LINDA BUCHANAN has designed hundreds of productions at theatres throughout the country and abroad. Her work has been seen in Chicago at Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Court, Paramount, and others. Buchanan has designed regionally for Arena Stage, Alley Theatre, Indiana Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Kansas City Rep, and others. Buchanan has received the Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration; Joseph Jefferson Awards for House and Black Snow (Goodman), and I Hate Hamlet (Royal George); a Helen Hayes Award for Dancing at Lughnasa (Arena Stage); and a Syracuse Area League of Theatre Award for Peter Pan. Upcoming work includes The Folks at Home (Indiana Rep) and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Goodman). Buchanan is a professor emeritus at DePaul University, where she taught in The Theatre School.
Bio as of 9/2023