Daniel Ostling

DANIEL OSTLING is a scenic designer whose work at Lookingglass includes Trust, The Arabian Nights (both the original 1997 BAM, NYC/ Actors Gang, LA / Chicago and recent 2009 revival), The Brothers Karamazov, Argonautika, Lookingglass Alice, Hillbilly Antigone, Secret in the Wings, Race, Hard Times, Eleven Rooms of Proust, Baron In The Trees, Metamorphoses, The Idiot, 27, and The Vanishing Twin.

Additionally his recent work includes Clybourne Park (Playwright's Horizon/ NYC), Merry Widow (Lyric Opera/ Chicago), Amadeus (Chicago Shakespeare), UP (Steppenwolf Theatre/ Chicago) War Music (ACT, San Francisco), Sonnambula (Metropolitan Opera/ NYC) Lucia Di Lammermoor (Metropolitan Opera/ NYC), Brainpeople (ACT, SF), The Glorious Ones (Lincoln Center/NYC, Pittsburgh Public Theatre), Mirror of the Invisible World (Goodman), Durango (Public Theatre/ NYC, Long Wharf/New Haven, CN), the Pain and the Itch (Playwright’s Horizon/ NYC), Monsieur Proust (About Face Theatre/ Chgo)  A Flea in her Ear (Chicago Shakespeare), UP (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), and Pericles (Goodman, Shakespeare Theatre/ DC).

He has worked at numerous regional theatres including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Shakespeare Festival, Steppenwolf, La Jolla Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Rep., Berkeley Rep., San Francisco Opera Center, Portland Center Stage and Tanglewood Opera Theatre.

Internationally, his work has been seen in London, UK and Melbourne, Australia.

Upcoming projects include Tom Sawyer (Hartford Stage/ M), and the fourth tour of Lookingglass Alice (Syracus Stage/ NY, Alliance Theatre/ Atlanta, GA).

He is an Associate Professor at Northwestern University.  Find out more by visiting his website.