Hello!
My name is Grace Laubacher (she/her) and I'm a scenic designer based Brooklyn, NY.
I was originally trained in the humanities, and have a degree in film & cultural studies; my work stems from an interest in space an essential corollary to the human journey – a dynamic party to our emotional lives, histories, fantasies, and corporeal realities. To me, the relationship between humans and their environments is an endlessly fascinating and perplexing one, difficult to define in any universal sense, because it changes shape and meaning in every context – but for this very reason, it is an exciting storytelling medium, one that can trace and participate in a narrative journey.
You can read my bio and professional credits below, and find my RESUME AT THIS LINK.
Grace Laubacher (she/her) has worked in theater and opera, site-specific art and installation. Current and recent design projects include: Life and Trust (Emursive, NYC, 2024); Oklahoma! (Young Vic, 2022, and West End / Wyndham's Theatre, London, 2023); the 2023 season at Opera Saratoga; Titanique (Criterion Theatre / West End; Grand Electric, Sydney; Segal Centre, Montreal; CAA Mirvish Theater, Toronto, 2024; Daryl Roth Theater, 2022); Remi Wolf's 2022 Gwingle Gwongle tour; Virginia Opera's The Sound of Music (2022); La Bohème at the Santa Fe Opera (2019); and The Barber of Seville at Opera Columbus (2020).
Grace has worked as an associate set designer on Broadway, regionally and internationally, most recently on Mary Jane (designed by Lee Jellinek, 2024); Merrily We Roll Along (designed by Soutra Gilmour, 2023); KPOP (designed by Gabriel Hainer Evansohn, 2022) and the 2019 revival of Oklahoma! designed by Lee Jellinek (who received a Tony nomination for the design). Grace and Lee collaborated as co-designers on the London transfer of Oklahoma!, first to the Young Vic in 2022 and then the West End in 2023.
Grace also frequently designs for Iron Bloom Creative Production, a multi-disciplinary design and production company, with whom she has collaborated on projects for clients such as Disney, Superfly X and Audible.
Grace holds an MA with Distinction from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, and a BA in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard College.