• Scott C. Neale is an internationally recognized, award winning Scenic Designer and Theming Consultant. Scott holds an MFA in Scenic Design from Northwestern University and a BFA in Scenic Design and Scenic Painting from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University.

    He has been Resident Scenic Designer for Albany Park Theater Project in Chicago since 2006 and continues to design theatrical sets, theme park attractions, exhibits and events, specializing in interactive immersive environments around the country and world, spanning to 4 continents. 

    In theatre, he has designed for Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Yale Baroque Opera, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Chicago Children's Choir, Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago, Off Broadway, and the Galway Theatre Festival), Lookingglass Theatre Company, The Great River Shakespeare Festival, Upstream Theater and various others. 
    In the theme park and outdoor experiential industries, he has designed for Feld Entertainment, Busch Gardens Tampa and Williamsburg, SeaWorld Orlando, SanDiego and San Antonio, Aquatica Orlando, Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen, the St. Louis Zoo, Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, Buckhead Heritage Society, Nachusa Grasslands Nature Conservancy, Auburn Avenue Streetscape mural design, Missouri Botanical Gardens. 

    He has designed promotional and experiential events for world renown wedding designer, Colin Cowie, HBO, AMC, NBC, FOX, and the National Geographic Channel. 
    Scott is proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, Themed Entertainment Association, and United States Institute of Theatre Technology. He is also a credited contributor to the collegiate textbook Scene Design and Stage Lighting, 9th and 10th Editions (Parker, Wolf & Block : 9th and 10th Editions © Wadsworth 2009, 2013) 
    In addition to Scenic Design, Scott is a visual artist, sculptor, graphic designer, illustrator, art photographer, and a professional blues harmonica player.

    • Scenic Design, M.F.A.
    • Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, B.F.A.
    • Scenic Design
    • Theme Park Design
    • Architectural History
    • Scenography
    • Principles of Design
    • Scenic Design
    • Experiential Design
    • New York Musical Festival Award for Excellence, Outstanding Overall Design, Georama - NYMF - 2017 
    • Alamo Theatre Arts Council Award, Excellence in Scene Design of a Play, Bald Soprano - Trinity University - 2017 
    • St. Louis Theater Circle Award Recipient, Outstanding Set Design: Georama - Repertory Theatre of St. Louis - 2017 
    • St. Louis Theater Circle Award Nomination, Outstanding Set Design: Antony and Cleopatra - Shakespeare Festival St. Louis - '16 
    • St. Louis Theater Circle Award Recipient, Outstanding Set Design: Clybourne Park - Repertory Theatre of St. Louis - '13 (This should replace the Louie Award listing. They don't call it that anymore)
    • Louie Award Recipient, Outstanding Set Design: CLYBOURNE PARK - Repertory Theatre of St. Louis - 2013
    • Kevin Kline Award Recipient, Outstanding Set Design: AWAKE AND SING - New Jewish Theater - 2012
    • Kevin Kline Award Nomination, Outstanding Set Design: TAMING OF THE SHREW - Shakespeare Festival St. Louis - 2012
    • Kevin Kline Award Nomination, Outstanding Set Design: COOKING WITH ELISA - Upstream Theater - 2012
    • Judy Award (St. Louis Post Dispatch), Best Set Design: COOKING WITH ELISA - Upstream Theater - 2011
    • Riverfront Times Best of Award, Best Set Design: COOKING WITH ELISA - Upstream Theater - 2011
    • Kevin Kline Award Nomination, Outstanding Set Design - BLOODKNOT - Upstream Theater - 2008
    • Trinity University Sustainability Committee 
    • Trinity University TU150 Celebration Planning Subcommittee 
    • Scholarship Evaluation Committee for San Antonio Area Foundation's Joe Salek Scholarship for Theatre Arts
    • Resident Scenic Designer at Albany Park Theatre Project (Chicago).
    • Resident Scenic Designer at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
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