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Carrie Robbins |
ROBBINS’ 2 1-Act plays: SAWBONES & THE DIAMOND EATER (HERE Arts Center, NYC) directed by Tazewell Thompson, received six nominations from the NY Innovative Theatre Awards (O-O-B’way), the most nominations received by any show in 2014. Her Le WEDDING DRESS was chosen from 500 scripts by the NYNew Works Theatre Festival in 2015, & was one of 24 Semi-Finalists. In 2013, SAWBONES was chosen by TACT (The Actors Company Theatre – Wall St. Journal’s 2012 “Company of the Year”) for its NewTACTics New Plays Festival of readings. THE DIAMOND EATER was chosen for LaMama’s Concert Reading Series. For more info & visuals, please see www.daysofthegiants.com
Robbins has also spent many years designing costumes on B’way & Off, here & abroad. In 2012 she received the TDF Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. In 2011 she became the 2nd costume designer only to be honored with a Monograph on her work (available: Amazon.com & DramaBookshop, NYC.) In 2008-09 she curated an exhibit at the NYPublic Library for the Performing Arts: CURTAIN CALL, Celebrating 100 Years of Design by Women for Live Performance & wrote over half the show’s profusely illustrated catalog. (Available at the Library’s 1st floor desk.) She has several Tony nominations, 6 Drama Desk Awards & Noms, Maharam, Henry Hewes, L.A. Dramalogue, Audelco, F.I.T. Surface Design, Salmagundi Fine Arts, & 3 Prague Quadrennial, among others.
Robbins is known for the strength & skill of her character drawing see: www.carrierobbinsdesignageinc.com which may have presaged her interest in character writing.
Robbins’ work was recently seen in Moscow’s A.A.Bakhrushin State Central Theater Museum (Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015) & will move on to China shortly .
Her many wonderful grad students from NYUTisch have far surpassed her in awards, and occupy design teaching positions in major universities across the country.
Robbins has also spent many years designing costumes on B’way & Off, here & abroad. In 2012 she received the TDF Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. In 2011 she became the 2nd costume designer only to be honored with a Monograph on her work (available: Amazon.com & DramaBookshop, NYC.) In 2008-09 she curated an exhibit at the NYPublic Library for the Performing Arts: CURTAIN CALL, Celebrating 100 Years of Design by Women for Live Performance & wrote over half the show’s profusely illustrated catalog. (Available at the Library’s 1st floor desk.) She has several Tony nominations, 6 Drama Desk Awards & Noms, Maharam, Henry Hewes, L.A. Dramalogue, Audelco, F.I.T. Surface Design, Salmagundi Fine Arts, & 3 Prague Quadrennial, among others.
Robbins is known for the strength & skill of her character drawing see: www.carrierobbinsdesignageinc.com which may have presaged her interest in character writing.
Robbins’ work was recently seen in Moscow’s A.A.Bakhrushin State Central Theater Museum (Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015) & will move on to China shortly .
Her many wonderful grad students from NYUTisch have far surpassed her in awards, and occupy design teaching positions in major universities across the country.
The Dragon Griswynd, by Carrie Robbins
Featuring: Charles Turner, Steven Hauck, Jenne Vath and Thomas Leverton
Photos by Emily Hewitt