Montana Levi Blanco (born April 25, 1984) is an American costume designer. He won a Tony Award in the category Best Costume Design in a Play for the play The Skin of Our Teeth.
Early life and education Blanco grew up in Albuquerque New Mexico. While pursuing a dual degree in oboe and history at Oberlin College’s conservatory program, he did "a thesis on sartorial communication, about how people of color use their body as adornment and capital and power.”
Blanco then attended Brown University to study public humanities and in his final semester took an introduction to set design class. After a curatorial fellowship in the Tobin Collection of Theater Arts at the McNay Art Museum, Blanco pursued an MFA in design at the Yale School of Drama.
Stage credits YearTitleRoleVenueRef.2017Ghost LightCostume DesignerOff-Broadway, Claire Tow Theatre2018FairviewOff-Broadway, Soho RepThe House That Will Not StandOff-Broadway, New York Theatre WorkshopHe Brought Her Heart Back in a BoxOff-Broadway, Theatre for a New AudienceFabulation, or The Re-Education of UndineOff-Broadway, Pershing Square Signature Center2019A Strange LoopOff-Broadway, Playwrights HorizonsFefu and Her FriendsOff-Broadway, Theatre for a New Audience2020DaddyWest End, Almeida Theatre2022The Skin of Our TeethBroadway, Vivian Beaumont TheatreA Strange LoopBroadway, Lyceum TheatreEpiphanyOff-Broadway, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre2023A Strange LoopWest End, Barbican Centre2024Six CharactersOff-Broadway, Claire Tow TheatreThe Blood QuiltOff-Broadway, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre2025Prince FaggotOff-Broadway, Playwrights HorizonsOff-Broadway, Studio Seaview
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.2018Obie AwardDistinguished DesignHe Brought Her Heart Back in a Box2019Drama Desk AwardSam Norkin Award2020Obie AwardSpecial CitationA Strange LoopDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Costume Design of a PlayFefu and Her Friends2022Tony AwardBest Costume Design of a PlayThe Skin of Our Teeth2026Lucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Costume DesignPrince Faggot
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