EVAN ADAMSON
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Evan Adamson is an award winning set designer with 20+ years of experience in the live entertainment.  He has designed productions throughout the United States, and has worked extensively abroad in Europe and Asia.  A lifelong resident of New York, he currently resides in Manhattan.  

Evan was interviewed and featured in the book, How Broadway Works, by Sharon Grace Powers, where his history and experience are the feature of a chapter regarding the role of an Associate Designer on Broadway. 

As an Associate Set Designer, he has collaborated with dozens of designers on several prominent productions, including Radio City's Christmas Spectacular, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and the Broadway production of Gypsy,  which is currently running at the recently renovated Majestic Theatre in NYC.

Evan is an Adjunct Professor at Purchase College, in the Theatre Design & Technology program.
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Collectively, Evan has a total of two dozen Broadway credits, half of which were nominated for, or won the Tony Award for Best Set Design.  

As an Associate Set Designer, Evan has worked alongside several renown artists, including Es Devlin, Julian Crouch, and Bob Crowley. 
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Most recently, Evan has a decade-long collaboration with  with Santo Loquasto which began in 2015 with Shuffle Along, and continued through 2025 with Gypsy.  Both of these productions were directed by George C. Wolfe and starred Audra McDonald.

Other notable productions include: Hello, Dolly! starring Bette Midler, The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman and critically acclaimed Illinoise, directed and conceived by Justin Peck.

Evan has had the honor and pleasure of working extensively abroad, in both Europe and Asia, on 16 productions in 10 different countries. 

He has contributed to several significant productions with the acclaimed Stage Entertainment,  Most notably, the inaugural production of Beauty and the Beast at Teatro Nazionale in Milan, Stage Entertainment's first theatre in Italy.  The production's success, subsequently brought Beauty and the Beast to Rome, inaugurating Teatro Branccio, SE's second theatre in Italy.  
Additionally with Stage Entertainment, the original production of Der Schuh des Manitu, premiering in Berlin, Germany and the massively successful Ich war noch niemals in New York - a musical featuring the songs of
Udo Jürgens, which was produced in the 3 different, German speaking countries and also made into a movie.

Other international highlights include the first Non-English language performance of Once, in Seoul, South Korea; the first international production of Aladdin, in Tokyo, and serving as a draftsperson for the Emmy nomimated Opening Ceremony of the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
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​Evan is a proud member of United Scenic Artists
​Local 829.
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cosi fan tutte
bc berklee
set designer

april 2025
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gypsy
majestic theatre
associate scenic designer

​dec 2024 - 
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