Mimi is a designer of sets and environments for theater, dance, and opera. Having arrived at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/environment and object/performer. She is an artistic associate with Pig Iron Theatre Company and The Civilians. Previously at the Alliance: In the Red and Brown Water. Recent work includes Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812, The Dance and the Railroad (Signature), Luck of the Irish (Lincoln Center), Zero Cost House (Pig Iron). Regionally, her work has been presented at Berkeley Rep, A.R.T., Wilma Theater, Longwharf Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, and Playmakers Rep, among others. She has been a MacDowell Colony fellow, and a recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program, a Barrymore Award, four Barrymore nominations, Hewes Design Award nomination, Bay Area Critics Circle nomination, and an OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence.
Mimi Lien
Mimi is a designer of sets and environments for theater, dance, and opera. Having arrived at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/environment and object/performer. She is an artistic associate with Pig Iron Theatre Company and The Civilians. Previously at the Alliance: In the Red and Brown Water. Recent work includes Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812, The Dance and the Railroad (Signature), Luck of the Irish (Lincoln Center), Zero Cost House (Pig Iron). Regionally, her work has been presented at Berkeley Rep, A.R.T., Wilma Theater, Longwharf Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, and Playmakers Rep, among others. She has been a MacDowell Colony fellow, and a recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program, a Barrymore Award, four Barrymore nominations, Hewes Design Award nomination, Bay Area Critics Circle nomination, and an OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence.