Scenic Designer––Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, The Book Club Play
Off-Broadway: 2nd Stage Uptown, Ars Nova, The Public, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Theatre Row, SoHo Playhouse, Cherry Lane Theatre, Connelly Theatre, Abrons Art Center, 59E59, The Pearl, Sheen Center
Other Theatres: The Old Globe, Denver Center Theatre Company, TheatreWorks, Pioneer Theatre, Phildadelphia Theatre Company, Bristol Riverside Theatre, The Juilliard School, Geva Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Group, The Walnut St. Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Hangar Theatre, George St. Playhouse, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Weston Playhouse
Film: Remember Colin Stall (Production Designer), Campfire (Production Designer)
Awards: USITT Rising Star Award, Berkshire Theatre Awards (Outstanding Set Design for a Play or Musical for Metamorphoses), Best Scenic Design for Musical, Berkshire Record for Hair, one Broadway World Regional Award, nine Broadway World Nomintations, two Henry Hewes Nominations, Honored List in Marquis Who’s Who in America (2025)
Teaching Credits: assistant professor at Cornell University and The University of Iowa (current); adjunct at Fordham University and Montclair State University; visiting lecturer at Williams College
Education: MFA from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts; BFA from Cornish College of the Arts
Professional Affiliations: USA 829, Affiliated Artist with ClubbedThumb, former member of Civic Ensemble
Socials: @simmsjason
“It has been a joy to build worlds for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and The Book Club Play with my creative collaborators and the wonderful staff at Utah Shakespeare Festival!”