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03 /  19  /  2024

Marquis Who's Who Honors Jason Simms for Expertise in Higher Education and Set Design

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12 /  04  /  2023

Assistant Professor Jason Simms Nominated for 5 Regional Broadway World Awards

Cornell Performing & Media Arts

09 /  25  /  2023

Praise for MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: "...jaw dropping...", "...magnificent...", "...glorious...", "...opulent..."

-Gephardt Daily

12 /  31  /  2019

LION IN WINTER: EXCELLENCE IN 2019

-Utah Theatre Bloggers

12 /  23  /  2019

THE IMMIGRANT:

Listed in the top 12 by Jay Lustig for njarts.net 

09 /  23  /  2019

AN ACT OF GOD GETS SOME PRAISE"The first thing one notices is Jason Simms gorgeous set."- Philly Life and Culture

06 /  07  /  2019

LOVE'S LABOUR'S 

LOST - "COYLY FANTASTIC" :

"Jason Simms’ easily shifted, naturalistic set design is a perfect royal garden and woods, particularly when surrounded by picturesque Shakespeare Glen."

-KDHX.org

01 /  07  /  2019

THE LION IN WINTER-REGAL
& RELEVANT: "The set by Jason Simms and the way it is lit by Driscoll Otto simultaneously give the feeling of both immense space and confinement, with a period look but a hint of modern flare.
-BROADWAY WORLD

01 /  08  /  2013

FLASHBACKTHE NEW YORK TIMES ON GRIMLY HANDSOME: 

"...an intertwined triptych, the shifts in frame signaled by movements of Jason Simms’s deft set..."

-THE NEW YORK TIMES

12 /  31  /  2023

Set Design for MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: Excellence ".some of the best set design (by Jason Simms) anywhere this year."

-Scott Savage, Utah Theatre Bloggers

09 /  28  /  2023

THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP to play Bristol Riverside Theatre (Set Design by Jason Simms)

The Reporter, Bucks County

08 /  18  /  2021

JASON SIMMS ANNOUNCES CORNELL UNIVERSITY PERFORMING & MEDIA ARTS 21/22 ACADEMIC YEAR PROGRAMING 

06 /01  /  2021

THE FOLD BY KEN RUS SCHMOLL: WHEN A SET INSPIRES A PLAY

01 /  11  /  2020

UP NEXT: Bedlam's KING LEAR at Bristol Riverside Theatre, performances begin 01/28/2020

12  /  27  /  2019

MIDSUMMER A BANQUET: 1 of 12 Memorable Off-Broadway Shows from 2019.

04  /  04  /  2019

SWEAT in review:

"Scenic designer Jason Simms created the perfect bar, a character in its own right..."-Gephardt Daily

11  /  04  /  2010

FLASHBACK:

When Shabby Shines featuring A BRIGHT NEW BOISE; NY Times Arts

03  /  18  /  2019

THE SUNSHINE BOYS:

"Jason Simms’ apartment design looks elegant in semi-darkness. But you gasp at its shabbiness when the lights go on."

-Philadelphia Inquirer

07 /  22  /  2023

Academy Award and Golden Globe Winner Christine Lahti's THE SMILE OF HER at Berkshire Theatre Group (Set Design by Jason Simms)

The Berkshire Edge

01 /  11  /  2020

UP NEXT: Bedlam's KING LEAR at Bristol Riverside Theatre, performances begin 01/28/2020

07  /  29  /  2019

MIDSUMMER: A BANQUET:

"Jason Simms has worked wonders transforming 827 Broadway into Café Fae, a fanciful retreat with a high ceiling and flanked by rows of illustrious wall sculptures..."

-Front Row Center

04  /  04  /  2019

SWEAT BROADWAY WORLD REVIEW:

"There is great lived-in authenticity of the creations by Jason Simms as scenic designer..."

10  /  09  /  2019

NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY REVIEW:

"Strewn with everyday household objects and packed with intrinsic furnishings, scenic designer Jason Simms’ living room is perfection."

-TheatreScene.net

01  /  01  /  2019

BERKSHIRE RECORD: BEST OF 2018

Best Scenic Designer of a Musical: Jason Simms for HAIR.

08 /  08  /  2018

HAIR: "percolating with joie de vivre"

"...Jason Simms’s scene design created an ideal minimalist, yet gritty, showcase for the action."

-Berkshire Onstage

08 /  08  /  2018

A DOLL'S HOUSE PART 2 - SYMMETRY IN TENSION:
"The round wood floor places the actors in a circle; it fulfills Hnath's interest in verbal exchanges that play like two boxers sparring." -Seven Days Vermont
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