value%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=2013&field_nominee_full_name_value=&field_show_value=&field_award_value=All |title=2013 Drama Desk Awards |website=dramadesk.org |access-date=June 23, 2016 |archive-date=August 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811234714/http://www.dramadesk.org/awards?field_nomination_year_value%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=2013&field_nominee_full_name_value=&field_show_value=&field_award_value=All |url-status=live}}
- Outer Critics Circle Award for The Who's Tommy{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=2024-05-13 |title=Stereophonic Leads 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards, Wins Best Play; See the Full List of Winners |url=https://playbill.com/article/stereophonic-leads-2024-outer-critics-circle-awards-wins-best-play-see-the-full-list-of-winners |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Playbill |language=en-US}}
- Drama Desk Award for Hell's Kitchen{{cite web |last1=Rosky |first1=Nicole |date=June 10, 2024 |title=2024 Drama Desk Awards Winners- The Full Lis |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/2024-Drama-Desk-Awards-Winners--Updating-Live-20240610 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |website=BroadwayWorld.com}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.nigrini.net/}}
- {{IBDB name|104259}}
- {{IOBDB name|24458}}
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Category:American theatre people
Category:American scenic designers
Category:Broadway projection and video designers
Category:New York University faculty