Linda Buchanan

Linda Buchanan (Scenic Designer) has designed at theatres throughout the country and abroad. Her work has been seen in Chicago, her home base, at the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Court Theatre, Paramount, Northlight, and Writers Theatre. She has designed regionally at Arena Stage, the Alley Theatre, Indiana Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Kansas City Rep, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Seattle Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Stage, Yale Rep, Resident Ensemble Theatre, Great Lakes Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival and many others. Buchanan’s work has been published in American Theatre, Stage Directions, Entertainment Design (now Live Design), TCI (now Live Design), Interior Design, and Contract. Buchanan was included in 2 USITT design exhibits (Women in Design, 1997, and Evolution of a Designer, 2010) Recent work includes Joe Turner’s Come And Gone and Gem of the Ocean (Goodman Theatre), American Mariachi (Dallas Theatre Center/ Goodman Theatre), and The Folks At Home (Indiana Rep). Notable past projects include the premiere production of Marvin’s Room (10 regional productions, and commercial productions in New York and London), the musical Wings (Goodman Theatre and the Public Theatre in New York) and the American premiere of House and Garden (Goodman). Buchanan has received the Merritt Award for Design and Collaboration, Jefferson Awards for House (Goodman), Black Snow (Goodman) and I Hate Hamlet (Royal George), and a Helen Hayes Award for Dancing at Lughnasa (Arena Stage). Buchanan is Professor Emeritus, DePaul University, where she was Associate Dean and Head of Scene Design.