Ia Ensterä scenographer for theatre and film
Awards
2018-2019
Austin Critics' Table Awards Nomination for Scenic Design - There And Back, Middletown, Fun Home, Crime And Punishment
Alpha Psi Omega/St.Edwards University for Best Scenic Design (chosen by the university students) - Violet
2016-2017
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination for Set Design - Dead Man's Cell Phone
Austin Critics' Table Awards Nomination for Scenic Design - Dead Man's Cell Phone
2015-2016
Austin Critics' Table Awards Nomination for Scenic Design - Gusev, Tree Play, The King Of Hearts
B. Iden Payne Award Win for Set Design - Thr3e Zisters
John Bustin Award For Conspicuous Versatility - Lifetime Achievement Award (2015)
2014-2015
Austin Critics' Table Awards Win for Scenic Design - Thr3e Zisters, The Tempest, We Play Chekhov: Black Monk, We Play Chekhov: Beyonce, Detroit
B. Iden Payne Award Win for Set Design - Detroit
The Austin Chronicle's “Best Of Austin”: "Top 10 Reasons I Stayed In Love With Theatre in 2014"
2012-2013
Austin Critics' Table Awards Nomination for Scenic Design - Twelfth Labor, spacestation1985, Bus Stop
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination for Set Design - Slowgirl, Strike: I Am The Machine Gunner/ Martial Arts
The Austin Chronicle's “Best Of Austin”: "Best Valkyrie of the Set"
2011-2012
The Austin Chronicle's “Best Of Austin”: "Top 10 Theatrical Wonders of 2011"
The Austin Chronicle's “Best Of Austin”: "Top 10 Theatrical Delights of the Latter Half of 2011"
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination for Set Design - The Aliens, Big Love
Austin Critics' Table Awards Win for Scenic Design - Uncle Vanya, Down The Drain, Ghosts, The Schooling of Bento Bonchev, The 21 Would-Be Lives Of Phineas Hamm, Messenger 4, The Aliens, The Materiality of Impermanence
Austin Theater Examiner Award Nomination for Best Set Design - Flying, by Olga Mukhina
2010-2011
B. Iden Payne Award Win for Set Design - Here Comes Gosling!
2009-2010
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination for Set Design - Just Bee
2008-2009
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination for Set Design - The Tempest
2006-2007
B. Iden Payne Award Win for Set Design - End Of The World Party
2005-2006
B. Iden Payne Award Win for Costume Design - When Pigs Fly
2005-2005
B. Iden Payne Award Win for Costume Design - Trail of Tears
Awards for productions before 2005 are not listed here … but can be unearthed upon request.