Montana Levi Blanco

EL NIÑO

Opera by John Adams

Libretto by Peter Sellars

Direction: Lileana Blain-Cruz

Scenic: Adam Rigg

Costume: Montana Levi Blanco

Lighting: Yi Zhao

Projection: Hannah Wasileski

Puppetry: James Ortiz

Choreography: Marjani Forte-Saunders

Photography: Evan Zimmerman & Yi Zhao

METROPOLITAN OPERA 2024

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH

Written by Thornton Wilder

Adaptation by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Scenic: Adam Rigg

Costume: Montana Levi Blanco

Wig & Hair: Cookie Jordan

Makeup: Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche

Lighting: Yi Zhao

Sound: Palmer Hefferan

Projection: Hannah Wasileski

Puppets: James Ortiz

Photography: Julieta Cervantes & Yi Zhao

VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATER 2022

Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play 2022

CHAMPION

Opera by Terence Blanchard

Libretto by Michael Cristofer

Director: James Robinson

Scenic: Allen Moyer

Costume: Montana Levi Blanco

Lighting: Donald Holder

Projection: Greg Emetaz

Choreography: Camille A. Brown

Photography: Ken Howard

METROPOLITAN OPERA & CHICAGO LYRIC OPERA 2023

THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND

Written by Marcus Gardley

Direction: Lileana Blain-Cruz

Scenic: Adam Rigg

Costume: Montana Levi Blanco

Hair & Makeup: Cookie Jordan

Lighting: Yi Zhao

Sound: Justin Ellington

Choreography: Raja Feather Kelly

Photography: Joan Marcus

NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP 2018

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Costume Design 2019

Sam Norkin Drama Desk Award 2019

Henry Hewes Design Award 2019 (nomination)

RINALDO

Opera by George Frideric Handel

Libretto by Giacomo Rossi

Direction: Louisa Proske

Scenic: Matt Saunders

Costume: Montana Levi Blanco

Lighting: Amith Chandrashaker

Projection: Jorge Cousineau

Wig & Makeup: Tom Watson

Choreography: Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson

Photography by Evan Zimmerman

GLIMMERGLASS OPERA FESTIVAL (2023)

GILRS

Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Direction: Lileana Blain-Cruz

Scenic: Adam Rigg

Costume: Montana Levi Blanco

Wig & Makeup: Cookie Jordan

Lighting: Yi Zhao

Sound: Palmer Hefferan

Projection: David Bengali

Choreography: Raja Feather Kelly

Photography: Joan Marcus

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE 2019

A STRANGE LOOP

Music, Lyrics, & Book by Michael R. Jackson

Direction: Stephen Brackett

Choreographer: Raja Feather Kelly

Scenic: Arnulfo Maldonado

Lighting: Jen Schreiver

Sound: Alex Hawthorn

Wigs, Hair, & Makeup: Cookie Jordan

Photography: Joan Marcus & Arnulfo Maldonado

PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS (2019) & BROADWAY (2022)

Tony Award for Best Musical 2022

Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2020

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Costume Design 2020 (nomination)

Henry Hewes Design Award 2020 (nomination)

THE DEATH OF THE LAST BLACK MAN IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD AKA THE NEGRO BOOK OF THE DEAD

Written by Suzan Lori-Parks

Direction: Lileana Blain-Cruz

Scenic: Riccardo Hernandez

Costume: Montana Levi Blanco

Wig & Makeup: Cookie Jordan

Lighting: Yi Zhao

Projection: Hannah Wasileski

Sound: Palmer Hefferan

Choreography: Raja Feather Kelly

Photography: Joan Marcus

SIGNATURE THEATRE 2016

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Costume Design 2017 (nomination)

FEFU AND HER FRIENDS

Written by María Irene Fornés

Direction: Lileana Blain-Cruz

Scenic: Adam Rigg

Costume: Montana Levi Blanco

Wig & Makeup: Cookie Jordan

Lighting: Jane Cox

Sound: Palmer Hefferan

Photography: Julieta Cervantes

THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE 2019

Henry Hewes Design Award Special Citation 2020

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Play 2020 (nomination)

book by: Carson Kreitzer

music by: Matt Gould

direction by: Rachel Chavkin

choreography: Raja Feather Kelly

scenic design: Riccardo Hernandez

lighting design: Bradley King

sound design: Nevin Steinberg

hair & wig design: Leah Loukas

makeup design: Naomi Miyoko Raddatz

photography by: Carolyn Brown & Daniel Rader

‘Dressed to dazzle in luxurious period costumes by Montana Levi Blanco, her [Eden Espinosa’s] Lempicka is indeed a legitimate successor to Ms. LuPone’s Perón’ - Ben Brantley for the New York Times 

WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2018

AN OCTOROON

Written by: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Directed by: Eric Ting

