A พรพรสำฦต alumnus received a Tony Award for a unique three-level stage set he designed for the hugely successful play, August: Osage County.
Todd A. Rosenthal โ89 won for best set design, one of several awards the play earned during Sunday nightโs awards show.
Rosenthal earned a degree from Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Conn., after graduating from พรพรสำฦต.
Working as a freelance set designer, he is based in Chicago where he has done a lot of work with the Steppenwolf Theatre, where his most recent play originated. He also is an assistant professor of design at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
August: Osage County had a sold-out run at the Steppenwolf before moving to Broadway. In its review back in December 2007, The New York Times called August โthe most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years.โ
In addition to Rosenthalโs prize, the drama about a dysfunctional Oklahoma family won the Tony for best play, which went to Tracy Letts. Also winning were Anna D. Shapiro for best director, Deanna Dunagan for best leading actress, and Rondi Reed for best featured actress.
Rosenthal, 43, is a native of Longmeadow, Mass. He told The Republican newspaper that he viewed the set he created as a central character in the play.
โItโs immovable, an indelible image โฆ people move out, but the house never changes,โ he said. He added that the set he created suggests a childโs dollhouse combining a juxtaposition of the โgothic and the whimsical.โ
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