Rachel Hauck is a Tony Award winning scenic designer based in New York City.

Broadway credits include Hadestown, The Avett Brothers’ Swept Away, Doug Wright’s Good Night Oscar, Paula Vogel’s How I Learned To Drive; Heidi Schreck’s What The Constitution Means To Me; and John Leguizamo’s Latin History For Morons. Most recently, she designed the scenery for Cats: The Jellicle Ball; Galileo: A Rock Musical; and the Avett Brothers’ Swept Away on Broadway.  

Rachel is honored that her designs have been recognized. She has received the Tony Award for her design of Hadestown, as well as a Tony Nomination and Jeff Award for Good Night Oscar.  Rachel is the recipient of Drama Desk, Lortel, Helen Hayes, Audelco and Ovation Nominations. She is extremely honored to have received the Princess Grace Award, Lilly Award, an OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence and the Distinguished Alumni Award from UCLA where Rachel received her BA.

Rachel was the Resident Set Designer at the O’Neill Playwrights Conference for ten years where she worked with more than 70 playwrights. She remains dedicated to new work and new play development. 

She is a member of the American Theater Wing Advisory Board, the 1/52 Grant Administration Committee and a co-founder of Design Action. She was an elected leader of her union, USA 829 for 12 years, and has taught at Princeton, Brown, Vassar and Cal Arts.

Photo © Tess Meyer

Recognition:

OBIE Award for Sustained Achievement in Design

Lilly Award for Excellence in Set Design

Drama Desk Nomination for Orange Hate and Grace (Soho Rep)

Lortel Nomination for This Wide Night (Naked Angels)

Prague Quadrennial Exhibitor for House of Bernarda Alba (Mark Taper Forum)

Prague Quadrennial Exhibitor for The Poor Itch (The Public Lab)

Ovation Nomination for The House of Bernarda Alba (Mark Taper Forum)

Princess Grace Foundation’s Faberge Award Recipient

Ovation Nomination for Euphoria (The Actors’ Gang)

Affiliations:

NYTW Usual Suspect

Resident Set Designer at the O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference from 2005-2014

NEA/TCG Design Fellow from 1998-2000

Company Member of The Actors’ Gang from 1993-2001