Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew

Biography

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew designs for theatre, dance, opera, musicals, music performances and large-scale immersive installation. Her designs were described as “clever” and “inventive” (NY Times) and “contains the vibrant richness of a Caravaggio painted in neon”. With new operas, Jeanette designed the world premiere of Hannah Lash’s DESIRE, Kamala Sankaram’s THUMBPRINT (premiered at LA Opera 2017), Stephan Weisman’s SCARLET IBIS (premiered at Prototype 2015), and Aaron Siegel’s BROTHER BROTHER (premiered 2011). Other designs: KPOP (Hewes Design Award, LIT Design Award; Lortel and Drama Desk Nominations); HK Gruber’s GLORIA – A PIG TALE with Alan Gilbert and Doug Fitch, MYSTERIUM NOVUM with The Nouveau Classical Project; Tan Dun’s WATER PASSION, Oneohtrix Point Never’s M.Y.R.I.A.D, and Sam Falls’ SEPTEMBER SPRING. Jeanette also designed NEVERMORE PARK, an immersive art experience powered by the imagination of visual artist Hebru Brantley currently showing in Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program.