Scenic: Arnulfo Maldonado

Lighting: Jiyoun Chang

Sound: Jake Rodriguez

Photography: Kevin Berne

BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE 2017

AIN’T NO MO’

written by Jordan E. Cooper

direction: Stevie Walker-Webb

scenic: Kimie Nishikawa

lighting: Adam Honoré

sound: Emily Auciello

hair & make-up design: Cookie Jordan

photography: Joan Marcus

THE PUBLIC THEATER 2019

American Theatre Wing Henry Hewes Design Award (winner)

Sam Norkin Special Drama Desk Award (winner)

‘The plays agile, immensely energetic ensemble keep the stakes and style high. They’re aided by Montana Levi Blanco’s big statement costumes - he’s a designer with a gift for camp and outsize pop culture’ - Sara Holdren for Vulture

written by Jackie Sibblies Drury

directed by Sarah Benson

choreography: Raja Feather Kelly

scenic design: Mimi Lien

lighting design: Amith Chandrashaker

sound design: Mikaal Sulaiman

hair & wig design: Cookie Jordan

photography: Julieta Cervantes & Kevin Berne

SOHO REP & BERKELEY REP 2018

Sam Norkin Special Drama Desk Award 2019

Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2019

DADDY

Written by Jeremy O. Harris

Direction: Danya Taymor

Scenic: Matt Saunders

Costume: Montana Levi Blanco

Wig & Makeup: Cookie Jordan

Lighting: Isabella Byrd

Sound: Lee Kinney

Photography: Monique Carboni

The New Group 2019

THE BLUEST EYE

written by: Toni Morrison

adapted by: Lydia R. Diamond

directed by: Lileana Blain-Cruz

scenic design: Matt Saunders

lighting design: Yi Zhao

sound design: Scott W. Edwards

composed by: Justin Hicks

movement by: Leah Nelson

photography: Dan Norman

THE GUTHRIE THEATER: 2017

Direction: Chen Shi-Zheng

Book by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger

Music & Lyrics by SIA

Choreographer: Akram Khan

Martial Arts: Zhang Jun

Scenic: Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams

Lighting: Tobias G. Rylander

Sound: Brandon Wolcott

Video: Leigh Sachwitz

Wigs, Hair & Makeup: Cookie Jordan

Photography: Stephanie Berger

THE SHED: 2019

RED SPEEDO

written by: Lucas Hnath

directed by: Lileana Blain-Cruz

scenic design: Riccardo Hernandez

lighting design: Yi Zhao

sound design: Matt Tierney

photography: Joan Marcus

NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP 2016

THE VISIT

Written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Directed: Cole Lewis

Scenic: Chika Shimizu

Costume: Montana Levi Blanco

Lighting: Caitlin Smith-Rapoport

Projection: Kristen Ferguson

Photography: T. Charles Erickson

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA 2013

written by Aleshea Harris

directed by Taibi Magar

scenic design: Adam Rigg

lighting design: Matthew Richards

sound design: Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste

hair & wig design: Cookie Jordan

photography: Julieta Cervantes

Henry Hewes Design Award (nomination)

SOHO REP 2018

written by Tony Kushner

direction by Tony Taccone

scenic design: Takeshi Kata

lighting design: Jennifer Schriever

sound design: Jake Rodriguez

photography: Kevin Berne

BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE 2018

written by Tony Kushner

direction by Tony Taccone

scenic design: Takeshi Kata

lighting design: Jennifer Schriever

sound design: Jake Rodriguez

photography: Kevin Berne

BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE 2018

MADIBA, a ballet based on the life of Nelson Mandela

choreography: jeremy mcqueen 

original composition: carman moore

lighting design: alan edwards

costumes built by: eric winterling

photography: matthew murphy

NEW YORK LIVE ARTS, JULY 2016

THE KENNEDY CENTER, APRIL 2017

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

written by: William Shakespeare

directed by: Tyne Rafaeli

scenic design: Annie Smart

lighting design: Kent Dorsey

sound design: Brandon Wolcott

photography: Jana Marcus & RR Jones

THUNDERBODIES

written by: Kate Tarker

directed by: Dustin Wills

scenic design: Kurtis Boetcher

lighting design: Caitlin Smith-Rapoport

projection design: Shawn Boyle

photography: T. Charles Erickson

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA 2014

NAT TURNER IN JERUSALEM

written by: Nathan Alan Davis

directed by: Megan Sandberg-Zakian

scenic design: Susan Zeeman Rogers

lighting design: Mary Louise Geiger

sound design: Nathan Leigh

actors: Phillip James Brannon & Rowan Vickers

photography: Joan Marcus

NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP 2016 

O, EARTH

written by: Casey Llewellyn

directed by: Dustin Wills

scenic design: Adam Rigg

lighting design: Barbara Samuels

sound design: Janie Bullard

props design: Raphael Mishler

photography: Julietta Cervantes

THE FOUNDRY THEATRE, NYC 2016