Tobin Ost is an award winning, TONY nominated scenic and costume designer who has worked professionally in New York, and for regional theaters across the United States, for over 25 years.

He frequently designs for new and developmental musicals, with his prior work including Broadway productions such as NEWSIES, BONNIE & CLYDE, JEKYLL & HYDE, DISASTER!, THE PHILANTHROPIST, and BROOKLYN, several of which generated subsequent national tours and international productions.

Select Off-Broadway work includes BETWEEN THE LINES at Second Stage Theater; NIGHTINGALE at Manhattan Theatre Club; FIGHTING WORDS at Playwrights Horizons; GRACE at MCC Theater; MAURICE HINES IS TAPPIN’ THRU LIFE at New World Stages; NIGHTINGALE at Manhattan Theatre Club; ZANNA-DON’T! at the John Houseman Theater (GLAAD Media Award); and THE OVERWHELMING for Roundabout Theatre Company.

Apart from New York, Tobin designs for major national regional theatre companies, including La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Goodspeed Musicals, Ford’s Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Asolo Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, Yale Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, Alliance Theatre, Two River Theatre, and others.

Notably, his work includes decades of art direction for major film and television productions, such as Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY, THE BOURNE LEGACY, SPIDER-MAN 3, MILDRED PIERCE, and NYPD BLUE. Additionally, he consults and art directs for major theater design, experiential marketing, and themed entertainment companies — the most recent projects being live theatre events for Universal Studios in Beijing and Orlando.

As an educator, Tobin has worked extensively with Broadway Teaching Group’s “Broadway Teacher’s Workshop.” He is an Assistant Professor of Theatre, Design, at Hamilton College in central New York state, and has been an adjunct professor of design at State University of New York, Purchase, and at Ursinus College, Pennsylvania.

Tobin received a BA degree in Art History and Theatre from the University of Michigan, with additional studies in traditional Japanese Theatre at Kyushu University, Japan. He received an MFA degree in Set and Costume Design from the Yale School of Drama.